Introduction -- Anatomy Flashcards
What are the three names for the top of the brain?
Supra, Superior, Dorsal
What is the name for the front and then for the back of the brain?
Anterior
Posterior
What are the two names for the bottom of the brain?
Inferior
Ventral
What is the pneumonic for remembering the 5 main areas of the brain?
Big - Broca’s area
Man - Motor cortex
Always - Auditory cortex
Small - Somato Sensory cortex
Willy - Wernicke’s area
What are the four cortex’s of the brain from front to back?
Frontal cortex
Parietal cortex
occipital cortex
temporal cortex
What is the external name for the middle of the brain and what is the internal name of it?
External - Medial
Internal - Meso
What is the role of the amygdala?
It processes emotions, i.e fear, and links them to memories and behaviours.
What is the role of the auditory cortex? (2 things)
functions to analyze and decode auditory information collected by the ears
What is the role of the Broca’s area? (2 things)
Language production, i.e speech forming and articulation.
What is the role of the Wernicke’s area?
Wernicke’s area is responsible for language comprehension
What is the role of the Hippocampus? (2 things)
Memory formation and spatial navigation
What is the role of the motor cortex? (3 things)
planning, control, and execution of voluntary movements.
What is the role of the orbitofrontal cortex? (3 things)
Processing emotions, decision-making, and social behaviors
What is the role of the somatosensory cortex?
What are the four type of info?
Processes all sensory information from your body i.e
temperature, pressure, pain, touch
What is the role of the visual cortex?
process visual information
What are the five things that the frontal lobe coordinates?
language
motor function
memory
personality
other cognitive functions.
What are the two things that the parietal lobe cooridinates?
It processes what a person sees and hears
What are the two things that the occipital lobe coordinates?
interprets visual information and contains the visual cortex.
What are the four things the temporal lobe coordinates and what area is involved in it?
It contains the Wernicke area, which is responsible for understanding language.
processes memories
processes emotions
plays a major part in hearing and visual perception.
