Important Structures

Question 1

What do the Anterior Commissure be and what does it be doing?

Answer 1

• Connection between the two temporal lobes

- Important for pain sensation

Question 2

What do the Broca’s Area be and what does it be doing?

Answer 2

• region in the frontal dominant hemisphere (usually left)

- Important for speech production

Question 3

What do the Cingulate Cortex be and what does it be doing?

Answer 3

• layer of cortex between isocortex and corpus callosum
• part of limbic lobe
• important for emotions, learning and memory

Question 4

What do the Internal Capsule be and what does it be doing?

Answer 4

• White matter structure leading into the neocortex

- separates caudate nucleus and thalamus from putamen and Globus pallidus

Question 5

What do the Striatum be and what does it be doing?

Answer 5

• gives input to the rest of the basal ganglia

- critical for motor and reward systems and planning