macroscopy Flashcards
what are the most importand functions of the 4 lobes.
Frontal lobe: is generally where higher executive functions including emotional regulation, planning, reasoning and problem solving occur. Also contains primary motor cortex, the major region responsible for voluntary movement.
Parietal lobe: are responsible for integrating sensory information, including touch, temperature, pressure and pain. Sensation and spatial awareness.
Occipital lobe: visual processing
Temperal lobe: auditory processing.
Which part of the cortex do the corpus callosum and commissura anterior interconnect?
Corpus callosum: left-right hemisphere.
Commissura anterior: two temporal lobes two cerebral hemispheres
Name the structures of the double layer and what part they sepparate.
Falx cerebri: left-right hemisphere
Tentorium cerebri: cerebellum-cerebrum
Where is the pituitary glad located and what is it connected to in the brain. To which part of the diencephalon is the pituitary gland connected?
The pituitary gland is located in a bony depression called the Sella turcica. The pituitary gland is connected to the brain through the pituitary stalk, also known as the infundibulum. The pituitary gland is connected to the hypothalamus.
Between which layers of the meninges the outer CSF is located?
Om subarachnoid space (arachnoid pia mater)
What is the specific function of the cortex & cingulate gyrus?
Cortex Cingulate gyrus: Conscious perception of emotion
What is the specific function of the cingulate gyrus?
Associated with autonomic functions and emotions and association cortex (memory)
What is the specific function of the hippocampus?
What is the specific function of the hippocampus? Long-term memory of emotions (also depents on amygdala)
what is the specific funtion of the amygdala
coupling of conscious exprience of emotion (neocortical areas) to unconsious/somatic expe\ression of emotion (hypothalamus + brain stem nuclei) and olfactory input.
What is the specific function of the hypothalamus
Integrates the action of the autonomic nervous system, coordinates the behavior expressions of emotions.
What is the specific function of the thalamus?
Filter station of information.
What is the specific function of the papez circuit?
Memory, connection to the cortex ensures saving of memories in the brain connection tot he amygdala ensure the influence of emotions and smell signalling.
