Neuroanatomy 3 Flashcards
Which lobe is the last to mature?
Frontal
In what age range are there high rates of depersonalization?
Early 20s
What does the word fasciculus stand for?
Tract
The neuroanatomical system that maps 52 areas of the brain by function is called:
Brodmann Areas
What area of the brain is key to differentiating human behavior from another animal’s behavior?
Uncinate Fasciculus
Brodmann Area 10
Anterior prefrontal cortex
What are of the brain is key to regulating emotion and decision making?
Orbitofrontal cortext (brodmann 11)
What area is key to linking memories to the orbitofrontal cortex:
Uncinate Fasciculus (Brodmann 38)
Damage to the poles of the temporal lobes, also Brodmann Area 38 can result in:
Face blindness
Over-eating
Poor risk assessment
Which area of the brain is important when recognizing faces and understanding syntax and semantics?
Uncinate Fasciculus (Brodmann 47)
Shortly after brain trauma, eyes tend to deviate:
Toward the side of trauma
The seat of free will and motivation versus apathy is:
Anterior cingulate cortex (Brodmann 24)
What area of the brain is key when linking a visual-spatial form to auditory or numerical meaning?
Supramarginal gyrus
Highly creative people have stronger networks between the
frontal lobe and supramarginal gyrus
Stimulant medication targets which of Luria’s units?
3
Luria’s unit __ regulates receiving, analyzing, and storing information:
2
