Chapter 1 Flashcards
Who developed silver staining of neurons
Camillo Golgi
What did Ramon and Cajal determine
The brain is a network of discrete cells
What did Franz Joseph Gall determine
Regional specificity
What are the 7 main parts of the brain
- Spinal cord
- Medulla oblongata
- Pons
- Cerebellum
- Midbrain
- Diencephalon
- Cerebral hemispheres
What makes up the hindbrain (3)
- Medulla oblongata
- Pons
- Cerebellum
What makes up the forebrain (2)
- Diencephalon
2. Cerebral hemispheres
What is the frontal lobe important for (4)
Thinking, thoughts, planning, and moving
What are the parietal lobes important for (2)
Somatic sensation and proprioception
What are the somatic sensations (4)
Pressure, pain, temperature, vibrations
What is the occipital lobe important for
Vision
What is the temporal lobe important for (3)
Hearing, memory, emotion
Where does the motor function begin in the brain
Motor cortex or precentral gyrus
Where is the first place where somatic sensory information is interpretted
Somatic sensory cortex or postcentral gyrus
What does Broca’s area in the brain control
Producing speech
What does Wernicke’s area in the brain control
Understanding speech
