CNS - cerebral cortex

Question 1

Frontal lobe 2

Answer 1

• very front of the brain

- home of primary motor cortex and areas responsible for some of the most complex cognitive processes

Question 2

Parietal lobe 2

Answer 2

• Directly behind frontal lobe, at top of the head

- home of primary somatosensory cortex

Question 3

Occipital Lobe 2

Answer 3

• very back of the brain

- home of primary visual cortex

Question 4

Temporal lobe 2

Answer 4

• curving around the side of each hemisphere

- home of primary auditory cortex

Question 5

Cerebral Cortex 3

Answer 5

• a thin layer of grey matter enveloping the 2 hemispheres
• above the brainstem
• has 2 hemispheres