Nervous System brain 🧠

Question 1

Name the four lobes

Answer 1

.temporal lobe
. Frontal lobe
. Parietal lobe
. Occipital lobe

Question 2

Name the three main cortex’s

Answer 2

. Frontal association cortex
. Temporal association cortex
. Parietal association cortex

Question 3

What is the function of Exeter’s area

Answer 3

.planning hand movement e.g handwriting

Question 4

The pre motor cortex

Answer 4

Planning

Question 5

What is the function of the Brocas

Answer 5

.Scanning
.reading
.planning

Question 6

Controls movement of the trachea, mouth, nose, eyes, face futures, hands, arms,shoulders, and back ( homunculus ). Also is responsible for the activation of muscles and therefore have large 🔼 shaped cells that allow AP to propagate down to the furthest regions of the body.

Answer 6

Pre central gyrus
Or
Primary motor cortex

Question 7

The primary sensory cortex made of many small receiving neurones called granular cells.

Answer 7

Post central gyrus
Or
Primary sensory cortex

Question 8

Function of the superamarginal gyrus.

Answer 8

Reading

Question 9

Function of the angular gyrus.

Answer 9

Writing ✍️

Question 10

What are the two cortex’s that are involved in vision

Answer 10

The primary visual cortex (what we actually see) and the secondary visual cortex (magic tricks )

Question 11

The pre occipital notch is before the

Answer 11

Occipital lobe ???

Question 12

The primary auditory cortex

Answer 12

.hearing
. Tone
.time
Tonotopic

Question 13

What is meant by tonotopic

Answer 13

Is the import of different tones.

the spatial arrangement of where sound is perceived, transmitted, or received.

Question 14

wernicke’s area / secondary auditory cortex.

Answer 14

Language
Verbal cues -tuning out white noise
Converts tones and time to language

Question 15

Frontal association cortex = 7

Answer 15

.intelligence
. Personality 
. Behaviours 
. Mood
. Cognitive function 
. Morals
.fight or flight

Question 16

Parietal association cortex = 6

Answer 16

. Spatial skills 
.3D recognition 
- shapes 
- faces
- concepts 
- Abstract perception

Question 17

Temporal association cortex =4

Answer 17

.memory
.mood
. Aggression
. Intelligence

Question 18

Non dominant hemisphere (right ) = 5

Answer 18

. Non verbal language e.g body language 
. emotional expression/ tone of language 
. Spatial skills/3D
. conceptual understanding 
. artistic/musical skill

Question 19

What are the effects of injury on the brain 🧠

Answer 19

. Loss of non verbal language 
. Speech lacks emotion
. Spatial disorientation 
. Inability to recognise familiar objects
. Loss of musical appreciation

Question 20

What is the primary function of the arcuate fasciculus?

Answer 20

to align speech recognition /comprehension with speech production.

Question 21

What is the major symptom of a person with a non-fluent aphasia?

Answer 21

Inability to coordinate muscular movements for generating speech

Question 22

Arcuate fascicules

Answer 22

White matter pathways from wernickes to brocas

Question 23

If a patient can not write

Answer 23

Sensory aphasia

Question 24

Cingulate gyrus

Answer 24

Relays info toaster example

Flight or flight

Question 25

Corpus callosum

Answer 25

Largest body of white matter .

Coronation of right and left sides of the body

Question 26

Parthway of hearing

Answer 26

Cranial nerve - primary auditory cortex- secondary auditory cortex - brocas

Question 27

3 parts of brain from development

Answer 27

Midbrain/ hindbrain/forebrain

Question 28

what is aphasia?

Answer 28

Trouble speaking or with language

Question 29

Damage to brocas (Generation of speech )

Answer 29

Motor / non flaunt aphasia
. Can understand but can’t respond appropriately e.g tan tan
. Cant compose correct speech

Question 30

Damage to wernickies area

Answer 30

Sensory/ flaunt aphasia

. Trouble comprehending language but still can speak

Question 31

How do you test between motor and sensory aphasia

Answer 31

Ask patient to write something down
. Damage to brocas =sensory = not appropriate verbal response but correct written response
. Damage to wernickies = motor = all responses are not placed

Question 32

Connection aphasia

Answer 32

Damage to arcuate fasculus

. Can make a verbal response however the response dose not fit e.g random