lecture notes Flashcards
The cerebrum makes up __% of the brain
80%
The two hemispheres are connected by the ____ _____
corpus collosum
the cerebral cortex is the
Outer shell of gray matter that covers each hemisphere
beneath the brains grey matter is ____ matter which is that color due to _____
white
myleination
The five major lobes include
frontal, occipital, parietal, insula, temporal
Lobes, match function
Contain the somatosensory cortices
*Perception of senses, touch, pressure, heat, cold, pain.
Parietal Lobe
Lobes, match function
Auditory Cortex
*Perception and interpretation of auditory information
Temporal Lobe
Lobes, match function
Visual cortex
*perception and interpretation of visual images
Occipital Lobe
Lobes, match function
Integration of sensory information with visceral responses
-Assessing body states
Insula
Lobes, match function
- Contain the motor cortices
- Voluntary movement of skeletal muscle
Frontal
The left/right hemisphere is usually dominant
left
which hemisphere
- Language
- Analytical Ability
Left hemisphere
Which hemisphere
- Visuospatial
- Patterns, Reading maps
Right hemisphere
____ ____: Masses of gray matter located deep within cerebrum that can:
- inhibit muscle tone throughout the body
- modifying ongoing activity in motor pathways
- release dopamine
- suppressing useless or unwanted patterns of movement
Basal Nuclei=Basal ganglia
____: disturbance in comprehension and expression of language
Aphasia