MC P.4 Flashcards
Who is Phineas Gage and what lobe was damaged
Railroad worker injured on the job and frontal lobe
Neuroanatomy
Anatomy specifically relating to the neurological system
Frontal lobe
Areas associated with control and planning motor functions, also personality and complex reasoning
Parietal lobe
Areas associated with sensation and speech interpretation
Motor cortex
Portion of the brain identified as having motor control
Sensory cortex
Portion of the brain identified as having sensory function
Temporal lobe
Areas associated with hearing, smell and memory
Occipital lobe
Areas associated with sight
Medulla oblongata controls?
Vital body function (helps with breathing) sensory info also enters brain here
Spinal cord
Transfer of information from brain to periphery and vise versa
Metachanoreceptors are..
Sensitive to benson or stretching
What is Golgi Tendon organ
What is muscle spindle
1) muscle stretch
2) muscle motion
Mechanoreceptors in the ears do what?
Detect sound waves and head motion
Chemoreceptors are
Nociceptors are
1) sensitive to specific chemicals
2) sensitive to tissues damage
Thermoreceptors are
Responsive to temperature