Neuro

Question 1

Name the 3 meningeal layers

Answer 1

Dura
Arachnoid
Pia mater

Question 2

What is the frontal lobe associated with?

Answer 2

Primary motor cortex and prefrontal cortex associated with higher intellect, decision making, planning and personality.
It is also associated with language in the dominant hemisphere - Broca’s area

Question 3

What is the parietal lobe associated with?

Answer 3

Primary sensory cortex, important for proprioception, 2 point discrimination, interpretation of sensory information and meaningful motor response

Question 4

What is the temporal lobe associated with?

Answer 4

Primary auditory cortex important in processing the sounds we hear but also has a role in memory and emotion

Question 5

Where would you find Wernicke’s area and what is this associated with?

Answer 5

Temporal lobe and it is important in understanding the spoken word

Question 6

Where would you find the hippocampus and what is it’s function?

Answer 6

Temporal lobe, it is associated with memory (transferring short to long term memory)