Chapter 15 - Brain/Cranial Nerves Flashcards
5 major regions of the brain
- cerebrum
- diencephalon
- mesencephalon
- metancephalon
- myelencephalon
brain development at 4 weeks
prosencephalon: forebrain
mesencephalon: midbrain
rhombencephalon: hindbrain
brain development at 5 weeks
prosencephalon
- telencephalon
- diencephalon
mesencephalon
- mesencephalon
Rhombencephalon
- metaencephalon
- myelencephalon
gyrus (gyri)
risen portion
sulcus (sulci)
areas of depression
telencephalon (cerebrum)
grey matter
neuron cell bodies
(processes info and decides how to proceed)
telencephalon (cerebrum)
cerebral cortex
covers surface
telencephalon (cerebrum)
cerebral (basal) nuclei
oval clusters of grey matter
telencephalon (cerebrum)
white matter
axons
(carry info from one place to another)
telencephalon (cerebrum)
cerebral hemispheres
separated by a deep longitudinal fissure
“midsagittal plane”
telencephalon (cerebrum)
corpus callosum
bundle of axons forming a tract linking the two hemispheres
“communication”
frontal lobe
- anterior
- ends at central sulcus
- voluntary motor functions, concentration, verbal communication, decision making, planning, and personality
parietal bone
- lies between the central sulcus and the parieto-occipital sulcus
- contains the postcentral gyrus
- sensory function, evaluation of shape and textures
temporal lobe
- lies under temporal bone
- hearing and smell
occipital lobe
- posterior region
- processing visual information and storing of memories
insula lobe
- found underneath the temporal lobe
- taste and memory
functional areas of frontal lobe
primary motor complex
(precentral gyrus)
controls voluntary skeletal muscle (left hemisphere controls right side of body)
functional areas of frontal lobe
broca area
motor speech area
left frontal lobe
functional areas of frontal lobe
frontal eye field
anterior to the primary motor cortex, coordination of eye movement