localisation of brain function

Question 1

where is the motor area found

Answer 1

frontal lobe

Question 2

where is the somatosensory area found

Answer 2

parietal

Question 3

where is the visual area found

Answer 3

occipital lobe

Question 4

where is the auditory area found

Answer 4

temporal lobe

Question 5

where is brocas area found

Answer 5

frontal lobe

Question 6

where is wernickes area found

Answer 6

temporal lobe

Question 7

what is the function of the motor area

Answer 7

controls voluntary movements in the opposite side of the body

Question 8

what is the function of the somotisensory area

Answer 8

sensory information from skin is represented

Question 9

what is the function of the visual brain area

Answer 9

process information from eyes
— each eye sends information from the right visual field to the left visual cortex and from left visual field to right cortex

Question 10

what is the function of the auditory area

Answer 10

process information from ears
- analyses speech-based information

Question 11

what is the function of brocas area

Answer 11

responsible for speech production

Question 12

what does damage to broca’s area cause

Answer 12

brocas aphasia - speech that is slow and not fluent

Question 13

what is the function of wernickes area

Answer 13

responsible for understanding language

Question 14

what does damage to wernickes area cause

Answer 14

wernickes aphasia - production of nonsense words

Question 15

what is the cerebrum

Answer 15

• regulates higher intellectual processes

Question 16

what is the cerebral cortex

Answer 16

outermost layer of the cerebrum
- sensory systems sends messages to and from the cerebral cortex

Question 17

what is the cerebrum made up of

Answer 17

left and right hemispheres which are connected by a bundle of fibres called the corpus callosum

Question 18

what does the corpus callosum do

Answer 18

allows messaged to enter the right hemisphere to be conveyed to the left hemisphere and vice versa

Question 19

what are the 4 lobes the hemispheres are divided into

Answer 19

frontal
parietal
temporal
occipital