Mental Function Flashcards
Cerebrum
Higher mental function
Precentral gyrus
Motor control
Postcentral gyrus
Somatesthetic sensation
Frontal lobe
Skeletal muscle (voluntary control)
Personality
Verbal communication
Intellectual processes
Parietal lobe
Understanding
Interpretation of textures/shapes
Somatestetic interpretation
Temporal lobe
Auditory interpretation
Memory of auditory and visual experiences
Occipital lobe
Vision
Insula
Memory
Cerebral integration
Broca’s area
Relays verbal information
Damage yields good speech comprehension, impaired speech
Wernicke’s area
Word concepts
Damage yields rapid, unorganized speech and inability to comprehend language
Lambic system
Emotion
Hypothalamus
Hunger, thirst Body temperature regulation Pituitary gland secretion Wakefulness Sexual arousal/performance
Pons
Respiratory control centers
Cerebellum
Coordination
Medulla
Vital centers
Vasomotor
Cardio inhibitory
Respiratory (with pons)
