Frontal Lobe

Question 1

Largest ?

Answer 1

lobe

1/3 of hemisphere

Question 2

landmarks:

Answer 2

primary motor cortex (precentral gyrus)
premotor cortex
prefrontal cortex
Broca’s area

Question 3

Primary motor cortex (AKA)

• what Brodmann area
• in front of ?
• commander of?
• initiates and controls ?

Answer 3

precentral gyrus

• 4
• central sulcus
• motor movement
• voluntary and skilled movements of skeletal muscles contra laterally

Question 4

Homunculus: little man ?

• allocation of?
• areas assigned to various body parts on cortex are not ? but rather to the?
• more precise and diverse movements get?

Answer 4

inside the brain

• motor function in motor cortex
• proportional to size/ complexity of the movements they can perform
• larger amount of motor cortex

Question 5

Pre-motor cortex (AKA)

• what brodmann area
• plans and initiates ?

Answer 5

associative/secondary cortex
6
complex and skilled movements

Question 6

Prefrontal cortex:
critical for ?
related to ?

Answer 6

executive functioning

personality, cognitive functions, moderating correct social behavior and speech

Question 7

Borca's Area 
what brodmann areas
-critical for 
-matches ? 
motor speech center:

Answer 7

44-45
spoken language production
sounds of words to specific mouth tongue and throat movements required to articulate them
planning and org. of speech movements

Question 8

Frontal Lobe functions and Association Symptoms:
function:

symptoms:

Answer 8

• movements
• cognitive function: abstract thinking , problem solving, planning (impaired cognition)
• personality
• behavior
• speech and language
• contralateral paralysis
• impaired cognition
• changed personality
• inappropriate/uninhibited social behavior
• Broca’s aphasia (impaired expressive language)
• apraxia of speech (motor speech disorder)