Functional Localization in the Cerebral Cortex

Question 1

Function of cerebellum?

Answer 1

Coordinate movement

Question 2

Function of the thalamus?

Answer 2

Acts as a relay station for sensory information coming from the periphery and going to the cortex

Question 3

The brainstem houses cells that are associated with?

Answer 3

Cranial nerves

Question 4

What is the function of the Brodmann’s map?

Answer 4

Divides the cortex into numbered areas based on cytoarchitecture of the cortex

Question 5

Where do general somatic sensory pathways go to?

Answer 5

The postcentral gyrus

Question 6

Where is the primary auditory cortex located?

Answer 6

On the superior surface of the superior temporal gyrus

Question 7

All motor areas give rise to what?

Answer 7

Descending tracts

Question 8

Where do the descending tracts end?

Answer 8

In the brain steam and spinal cord

Question 9

Examples of large general somatic sensations?

Answer 9

Smell, vision and hearing

Question 10

Examples of small general somatic sensations?

Answer 10

Taste and vestibular sensation

Question 11

What lobes contain primary sensory areas?

Answer 11

Parietal, Occipital and Temporal lobes

Question 12

Where is the primary auditory area located?

Answer 12

In the ventral wall of the lateral sulcus

Question 13

Language is a function in what hemisphere?

Answer 13

Left