cortex Flashcards
Lobes of the Cortex
FTOP: frontal temporal occipital parietal
central sulcus
between frontal and parietal lobes
sylvian fissure (lateral sulcus)
between frontal and temporal lobes
parieto-occipital sulcus
between parietal and occipital lobes
sulcus
valley of the brain folds
gyrus
hill of the brain folds
primary motor cortex lcation
immediately rostral of the central sulcus
primary sensory cortex location
immediately caudal of the central sulcus
entorhinal location
bottom inside of the brain
cingulate gyrus location
rostral anterior frontal
orbito frontal gyrus location
front bottom of the brain
visual network location and functions
back of occipital lobe
processes visual info
inferior temporal lobe helps determine what an object is
somatomotor network
primary motor and primary sensory cortices work together
dorsal attention network
next to occipital and around top of somatomotor
determine whether an object is moving, its location, and move the eyes to the object
ventral attention/salience network
either side of somatomotor network
detect and direct attention to unexpected stimuli
limbic network
orbitofrontal cortex regulates emotion
entorhinal cortex regulates memory
control network
complex cognition, decisions, problem solving, holding info
default mode network
suppressed while doing anything
responsible for internally directed thought
commissural fibers
communication between hemispheres
ex corpus callosum
anterior commissure
olfaction
posterior commissure
pupillary light reflex
projection fibers
communication with brain stem and body
ex. corticospinal tract
association fibers
communication within a hemisphere
u fibers
short range association fiber
long fiber
long range association fiber
ex. arcuate fasciculus: connects language areas
grey matter development trajectory
increases rapidly, peaks age 6, declines slowly
white matter development trajectory
increases until age 20, then declines slowly
cortical thickness development trajectory
increases rapidly, peaks at age 1, declines super slowly