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Functional areas of Brain Flashcards

1
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Frontal lobe

Pre-central gyrus

A

primary motor area

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Frontal lobe

lateral surface

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Broca motor speech area

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Frontal lobe

Medial surface

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Cingulate gyrus

- emotional aspects of behavior

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Frontal lobe

Prefrontal association areas

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emotion, motivation, personality, social inhibition

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5
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Parietal lobe

A

somatosensory function

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6
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Parietal lobe

Post central gyrus

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primary somatosensory area

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7
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Parietal lobe

lateral and medial surface

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Pain, touch, limb position

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8
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Parietal lobe

left lateral surface

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Wernicke Area

- sensory aspects of language

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occipital lobe

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visual info

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10
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occipital lobe

calacrine sulcus

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on medial surface

-on either side are primary visual areas

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11
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occipital lobe

visual association areas

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mediate seeing and recognition

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12
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temporal lobe

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auditory information

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13
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temporal lobe

superior temporal gyrus

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ability to hear and process what is heard

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14
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temporal lobe

lateral surface

A

perception of language

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15
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temporal lobe

Anterior/medial surfaces

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learning, memory, emotion

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16
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Basal ganglia

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initiate and control voluntary movement

smooth out motor movements

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17
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Limbic structures

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drive, emotion, learning, memory

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18
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Association fibers

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within same hemisphere

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19
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commissural fibers

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to similar area in other hemisphere

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20
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thalamus

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gatekeeper for cortex

-processes sensory (except for olfactory)> motor info on way to cortex

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21
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hypothalamus

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integrates endocrine, autonomic function

22
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Superior colliculus

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visual reflexes

23
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inferior colliculus

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auditory reflexes

24
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cerebral aqueduct

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connect 3rd and 4th ventricle

25
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pyramids

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contain descending corticospinal fibers

26
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olives

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contain olivary nuclear complex (modulates motor activity

27
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ventricular foramen of monro

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connects 3rd to lateral

28
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aqueduct of sylvius/ cerebral aqueduct

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connects 3rd and 4th ventricles

29
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lateral foramen of luschka

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4th vent to subarachnoid

30
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medial foramen of magendie

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4th vent to subarachnoid

31
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CSF goes from arachnoid granulations into

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Superior sagittal sinus

32
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innervation of dura mater

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CN V and X

33
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extradural/epidural hematoma

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middle meningeal artery

34
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subdural hematoma

A

vein (shaken baby)

35
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subarachnoid hematoma

A

cerebral arteries and veins

36
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Corticospinal tract

A

(pyramidal tract)

purely motor

37
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spinothalamic tract

A

purely sensory for pain/temp

38
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posterior (dorsal) column

A

purely sensory for vibration/position sense

39
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P-gp inhbitors

A 
Vera CAN QUIt
-Verapamil
cyclosporin
amiodarone
nifedipine
Quinidine
40
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Brodmann area 4

A

primary motor cortex (precentral gyrus)

41
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Brodmann area 6

A

Premotor cortex and supplementary motor cortex

42
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Broadman area 3,1, 2

A

primary somatosensory cortex

43
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premotor area/ motor association area

A

leaned movements, voluntary/planned movements-

- lesion = can’t brush teath

44
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somatosensory association areas

A

interpret significance of sensory input

-lesion = cant recognize object in hand

45
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visual association area

A

interprets what we see

- visual agnosia = cant recognize objects in opposite visual field

46
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Lesion in right posterior parietal cortex

A

contralateral neglect syndrome

47
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Agnosia

A

can’t recognize objects

- temporal lobe defect

48
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arcuate fasiculus

A

connects language centers

49
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Vestibulocerebellum structures and function

A

vestibular nuclei, fastigial nuclei, floccolonodular lobe, inferior paravermis
- balance, stability, head/neck/eye movement

50
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spinocerebellum

A

anterior lobe, vermis, paravermis

- coordinate trun kand proximal limb movement

51
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cerebrocerebellum

A

lateral posterior lobe

- fine motor planning of limbs, anticipates consequences of movements

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