Chapter 9 : Nervous System (Cerebrum)

Question 1

Right and Left Cerebrum functions

Answer 1

Sensory, motor, and association activities as well as high level thinking

Question 2

Corpus Callosum

Answer 2

Band of nerve fibers located between the cerebral hemispheres; allows for communication between the left and right sides

Question 3

Structural Components of the Cerebrum

Answer 3

Gyrus
Sulcus
Fissures

Question 4

Gyrus

Answer 4

Bumps (raised areas)

Question 5

Sulcus

Answer 5

Shallow grooves

Question 6

Fissures

Answer 6

Deep separating grooves

Question 7

Cerebral Lobes

Answer 7

Sections that contain sensory, motor, and association areas for higher level thinking processes

Question 8

Frontal Lobe Contains

Answer 8

Primary Motor cortex located on the precentral gyrus, for control of learned skeletal muscle movements

Question 9

Frontal Lobe Association areas

Answer 9

Higher level thought processes, planning, problem solving, and personality

Question 10

Parietal Lobe Contains

Answer 10

Primary Somatosensory located on the post central gyrus, for the interpretation of sensations form the skin (sense of touch and body awareness)

Question 11

Parietal Lobe Association areas

Answer 11

Understanding speech and using words

Question 12

Temporal Lobes Sensory lobes

Answer 12

For hearing and sense of smell

Question 13

Temporal Lobes Association areas

Answer 13

Interpreting complex sensory experiences such as reading, listening to music, memory of visual and auditory patterns

Question 14

Occipital Lobe Sensory Lobes

Answer 14

Vision

Question 15

Occipital Lobe Association area

Answer 15

Interpreting impulses sent from the retina of the eye (sense of sight) and analyzing complex visual images

Question 16

Ventricles

Answer 16

Hollow areas between various structures of the cerebrum that produce, store, and circulate cerebrospinal fluid

Question 17

Cerebral Cortex

Answer 17

Layer of gray matter surrounding the cerebrum that contains the unmyelinated neuron cell bodies composing the brain

Question 18

White matter of the Cerebrum

Answer 18

Inner areas of the cerebrum made of the myelinated axons and neuroglial cells composing the brain