Chapter 3

Question 1

Tract

Answer 1

bundle of axons

Question 2

Nucleus (Nuclei or Bed Nuclei)

Answer 2

group if cell bodies

Question 3

Brain develops from a hallow tube…

Answer 3

-upper tube develops
-forebrain
-midbrain
-hindbrain
-lower tube develops spinal cord

Question 4

Forebrain

Answer 4

-contains cerebral hemispheres, the thalamus, and the hypothalamus
-largest part of the brain

Question 5

Cortex

Answer 5

Wrinkled outer layer

Question 6

Gyrus

Answer 6

ridge

Question 7

Sulcus (Fissure if large)

Answer 7

groove or space between two gyri

Question 8

Cortex = _____ = _____

Answer 8

Cortex = grey matter = cell bodies

Question 9

White matter = ____

Answer 9

White matter = axons

Question 10

Does brain size affect intelligence?

Answer 10

No, but 2 features characterize intelligent creature.
-cortex has more convolutions
-cerebral hemispheres are larger in proportion to other brain areas

Question 11

Frontal Lobe contains…

Answer 11

-prefrontal cortex
-Broca’s area
-motor cortex

Question 12

Prefrontal Cortex

Answer 12

involved in planning, impulse control, decision making, and behavior adjustment

Question 13

Broca’s Area

Answer 13

important for speech production (mainly on left hemisphere)

Question 14

Motor Cortex

Answer 14

-responsible for voluntary movement
-pre central gyrus
-homunculus

Question 15

Homunculus

Answer 15

little man - area follows order of body parts

Question 16

Contralateral

Answer 16

left brain controls right side, visa versa

Question 17

What separates the frontal lobe and parietal lobe?

Answer 17

central sulcus

Question 18

Parietal Lobe contains…

Answer 18

-primary somatosensory cortex
-posterior parietal cortex

Question 19

Primary Somatosensory Cortex

Answer 19

-processes skins senses, body position, and movement
-post central gyrus
-homunculus

Question 20

Posterior Parietal Cortex

Answer 20

-combines info from body sense and vision
-identify objects by touch, determine location of limbs, and locate objects in space

Question 21

Temporal lobe contains…

Answer 21

-Auditory Cortex
-Wernickle’s Area
-Inferior temporal cortex

Question 22

Auditory Cortex

Answer 22

frequency map that processes auditory info from the ears

Question 23

Wernickle’s Area

Answer 23

involved in language comprehension

Question 24

Inferior Temporal Lobe

Answer 24

-concerned with visual identification of objects
-inferior temporal gyrus

Question 25

Occipital Lobe contains …

Answer 25

-Primary Vision Cortex
-secondary vision cortex

Question 26

Primary vision cortex (V1)

Answer 26

-maps visual space
-earliest cortical region to process visual info
-sensitive to most basic elements of the visual space

Question 27

Secondary Visual Cortex (V2-V5)

Answer 27

-process specific elements of vision
-color, form, and movement