Neuro Flashcards
CNS
Brain (Cortex & sub-cortex), brain stem, cerebellum, spinal cord, cranial nerves
Frontal Lobe
behavior, judgement, mood, motor planning, motor cortex, some language (Broca’s area dominant hemisphere - motor/”expression” of sentence structure, plurals, tense)
Parietal Lobe
Sensory processing
Temporal Lobe
Auditory processing, memory, some language (Wernicke’s area dominant hemisphere - comprehension/”fluent jargon”)
Occipital Lobe
visual processing, visuospatial processing
Thalamus
relays visual, auditory, and sensation but not motor pathways
Precentral Gyrus
Motor
Postcentral Gyrus
Sensory
CNI
Olfaction - Smell
CNII
Optic - Vision
CNIII
Oculomotor - eye movement
CNIV
Trochlear - eye movement
CNV
Trigeminal - sensation and Taste
CNVI
Abducens - eye movement
CNVII
Facial - facial motor and some tasting