Neocortex

Question 1

dysarthria

Answer 1

difficulty speaking language, not encoding it

Question 2

viewing words involves which 2 brain areas?

Answer 2

visual cortex + wernicke’s

Question 3

hearing words involves which 2 brain areas?

Answer 3

auditory cortex + wernicke’s

Question 4

speaking words involves which 2 brain areas?

Answer 4

sensorimotor cortex + wernicke’s

Question 5

generating word association involves which 2 brain areas?

Answer 5

Broca’s + Wernicke’s

Question 6

site of lateral neglect?

Answer 6

posterior parietal cortex

Question 7

3 main arteries in the brain:

Answer 7

anterior cerebral artery
posterior cerebral artery
middle cerebral artery

Question 8

where does the anterior cerebral artery go? (3 places)

Answer 8

medial surface of frontal lobe
medial surface of parietal lobe
cingulate gyrus

Question 9

where does the posterior cerebral artery go? (3 places)

Answer 9

inferior surface of the temporal lobe
medial surface of temporal lobe
medial surface of occipital lobe (vis ctx)

Question 10

where does the middle cerebral artery go? (5 places)

Answer 10

basal ganglia
insula
frontal lobe
parietal lobe
temporal lobe (lateral)

Question 11

Cortical layers with large cells (e.g. layer V with agranular morphology) tend to make connections with…

Answer 11

…structure far, far away

Question 12

Cortical layers with small cells (e.g. layer IV with granular morphology) tend to make connections with…

Answer 12

…local neurons. Often seen in sensory cortex

Question 13

What type of aphasia is damage to Broca’s area associated with?

Answer 13

Expressive aphasia (cannot produce spoken or written language)

Question 14

What type of aphasia is damage to Wernicke’s area associated with?

Answer 14

Receptive aphasia (cannot understand language, written or spoken, can speak “coherently” but without meaning)