Practical 2: Medial Surface of the Brain Flashcards
cingulate gyrus function
- processing emotions and behavior regulation
- helps to regulate autonomic motor function
cingulate sulcus
parietoccipital sulcus
calcarine sulcus
collateral sulcus
occipitotemporal sulcus
rhinal sulcus
medial frontal gyrus function
associated with high-level executive functions and decision-related processes
medial frontal gyrus
paracentral lobule function
controls motor and sensory innervations of the contralateral lower extremity
paracentral lobule
precuneus function
imagery and memory processing
precuneus
cuneus function
receives visual information from the contralateral superior retina
cuneus
cingulate gyrus
lingual gyrus function
identification and recognition of words
lingual gyrus
parahipppocampal gyrus function
memory encoding and retrieval
parahippocampal gyrus
what is the medial occipitotemporal gyrus
a gyrus made up of the lingual and hippocampal gyri
medial occipitotemporal gyrus
lateral occipitotemporal gyrus
functional areas
- primary sensory cortex
- primary motor cortex
- supplementary motor area (SMA)
- primary visual cortex
primary somatosensory cortex broadmann areas
- 1, 2, 3a, and 3b
- Areas 3b and 1 receive cutaneous tactile input
- areas 3a and 2 proprioceptive input.
primary motor cortex broadmann area
4
primary visual cortex broadmann area
17
primary auditory cortex broadmann areas
41, 42
Broca’s area broadmann areas
44 & 45
Wernicke’s area broadmann area
22
primary visual cortex
calcarine sulcus and adjacent gyri
white mater structures
- corpus callosum
- fornix
- anterior commissure
- posterior commissure
- septum pellucidum
corpus callosum parts
- genu
- rostrum
- body
- splenium
genu
rostrum
body
splenium
fornix
anterior commissure
posterior commissure
septum pellucidum
corpus callosum
limbic lobe consists of which gyri
- paraterminal gyrus
- subcallosal gyrus
- cingulate gyrus
- parahippocampal gyrus
- isthmus
limbic lobe
paraterminal gyrus
subcallosal gyrus
cingulate gyrus
parahippocampal gyrus
limbic lobe isthmus
lateral ventricle
3rd ventricle
4th ventricle
cerebral aqueduct
choroid plexus
hypothalamic sulcus
thalamus
interthalamic adhesion
lamina terminalis
optic chiasm
tuber cinereum
infundibulum
pituitary gland
mammillary body
pineal recess
pineal body/gland
suprapineal recess
functions of cerebrum
vision, hearing, spatial awareness, smell, touch, speech & language, memory, thought and voluntary action
what seperates the two cerebral hemispheres
falx in the longitudinal cerebral fissure
what is the lateral ventricle composed of
anterior horn, body, posterior horn and an inferior horn
where is the anterior horn of the lateral ventricle
frontal lobe
where is the body of the lateral ventricle
parietal lobe
where is the posterior horn of the lateral ventricle
occipital lobe
where is the inferior horn of the lateral ventricle
temporal lobe
where does the lateral ventricle communicate with teh 3rd ventricle
interventricular foramen