LECTURE 5 - The Lobes Flashcards
What divides the parietal and occipital lobes?
parieto-occipital sulcus
What divides visual cortex in upper and lower halves?
Calcarine Fissure
Which area encompasses much of primary visual cortex?
Calcarine Sulcus
What is the lingual gyrus?
plays a role in vision especially in word recognition
___ is often referred to as the ___ cortex because of its distinct stripes.
V1 (BA 17), striate
How many visual areas have been identified?
9
In which V area is motion?
MT+
Which V area is color sensitive?
V8
V1 is the primary visual cortex, 1st level of processing. V1 receives the largest input from the ___ (located in the ___) and projects to __.
LGN, ___, all other occipital regions
V2 projects to ___.
all other occipital regions
After V2, what three distinct parallel pathways aid in further info processing?
dorsal, ventral, STS
V__ and V__ help ___ and ___ info to more specialized visual areas.
1, 2, segregate, deliver
V___ is involved in form perception.
3
V__ and V__ are responsive to __ and ___.
4, 8, shape color
V__ and MT+ are involved in perception of objects in motion.
5
The dorsal stream is involved in visual guidance of actions and recognition of ___ objects are in space.
where
The ventral stream is associated with ___ objects are including color and form.
what
Both dorsal and ventral pathways originate from ___.
V1
Vision for action (grasping a cup) is a function of ___ visual areas.
parietal
Action for vision (scanning faces) involves __ __.
eye movements
Visual recognition is recognition of faces, expressions, letters/symbols - able to assign meaning from the ___ lobe.
temporal
Damage to V1 will affect vision in __ __.
both eyes
If vision is affected in only one eye, where is the damage?
retina, or optic nerve
___ ___ refers to loss of sight in one eye due to damage to retina or optic nerve.
monocular blindness
___ ___ refers to loss of vision of both temporal fields due to lesion of __ __ __, and can be caused by a tumor in the __ __). Results in loss of __ vision.
bitemporal hemianopia, medial optic chiasm, pituitary gland
___ ___ refers to lesion of ___ ___, resulting in loss of vision in one ___ ___.
nasal hemianopia, lateral chiasm, nasal field
___ ___ refers to blindness of entire visual field due to a cut in: 1) __ __, 2) ___ or 3) __. Disturbance is present in both eyes.
homonymous hemianopia, optic tract, LGN, V1
___ ___ is due to more __ __ to the area, or ___ lesions.
macular sparing, vascular supply, cortical
Quadrantanopia occurs when the __ __ is damaged.
Calcarine Fissure
The ventral stream starts in ___ and ends in ___ visual areas.
V1, temporal
The dorsal stream starts in ___ and ends in ___ visual areas.
V1, parietal
___ is the inability to recognize objects or their pictorial representations.
agnosia
___ is the inability to name objects.
anomia
__ __ is any failure of object recognition in which basic visual functions are preserved
apperceptive agnosia
___ is the inability to recognize any previously known faces, often including own face in mirror
prosopagnosia
Prosopagnosia is due to damage to __ __.
fusiform gyrus (bilateral and asymmetrical)
___ is the inability to read.
alexia