ch 13 pt 2 overview of brain anatomy

Question 1

What is the cerebrum the center of?

Answer 1

Intelligence, judgment, memory

Question 2

What is the cerebrum composed of?

Answer 2

Left, right hemisphere

Question 3

What is longitudinal fissure?

Answer 3

Deep cleft separating hemispheres

Question 4

What is corpus callosum?

Answer 4

Largest tract providing connection between them

Question 5

What is decussation?

Answer 5

Connections with the body are generally crossed

Question 6

What is lateralization?

Answer 6

Certain parts of your brain have different jobs

Question 7

Functions of frontal lobe?

Answer 7

Motor control, concentration, decision making

Question 8

Functions of parietal lobe

Answer 8

General sensory, evaluating shape and texture of objects

Question 9

Functions of temporal lobe

Answer 9

Hearing and smell

Question 10

Function of occipital lobe

Answer 10

Vision

Question 11

Functions of Insula lobe

Answer 11

Memory and sense of taste

Question 12

Where can you find Insula lobe?

Answer 12

Pulling away temporal lobe

Question 13

Where is primary motor cortex located?

Answer 13

In precentral gyrus

Question 14

What does primary motor cortex do?

Answer 14

Controls skeletal muscle activity on opposite side of body

Question 15

Opposite side

Answer 15

Contralaterally

Question 16

Same side

Answer 16

Ipsilateral

Question 17

Where is motor speech area (Broca Area) located?

Answer 17

Inferolateral portion of left frontal lobe

Question 18

What does motor speech area do?

Answer 18

Controls movements for vocalization

Question 19

Where is frontal eye field located?

Answer 19

Superior surface of middle frontal gyrus

Question 20

What does frontal eye field do?

Answer 20

Regulates eye movement

Question 21

Where is premotor cortex located?

Answer 21

Anterior to motor cortex

Question 22

What does premotor cortex do?

Answer 22

Taking info we know and applying it to new info

Question 23

Where is primary somatosensory cortex located?

Answer 23

In postcentral gyrus of parietal lobes

Question 24

What does primary somatosensory cortex do?

Answer 24

Taking info from skeletal muscles

Question 25

Where is primary visual cortex located?

Answer 25

Occipital lobe

Question 26

What does primary visual cortex do?

Answer 26

Vision

Question 27

Where is somatosensory association area located?

Answer 27

Posterior to postcentral gyrus

Question 28

What does somatosensory association area do?

Answer 28

Integrates touch information

Question 29

What does visual association area do?

Answer 29

Integrates color, form, and memory

Question 30

What does primary auditory cortex do?

Answer 30

Hearing

Question 31

Where is visual association area located?

Answer 31

Surrounds primary visual cortex

Question 32

Where is primary auditory cortex located?

Answer 32

Located within temporal lobe

Question 33

Where is auditory association area located?

Answer 33

In temporal lobe

Question 34

What does auditory association do?

Answer 34

Makes connections

Question 35

What does primary olfactory cortex do?

Answer 35

Smell

Question 36

Where is primary olfactory cortex located?

Answer 36

Within temporal lobe

Question 37

Where is gustatory cortex located?

Answer 37

Within insula

Question 38

What does primary gustatory cortex do?

Answer 38

Taste

Question 39

Where is prefrontal cortex located?

Answer 39

Front to premotor cortex

Question 40

What does prefrontal cortex do?

Answer 40

Complex thought, judgement, personality

Question 41

Where is Wernicke area located?

Answer 41

Left hemisphere

Question 42

What does Wernicke area do?

Answer 42

Area of interpretation

Question 43

Where is categorical hemisphere located?

Answer 43

Left hemisphere

Question 44

What does categorical hemisphere do?

Answer 44

Analytical side

Question 45

Where is representational hemisphere located?

Answer 45

Right hemisphere

Question 46

What does representational hemisphere do?

Answer 46

Visual side

Question 47

What are association tracts?

Answer 47

Connect regions within same hemisphere

Question 48

What are commissural tracts?

Answer 48

Connect regions within different hemisphere

Question 49

What are arcuate fibers?

Answer 49

gyri to gyri

Question 50

What are longitudinal fasciculi?

Answer 50

lobe to lobe

Question 51

What are commissures?

Answer 51

hemisphere to hemisphere

Question 52

What are projection tracts?

Answer 52

Spinal cord - brain