cerebrum

Question 1

cerebrum is ______ of brain

Answer 1

largest portion

Question 2

composed of

Answer 2

left and right hemispheres separated by the longitudinal fissure

Question 3

gyri

Answer 3

fold that increase surface area

Question 4

sulci

Answer 4

grooves between gyri
divide each hemisphere into lobes
“depressions”

Question 5

central sulcus

Answer 5

separates frontal and parietal lobes
between precental gyrus
postcentral gyrus

Question 6

lateral fissure

Answer 6

separates temporal lobe from parietal and frontal

Question 7

cerebral cortex

Answer 7

gray matter on outside of brain
contains nuclei based on shape
has layers that is not even all the way around

Question 8

basal nuclei

Answer 8

gray matter within the medulla
largest nuclei of brain
also found in cerebrum, midbrain and dicephalon
involved in controlling motor function

Question 9

cerebral medulla

Answer 9

white matter between the cortex and nuclei
contains tracts that connects cortex to other parts of CNS

Question 10

precentral gyrus

Answer 10

primary motor cortex

Question 11

postcentral gyrus

Answer 11

primary somatic cortex

Question 12

frontal lobe

Answer 12

voluntary motor function
motivation
aggression
sense of smell
mood
personality and decision making

Question 13

prefrontal cortex

Answer 13

personality and decision making

Question 14

parietal lobe

Answer 14

reception of sensory info EXCEPT
smell, vision, and hering

Question 15

occipital lobe

Answer 15

visual input

Question 16

temporal

Answer 16

smell, hearing, memory and abstract thought

Question 17

insula

Answer 17

by temporal
receives and evaluates taste information

Question 18

limbic system

Answer 18

in cerebrum and diencephalon
emotional center of brain and basic survial