dee Flashcards
med
3 main sections of the brain
forebrain
Midbrain
hindbrain
There are _ regions of the brain. What are they?
5
frontal lobe parietal lobe occipital lobe cerebellum
temporal lobe
gyrus
hill / ridge
sulcus
valley / groove / shallow depression
sulci vs fissure
sucli - shallow depressions/furrows on the surface of an organ, such as cerebral sulcus that separates the convolutions of the cerebral hemisphere.
eg. cerebral sulcus
Fissure - large furrow that divides the brain into lobes, and also into the two hemispheres as the longitudinal fissure
e.g longitudinal fissure
note: often suclus and fissures are used interchangeably
Broca’s area. aka?
speech formation
Wernicke’s area. aka?
language comprehension
olfactory cortext - main trait
smell
Limbic association cortex - main trait
emotions, learning & memory
1* auditory complex - man trait
hearing
prefrontal association areas - main trait
ideas, thoughts, personality, and plan for voluntary movement
premotor cortex - main trait
which lobe? and between which areas?
coordinates voluntary movement
frontal lobe
between the prefrontal association areas, broca’s region and 1* somatosensory cortex
1* motor complex
voluntary movement