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The Cerebral Hemispheres Flashcards

1
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What is a sulcus?

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Dip

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What is a gyrus?

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Elevation

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What is a fissure?

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Larger dip

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4
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Where is grey matter found on the brain?

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On surface

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5
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Where is white matter found on the brain?

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Inside

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What is basal ganglia?

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Collection of neuronal cell bodies buried in the white matter

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Features of corupus callosum

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Contain fibres which go from one hemisphere to another

A communicating bridge

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Important sulci to remember

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Central sulcus
Lateral sulcus
Cingulate sulcus
Parieto-occipital sulcus

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9
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Important fissures to remember

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Median longitudinal fissure

Transverse fissure

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10
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Important gyri to remember

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Precentral gyrus
Postcentral gyrus
Cingulate gyrus

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Another name for the lateral sulcus

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Lateral fissure

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What does the parietal lobe separate?

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The parietal lobe from the occipital lobe

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13
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Lobes of the brain

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Frontal lobe
Parietal lobe
Occipital lobe
Temporal lobe

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Gyri of the frontal lobe

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Superior frontal gyrus
Middle frontal gyrus
Inferior frontal gyrus

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What is cortical mapping?

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Mosiac map of the cortex with 52 areas called Brodmann Areas

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Main function of frontal lobe

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Motor

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What is the precentral gyrus?

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Primary motor cortex

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What is the inferior frontal gyrus?

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Brocas Area of motor speech

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What is the function of the prefrontal cortex?

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Cognitive functions of higher order intellect
Judgement
Prediction
Planning

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Functions of the frontal lobe

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Somatotrophic representation of contralateral half of body (motor homunculus) - precentral gyrus
Brocas area of motor speech
Cognitive functions of higher order intellect, judgement, prediction and planning
Rest of musculature
Eyes

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What is the post central gyrus?

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Primary sensory area

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Function of primary sensory area / post central gyrus

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Receives general sensations from the contralateral half of the body 
Somatostopic representation (sensory homunculus)
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Parts of the parietal lobe

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Post central gyrus
Superior parietal lobe
Inferior parietal lobe

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Function of the superior parietal lobe

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Interpretation of general sensory information (sensory association area)
Conscious awareness of contralateral half of body

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Function of inferior parietal lobe

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Interface between somatosensory cortex and visual and auditory association areas

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Additional function of the dominant hemisphere of the inferior parietal lobule

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Contributes to language functions

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27
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What is observed in hemisensory neglect?

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One field of vision

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28
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What is seen in right left agnosia?

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Inability to process sensory information

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29
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What is acalculia?

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Difficulty in performing simple mathematic tasks

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30
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What is agraphia?

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Loss of ability to communicate through writing

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31
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Overall functions of the temporal lobe

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Hearing

Smell

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Areas of the temporal lobe

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Superior temporal gyrus
Auditory association areas
Inferior surface receives fibres from olfactory tract (conscious appreciation of smell)

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33
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What is the superior temporal gyrus?

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Primary auditory cortex

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34
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What is the auditory association area in the dominant hemisphere called?

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Wernickes area

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35
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Function of wernickes area

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Understanding of the spoken word

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36
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Main function of occipital lobe

37
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What is the calcarine sulcus on the occipital lobe? Where is this found?

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Primary visual cortex

Medial surface of the occipital lobe

38
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What is the rest of the occipital lobe?

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Visual association cortex

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Function of the visual association cortex

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Interpretation of the visual images

40
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What is the limbic lobe involved with?

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Memory

Emotional aspects of behaviour

41
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What does the limbic lobe consist of?

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Cingulate gyrus
Hippocampus
Parahippocampal gyrus
Amygdala

42
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Where is the hippocampus found?

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Medial aspect of the temporal lobe

43
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What is the amygdala?

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Subcortical grey matter close to the temporal pole

44
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What is the function of the posterior part of the cerebral hemisphere?

45
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What is the function of the anterior part of the cerebral hemisphere?

46
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What is the function of the medial portions of the cerebral hemisphere (limbic system)?

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Storage and revival of processed information

47
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Two types of hemispheres

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Dominant

Non dominant

48
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Main function of frontal lobe

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Motor function i.e. skeletal muscle movement

intellect i.e. thinking

49
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Main function of parietal lobe

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Somatosensory i.e. touch/temperature

50
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What part of the temporal lobe is hearing?

51
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What part of the temporal lobe is smell?

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Bottom part

52
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What is Brocas Area?

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Motor speech area

53
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What is Wernickes Area?

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Auditory association area

Necessary for recognition of the spoken word

54
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Where is Wernickes Area found?

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Temporal lobe in the dominant hemisphere

55
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What is aphasia?

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Problem with speech due to damage to one or some speech areas in the brain

56
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Two types of aphasia

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Broca’s Aphasia

Wernicke’s Aphasia

57
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Features of Broca’s Aphasia

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Understands speech
Misses small words
Aware of difficulties in speech

58
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Where would be damaged to result in brocas aphasia?

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Frontal lobe

59
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What may also be present with brocas aphasia?

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Weakness/paralysis to one side of the body

60
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Features of Wernickes Aphasia

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Fluent speech with new meaningless words
Cant understand speech
Doesn’t know of mistakes

61
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Where would there be damage to to result in wernickes aphasia?

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Temporal lobe

62
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Would there be assosiated paralysis with wernickes aphasia?

63
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What are the 3 types of white matter in the forebrain?

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Commissural fibres
Association fibres
Projection fibres

64
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Neumonic to remember the 3 types of white matter in the forebrain

65
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Function of commissural fibres

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Connect corresponding areas of the two hemispheres (corpus callosum)

66
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Function of association fibres

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Connect one part of the cortex with the other

May be short or long

67
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Function of projection fibres

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Runs between the cerebral cortex and various subcortical centres
Pass through the corona radiata and the internal capsule

68
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What is 3D cerebral tractography?

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3D modelling technique that maps functional white matter tracts using data collected using MRI.

69
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What is the internal capsule?

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Made up of projection fibres passing to and from the cerebral cortex

70
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Where is the internal capsule found?

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Narrow area between the thalamus and caudate nucleus medially and the lentiform nucleus laterally

71
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Blood supply to the internal capsule

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Middle cerebral artery

72
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When is the internal capsule frequently affected?

73
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What is a main feature of the internal capsule?

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It is very densely concentrated

74
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What are basal ganglia?

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Subcortical nuclei (collection of neuronal cell bodies - grey matter) deep within each cerebral hemisphere

75
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What makes up basal ganglia?

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Caudate nucleus
Putamen
Globus pallidus

76
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What is functionally a part of the basal ganglia but not anatomically?

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Substantia nigra

77
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What colour is substantia nigra?

78
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Where does substantia nigra lie?

79
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What does the substantia nigra lie next to?

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Red nucleus

80
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What makes up the lentiform nucleus?

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Putamen laterally

Globus pallidus medially

81
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What are the input regions receiving input from the motor cortex, premotor cortex and from the thalamus?

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Caudate nucleus

Putamen

82
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What are the output regions connected to the input regions?

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Globus pallidus

Substantia nigra

83
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What does the globus pallidus primary project to? In turn where does this send fibres to?

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Thalamus

Sends fibres to motor area of the cortex

84
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Major function of the basal ganglia

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Help regulate initiation and termination of movements

85
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What is the basal ganglia often called?

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Extrapyramidal system

86
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White and grey matter of the cerebral hemispheres

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Outer grey
Inner white
Deep in white - grey (basal ganglia)

87
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What separated the two cerebral hemispheres?

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Median longitudinal fissure

88
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What connects the two cerebral hemispheres?

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Corpus callosum

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