lecture 16 Flashcards
what are the functions of the cerebrum?
conciousness, memeory, perception, skilled movements
what are gyri? sulci? fissures?
gyri: folds
sulci: grooves
fissures: deep grooves
what are the cerebral lobes?
frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal, insula, limbic
what is contained in the frontal lobes?
motor areas, CN I
what is contained in the parietal lobes?
somatosensory areas
what is contained in the occipital lobe?
visual areas
what is contained in the temporal lobes?
auditory areas
describe the insula?
maintains homeostasis by processing visceral sensations, taste, and ANS functions
-hidden by frontal, parietal, and temporal lobes
describe the limbic lobes?
- drives emotions, memory
- cingulate gyrus and parahippocampal gyrus
- encircles telencephalon and diencephalon junction
what are key components of the cerebral hemispheres?
- lateral ventricles
- corpus striatum
- white matter
- some limbic structures
- cerebral cortex
- CN I
the lateral ventricles are a landmark for what?
the study of brain sections
several regions of gray matter protrude into the lateral ventricles, what are they?
- caudate nucleus
- thalamus and interthalamic adhesion
- hippocampus
what is the caudate nucleus?
- functions in movement, memory, learning, reward, motivation, etc.
- forms lateral wall of body and anterior horn of lateral ventricles
- forms roof of interior horn
what is the thalamus?
- relays motor and sensory information to the cerebral cortex
- forms floor of body of lateral ventricles
what is the hippocampus?
- functions in learning and memory
- forms floor and medial wall of inferior horn of lateral ventricles
what is the corpus striatum?
collective name for caudate and lentiform nuclei
is the corpus striatum composed of white or gray matter?
gray
what is the corpus striatum a part of?
basal ganglia
why is it called the corpus “striatum”?
because it appears striated due to the bridges of gray matter than connect nuclei
what are the functions of the corpus striatum?
motor control and learning
the corpus striatum is divided into two parts, what are they?
neostriatum and paleostriatum
describe the neostriatum
- primary receiver (output info only goes to other basal nuclei)
- further divided into ventral striatum and dorsal striatum
describe the ventral neostriatum
- input from the limbic system, hippocampus and amygdala
- consists of nucleus accumbens and olfactory tubercle
where is nucleus accumbens? whats its function?
- in basal forebrain
- possible function in reward system