Chapter 12 a Flashcards
Damage to the primary visual cortex results in?
functional blindness
Damage to visual assoc. results in?
cannot comprehend what you are looking at
What is controlled by Multimodal association areas of the brain?
Gives meaning to stored memory. Makes us who we are.
How many parts and what are the parts of the multimodal assoc. areas?
1 -anterior association area
2 - posterior assoc. area
3 - limbic area
Anterior assoc. area controls? What is it also called
most complicated involved in intellect, cognition, recall and personality. Prefrontal cortex
which multimodal area is developed on social feedback
anterior assoc. area
What does the posterior assoc. area control?
recognize faces and patterns. understand written and spoken language
What are formed in the primary brain vesicles.
Prosencephalon or forebrain
Mesencephalon or midbrain
Rhombencephalon or hindbrain
What are the secondary brain vesicles that arise from the primary vesicles?
Forebrain becomes telencephalon
And diencephalon
Midbrain remains undivided
Hindbrain becomes metencephalon
And Myelencephalon
What develops into the cerebrum?
Telencephalon
What is formed in the diencephalon in adult brains?
Diencephalon (thalamus, hypothalamus, epithalamus), retina
What does the mesencephalon form in the adult brain?
Brain stem: midbrain
What does the metencephalon form in the adult brain?
Brain stem pons portion
And cerebellum
What does the myelencephalon form in the adult brain
Brain stem: medulla oblongata
What does the central cavity of the neural tube become?
The ventricles