lecture 2: brain anatomy

Question 1

inner valley of a fold

Answer 1

sulcus

Question 2

ridge of a brain fold

Answer 2

gyrus

Question 3

frontal association cortex role

Answer 3

• intelligence
• personality
• behaviour
• mood
• cognitive function

Question 4

primary auditary cortex role

Answer 4

taking sounds and organise into tones and times - not comprehension. Organises into what is important to analyse. surrounded by wernikes area

Question 5

temporal association cortex role

Answer 5

• memory
• mood
• aggression
• intelligence

Question 6

supra marginal gyrus role

Answer 6

reading

Question 7

angular gyrus

Answer 7

writing

Question 8

parietal association cortex role

Answer 8

• spacial skills
• 3d recognition
• shapes
• faces
• concepts
• abstract perception

Question 9

non dominant hemisphere role

Answer 9

• non verbal language
• emotional expression in speech
• spatial orientation and skills
• conceptual understanding of shapes
• artistic and musical skills

Question 10

arcuate fasciculus

Answer 10

bundle of whitematter that connects wernicke’s and broca’s area

Question 11

lesion

Answer 11

disruption of tissue

Question 12

aphasia

Answer 12

difficulty with language
- wernickes: sensory/fluency = understanding difficulty
- broca’s: non-fluent/motor = difficulty with speech expression
- arc. fasc.: connectional = understanding and speaking fine but response to spoken questions may be off-topic or difficulty to verbalise

Question 13

what is the dominant hemisphere

Answer 13

the side of the brain that is dominant for language

Question 14

pyramidal neurones

Answer 14

motor neurons that are long distance