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Final - Exam (9/22, 9/27) - [Exam 2 - Section 1] Flashcards

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Frontal Lobes: _________ Cortex

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Prefrontal

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_________ is largest part of human brain

-29% of cortex

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Prefrontal cortex

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Prefrontal cortex is largest part of human brain

- ___% of cortex

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29

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_________ -

Involved in higher cognitive (executive) functions:

  • Impulse control
  • Emotions
  • Reasoning
  • Planning and organization
  • Decision making
  • Responding to reward and punishment
  • Working memory
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Prefrontal Cortex

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-Prefrontal Cortex-

Involved in higher cognitive (_________) functions:

  • Impulse control
  • _________
  • Reasoning
  • Planning and organization
  • _________
  • Responding to reward and punishment
  • Working memory
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  • executive
  • Emotions
  • Decision making
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-Prefrontal Cortex-

Involved in higher cognitive (executive) functions:

  • _________
  • Emotions
  • _________
  • Planning and organization
  • Decision making
  • Responding to reward and punishment
  • _________
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  • Impulse control
  • Reasoning
  • Working memory
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-Prefrontal Cortex-

Involved in higher cognitive (executive) functions:

  • Impulse control
  • Emotions
  • Reasoning
  • _________
  • Decision making
  • Responding to _________
  • Working memory
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  • Planning and organization

- reward and punishment

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_________ cortex is located on the precentral gyrus – back of _________ lobe

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  • Motor

- frontal

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Motor cortex is located on the _________ – back of frontal lobe

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precentral gyrus

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Body parts are mapped onto the _________ cortex - stimulation of a particular part of the motor cortex causes movement of a particular body part on the _________ side of the body

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  • motor

- opposite

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Body parts are mapped onto the motor cortex - _________ of a particular part of the motor cortex causes _________ of a particular body part on the opposite side of the body

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  • stimulation

- movement

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The amount of cortex that represents a body part is correlated with _________ of movement needed for that body _________

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  • precision

- part

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_________ : The Primary Somatosensory Cortex

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Parietal Lobe

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Parietal Lobe: The Primary _________ Cortex

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Somatosensory

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Parietal Lobes:

_________ to central sulcus

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Posterior

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_________ Lobes:

Posterior to central sulcus

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Parietal

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_________ Lobes:

Area that receives information from touch sensations and from receptors in muscles and joints

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Parietal

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Parietal Lobes:

Area that receives information from touch sensations and from receptors in _________ and _________

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  • muscles

- joints

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_________ Lobes:

Stimulation of different points on this area causes tingling sensations

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Parietal

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Parietal Lobes:

Stimulation of different points on this area causes _________ sensations

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tingling

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_________ Lobes:

Body areas with high level of sensitivity have greater proportion of cortex devoted to those area

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Parietal

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Parietal Lobes:

Body areas with high level of sensitivity have greater proportion of _________ devoted to those area

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cortex

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Parietal Lobes:

Body areas with high level of _________ have greater proportion of cortex devoted to those _________

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  • sensitivity

- area

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_________ lobes:

Below lateral sulcus

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Temporal

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``` Temporal lobes (near temples) Below _________ sulcus ```
lateral
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Left _________ lobe essential for understanding spoken _________
- temporal | - language
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_________ temporal lobe essential for understanding spoken language
-Left
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-temporal lobe- _________ cortex receives information from the ears
Auditory
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-temporal lobe- _________ involved in understanding language
Wernicke’s area
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-Cerebral cortex only ____ millimeters thick
1-3
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-White matter is white because it is _________
myelinated
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_________ cortex: stimulation on left side causes movement on the right side and vice versa
-Primary motor
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-Primary motor cortex: stimulation on _________ side causes movement on the _________ side and vice versa
- left | - right
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- Primary motor cortex = _________ | - Primary Somatosensory cortex = _________
- output | - input
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-Primary _________ cortex = output
motor
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-Primary _________ cortex = input
Somatosensory
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-Most people process speech in the left _________ lobe
temporal
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_________ and _________ is generally processed on the right temporal lobe
- Spatial | - visual
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-Spatial and visual is generally processed on the _________ temporal lobe
right
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_________ = misinterpreting incoming data
Agnosia
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-Agnosia = misinterpreting incoming _________
data
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Temporal lobes (near temples) Complex aspects of _________ – movement, face recognition (_________), recognition of objects
- vision | - prosopagnosia
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_________ lobes: Complex aspects of vision – movement, face recognition (prosopagnosia), recognition of objects
Temporal
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Emotional and motivational behaviors- Abnormal activity in the _________ lobes (e.g., tumor, schizophrenia) results in auditory or visual hallucinations
temporal
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Emotional and motivational behaviors- Abnormal activity in the temporal lobes (e.g., tumor, schizophrenia) results in _________ or _________ hallucinations
- auditory | - visual
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_________ lobes: | Posterior end of cortex
Occipital
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Occipital lobes: - Involved in processing _________ information – primary _________ cortex - -Damage causes ‘cortical blindness’ – no pattern perception of visual imagery
- visual | - visual
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_________ lobes: - Involved in processing visual information – primary visual cortex - -Damage causes ‘cortical blindness’ – no pattern perception of visual imagery
Occipital
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Occipital lobes: --Damage causes ‘_________ ’ – no pattern perception of visual imagery
cortical blindness
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88888888 _________ - right and left Look like avocados
Thalami
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The Thalamus : Exception to sensory system information is _________ information which goes directly from olfactory _________ to cortex
- olfaction | - bulbs
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The Thalamus: Exception to _________ system information is olfaction information which goes directly from _________ bulbs to cortex
- sensory | - olfactory
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The Thalamus: Receives and then relays information from sensory systems to cortical regions, _________ cortical regions, from _________ and brainstem regions
- between | - forebrain
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The Thalamus: Receives and then relays information from sensory systems to cortical regions, _________ cortical regions, from _________ and brainstem regions
- between | - forebrain
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_________ sends information back to thalamus | -Directs attention to particular stimuli
-Cortex
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Cortex sends information back to thalamus | -Directs attention to particular _________
stimuli
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Cortex sends information back to thalamus | -Directs attention to particular _________
stimuli
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_________ - Involved in regulating the internal environment
-The Hypothalamus
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-The Hypothalamus- Involved in regulating the internal _________
environment
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_________ - Receives input from all areas of the brain and body and sends signals to all areas
-The Hypothalamus
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-The Hypothalamus- Receives input from all areas of the _________ and _________ and sends signals to all areas
- brain | - body
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-The Hypothalamus- - Thirst - _________ - body temperature, - _________
- hunger | - sexual behavior
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_________ - Controls the pituitary gland – master gland that controls other glands in body
-The Hypothalamus
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-The Hypothalamus- Stimulation causes _________
reward
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-The Hypothalamus- Controls the _________ – master gland that controls other glands in body
pituitary gland
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-The Hypothalamus- Controls the _________ – master gland that controls other glands in body
pituitary gland
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_________ – band of neurons that connects the 2 cerebral hemispheres
Corpus Callosum
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Corpus Callosum – band of neurons that connects the 2 _________
cerebral hemispheres
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_________ : Transmits information from one hemisphere to the other – allow hemispheres to talk to each other
Corpus Callosum
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Corpus Callosum: Transmits _________ from one hemisphere to the other – allow hemispheres to _________ to each other
- information | - talk
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_________ : The 2 hemispheres do not carry out identical functions like kidneys, lungs etc
Corpus Callosum
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Corpus Callosum: The 2 hemispheres _________ carry out identical functions like _________, lungs etc
- do not | - kidneys
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Cavities in the brain called _________ are filled with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
ventricles
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Cavities in the brain called ventricles are filled with _________
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
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Spinal cord also contains _________
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
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Large lateral _________ in each hemisphere which connect to third ventricle between the left and right _________
- ventricle | - thalamus
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Large lateral ventricle in each hemisphere which connect to _________ ventricle between the left and right thalamus
third
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Third ventricle connects to _________ ventricle and then to spinal cord
fourth
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_________ ventricle connects to fourth ventricle and then to _________
- Third | - spinal cord
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-The Ventricles - CSF also surrounds the _________ of the brain
outside
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-The Ventricles- CSF cushions brain against _________ shock and provides _________ and nutrients
- mechanical | - hormones
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-The Ventricles- Abnormality of flow of _________ through ventricles thought to cause hydrocephalus
CSF
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-The Ventricles- Abnormality of flow of CSF through ventricles thought to cause _________
hydrocephalus
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-The Ventricles- Cells called the _________ inside the ventricles produce CSF – similar to plasma
choroid plexus
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-The Ventricles- Cells called the choroid plexus inside the ventricles produce ____ – similar to _________
- CSF | - plasma
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_________ - Includes – putamen, caudate, globus pallidus
-The Basal Ganglia
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-The Basal Ganglia- Includes – putamen, _________, globus pallidus
-caudate
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-The Basal Ganglia- Includes – _________, caudate, _________ pallidus
- putamen | - globus
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-The Basal Ganglia- Connect to _________, substantia nigra, _________ (through caudate)
- thalamus | - cortex
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-The Basal Ganglia- Connect to thalamus, _________, cortex (through _________)
- substantia nigra | - caudate
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-The Basal Ganglia- Involved in _________ movement and _________ of movement (Huntington’s, Parkinson’s, Tourette’s)
- smooth | - control
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_________ - Involved in smooth movement and control of movement (Huntington’s, Parkinson’s, Tourette’s)
-The Basal Ganglia
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_________ - | Involved in learning (habit learning, e.g., turning on light in dark room)
-The Basal Ganglia

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