TEST Flashcards
Comprehensive Definition of Brain
The organ that exerts control over behavior and needs ongoing sensory stimulation and motor production to maintain its intelligent activity.
Definition of Behavior
Patterns in Time
Afferent is what kind of info?
Incoming
Efferent is what kind of info?
Outgoing
The important features of the meninges are-
- 3 layers
-encase brain and spinal cord
-protective covering
The four lobes of the brain are -
Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, Occipital
What are the functions of the Frontal Lobe?
Decision Making, Voluntary Movement
What are the functions of the parietal lobe?
Directing our movements
What are the functions of the temporal lobe?
Hearing, language, musical abilities, facial recognition, emotional processing
What are the functions of the occipital lobe?
Visual scene processing
What are the 3 main subdivisions of the brain?
Cerebrum, brainstem, cerebellum
Features of GRAY matter are -
Neurons, cell bodies, blood vessels, info modification
Features of the Corpus Callosum are -
Band of white matter, joins the two hemispheres and allows them to communicate, runs much length of both hemispheres
Lateral fissure runs -
Left to right
Longitudinal Fissure runs -
Up and down