Cortex Flashcards
1
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Precentral gyrus
A
- Area: Frontal lobe
- Name/Brodmann’s Number: Primary motor area (4)
- Function: Isolated recruitment
2
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Premotor area
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- Area: Frontal lobe
- Name/Brodmann’s Number: Lateral area (6)
- Function: Motor planning/BG
3
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Supplemental motor area
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- Area: Frontal lobe
- Name/Brodmann’s Number: Medial area (6)
- Function: Motor planning/Cb
4
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Frontal eye field
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- Area: Frontal Lobe
- Name/Brodmann’s Number: Area 8
- Function: Contralateral saccades
5
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Prefrontal cortex
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- Area: Frontal Lobe
- Name/Brodmann’s Number: N/A
- Function: Executive function
6
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Left Inferior Frontal Gyrus
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- Area: Frontal Lobe
- Name/Brodmann’s Number: Broca’s speech are (44, 45)
- Function: Language expression
7
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Postcentral gyrus
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- Area: Parietal lobe
- Name/Brodmann’s Number: Primary sensory area (1,2,3)
- Function: Unimodel simple sensation
8
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Superior pariental lobule
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- Area: Parietal lobe
- Name/Brodmann’s Number: Unimodal sensory association cortex (5,7)
- Function: Unimodal complex sensation
9
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Inferior pariental lobule
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- Area: Parietal lobe
- Name/Brodmann’s Number: Hetermodal sensory association cortex (39, 40)
- Function: Higher order perception
10
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Area around calcarine fissure
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- Area: Occipital lobe
- Name/Brodmann’s Number: Primary visual cortex (area 17)
- Function: Simple vision
11
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Other medial and all of lateral occipital lobe
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- Area: Occipital lobe
- Name/Brodmann’s Number: Secondary visual cortex (18, 19)
- Function: unimodel complex vision, movement, color
12
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Superior temporal gyrus
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- Area: Temporal lobe
- Name/Brodmann’s Number: Primary and secondary auditory areas (41, 42)
- Function: Hearing
13
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Left superior temporal gyrus
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- Area: Temporal lobe
- Name/Brodmann’s Number: Wernicke’s area (22)
- Function: Language comprehension
14
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Parahippocampal gyrus
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- Area: Temporal lobe
- Name/Brodmann’s Number: Amygdala, hippocampus
- Function: A - Visceral control; H - declarative memory
15
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Cingulate Gyrus
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- Name/Brodmann’s Number: 23, 24
- Function: Emotions
16
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Hippocampus
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Declarative memory
17
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Amygdala
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Emotions
18
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Cingulate gyrus
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Emotions
19
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Prefrontal cortex (part of limbic system)
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Emotions, personality, intellect, executive functions
