N3: Brain Anatomy Flashcards
Frontal lobe functions?
-somatomotor (voluntary movements)
-voluntary eye movements
-language production
-Prefrontal cortex: Executive center
decision-making, motivation, planning, judgment
Parietal lobe functions?
-somatosensory (tactile, pain and temp)
-language comprehension
Temporal lobe functions?
-auditory
-language comprehension
-learning and memory
Occipital lobe functions?
-visual
Limbic lobe functions?
-learning and memory
-behavior and emotions
-very primative
Primary somatosensory cortex area?
postcentral gyrus
Primary somatomotor cortex area?
precentral gyrus
Primary visual cortex area?
cuneus and lingual gyri
Primary auditory cortex area?
transverse temporal gyri
Broca’s area location?
inferior frontal gyrus
Wernicke’s area location?
angular gyrus, supramarginal gyrus,
posterior portion of superior temporal gyrus
Internal capsule?
anterior limb
posterior limb – axons from VPL and VPM to primary somatosensory cortex genu
sublenticular limb – axons from MGN to primary auditory cortex
retrolenticular limb – axons from LGN to primary visual cortex
Thalamus location?
Sits above the brainstem, just below the hemispheres
-medial to the posterior limb
-diencephalon
-gray matter
Basal nuclei components?
caudate nucleus (CN)
putamen (P)
globus pallidus (GP)
lentiform nucleus = P + GP
Brainstem components?
-midbrain
-pons
-medulla
-cerebellum
