Exam 7 Flashcards
Layers of the cerebral cortex
Molecular External granule External pyramidal Internal granule Internal pyramidal Multiform
Layers 1-4 of cerebral cortex
Supragranular layer
Receives sensory information
1-3 non-specific
4 specific
Layer 5 of cerebral cortex
Contains cell bodies of motor neurons
Pyramidal neurons whose axons constitute the corticosponal, corticobulbar, and corticopontine tracts
Pre-central gyrus of frontal lobe
Broadmann area #4
Primary motor area
Pre-motor area of frontal lobe
Broadmann area #6
Directs the primary motor area in execution of skilled motor activities
Directs movement and planning of movements
Primary motor area of frontal lobe
Origin of corticospinal, corticobulbar, and corticopontine neurons
Supplementary motor area
Planning and initiation of movement
Broca’s motor speech area (frontal lobe)
95% in left hemisphere
Lesion = expressive aphasia
Frontal eye field (frontal lobe)
Posterior medial frontal gyrus
Causes voluntary conjugate CL eye movement
Voluntary conjugate horizontal eye movement
Innervates CL abducens neurons (right frontal eye field causes eyes to rotate left)
Lesion to frontal eye field
Deviation of eyes IL to lesion
Brodmann areas 9, 10, 11, 12
Judgement, rational thinking, projection into the future, social behavior and motivation
Inferior surface of the frontal lobe
Personality, emotions, and behavior
Superior parietal lobule (5,7)
Sensory associational cortex
Astereoagnosis - inability to ID an object by touch
Parts of inferior parietal lobule
Supramarginal gyrus
Angular gyrus