ch 13 pt 2 overview of brain anatomy Flashcards by Maya Huggler | Brainscape

Q

What is the cerebrum the center of?

A

Intelligence, judgment, memory

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What is the cerebrum composed of?

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Left, right hemisphere

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What is longitudinal fissure?

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Deep cleft separating hemispheres

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What is corpus callosum?

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Largest tract providing connection between them

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What is decussation?

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Connections with the body are generally crossed

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What is lateralization?

A

Certain parts of your brain have different jobs

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Functions of frontal lobe?

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Motor control, concentration, decision making

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Functions of parietal lobe

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General sensory, evaluating shape and texture of objects

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Functions of temporal lobe

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Hearing and smell

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Function of occipital lobe

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Vision

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Functions of Insula lobe

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Memory and sense of taste

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Where can you find Insula lobe?

A

Pulling away temporal lobe

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Where is primary motor cortex located?

A

In precentral gyrus

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What does primary motor cortex do?

A

Controls skeletal muscle activity on opposite side of body

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Opposite side

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Contralaterally

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Same side

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Ipsilateral

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Where is motor speech area (Broca Area) located?

A

Inferolateral portion of left frontal lobe

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What does motor speech area do?

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Controls movements for vocalization

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Where is frontal eye field located?

A

Superior surface of middle frontal gyrus

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What does frontal eye field do?

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Regulates eye movement

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Where is premotor cortex located?

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Anterior to motor cortex

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What does premotor cortex do?

A

Taking info we know and applying it to new info

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Where is primary somatosensory cortex located?

A

In postcentral gyrus of parietal lobes

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What does primary somatosensory cortex do?

A

Taking info from skeletal muscles

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Where is primary visual cortex located?

A

Occipital lobe

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What does primary visual cortex do?

A

Vision

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Where is somatosensory association area located?

A

Posterior to postcentral gyrus

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What does somatosensory association area do?

A

Integrates touch information

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What does visual association area do?

A

Integrates color, form, and memory

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What does primary auditory cortex do?

A

Hearing

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Where is visual association area located?

A

Surrounds primary visual cortex

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Where is primary auditory cortex located?

A

Located within temporal lobe

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Where is auditory association area located?

A

In temporal lobe

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What does auditory association do?

A

Makes connections

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What does primary olfactory cortex do?

A

Smell

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Where is primary olfactory cortex located?

A

Within temporal lobe

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Where is gustatory cortex located?

A

Within insula

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What does primary gustatory cortex do?

A

Taste

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Where is prefrontal cortex located?

A

Front to premotor cortex

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What does prefrontal cortex do?

A

Complex thought, judgement, personality

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Where is Wernicke area located?

A

Left hemisphere

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What does Wernicke area do?

A

Area of interpretation

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Where is categorical hemisphere located?

A

Left hemisphere

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What does categorical hemisphere do?

A

Analytical side

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Where is representational hemisphere located?

A

Right hemisphere

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What does representational hemisphere do?

A

Visual side

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What are association tracts?

A

Connect regions within same hemisphere

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What are commissural tracts?

A

Connect regions within different hemisphere

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What are arcuate fibers?

A

gyri to gyri

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What are longitudinal fasciculi?

A

lobe to lobe

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What are commissures?

A

hemisphere to hemisphere

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What are projection tracts?

A

Spinal cord - brain