lobes of the brain

Question 1

functions of the cerebral cortex

Answer 1

initiates plans and controls voluntary body movements

Question 2

frontal lobe function

Answer 2

higher order functions (planning, problem solving and reasoning), impulse control and voluntary movements

Question 3

frontal lobe localisation

Answer 3

Broca’s area, pre frontal cortex, primary motor cortex

Question 4

temporal lobe function

Answer 4

language and auditory processes

Question 5

temporal lobe localisation

Answer 5

Wernickes area, primary auditory cortex

Question 6

parietal lobe function

Answer 6

bodily sensation (touch, temp, pressure) (P for physical)

Question 7

parietal lobe localisation

Answer 7

primary sensory cortex

Question 8

occipital lobe function

Answer 8

visual perception and visual processing

Question 9

occipital lobe localisation

Answer 9

primary visual cortex

Question 10

Broca’s area function

Answer 10

controls the mine muscles repsonsible for clear speech production such as cheeks, lips, tongue and jaw as well as muscles such as your larynx and pharlynx

Question 11

impairment caused when Broca’s area is damaged

Answer 11

non fluent aphasia
impairment in the ability to produce articulate speech

Question 12

Werneck’s area

Answer 12

responsible for the understanding of language and the production of meaningful speech

Question 13

impairment caused when Werneck area is damaged

Answer 13

fluent aphasia

impairment in the ability to understand language and produce meaningful speech

Question 14

pre frontal cortex

Answer 14

the front layer of the frontal lobes that coorindates functions such as the ability to predict the consequences of behaviours as well as the ability to recognise and regulate emotion

Question 15

primary sensory cortex

Answer 15

a strip of cerebral cortex running through the parietal lobe that registers and processes sensory information

Question 16

primary auditory cortex

Answer 16

an area within both temporal lobes that registers and processes auditory information that is received from the ears

Question 17

primary visual cortex

Answer 17

an area within the occupital lobes that registers and processes visual information received from the eyes

Question 18

primary motor cortex

Answer 18

responsible for voluntary movements of skeletal muscles

Question 19

prefrontal cortex

Answer 19

the cerebral cortex covering the front part of the frontal lobe
includes decision making, planning, problem solving, intelligence, personality and emotional regulation

Question 20

aphasia

Answer 20

the condition when damage to the portions of the brain that are responsible for language occurs

Question 21

frontal lobe

Answer 21

responsible for speech, abstract thought planning and social skills

Question 22

structures of the frontal lobe

Answer 22

premotor cortex
motor cortex
prefrontal cortex
Broca’s area

Question 23

temporal lobe

Answer 23

processes auditory information (sensation received by the ears)
processes speech
processes sense of smell
important in long term memory function
contains the primary auditory cortex and Wernecks area
receives sound from ears

Question 24

parietal lobe

Answer 24

responsible for spatial awareness
contains the primary sensory cortex
processing sensations (touch, pressure, temp and pain), integrating all sensory information

Question 25

occipital lobe

Answer 25

responsible for visual perception and processing visual stimuli
interpreting visual information and facial recognition
contains the primary visual cortex