Unit 2 Central Nervous System Flashcards
1
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Brain Hemisphere Division
A
- Longitudinal fissure
2
Q
Brain Hemisphere Communication
A
- Corpus callosum
3
Q
Fissure
A
- Deep grove
4
Q
Sulcus
A
- Shallow Groove
5
Q
Gyrus
A
- Ridge
6
Q
Frontal Lobe
A
- Behaviour & emotional control
- Personality
- Problem solving
- Voluntary motor activity, planning movement
- Broca’s area
- Precentral gyrus
7
Q
Broca’s Area
A
- Production of language
8
Q
Parietal Lobe
A
- Integrates sensory information
- Touch, pain, proprioception
- Perception of language
- Wernicke’s area
9
Q
Wernicke’s Area
A
- Understanding speech
10
Q
Pre-Central Gyrus
A
- Voluntary motor activity
11
Q
Post-Central Gyrus
A
- Sensory reception of touch
12
Q
Temporal Lobe
A
- Auditory information processing
- Processes language
- Semantics & naming
- Processes smell
13
Q
Temporal Lobe Division
A
- Lateral fissure
14
Q
Occipital Lobe
A
- Receives & processes visual information
15
Q
Occipital Lobe Division
A
- Parieto-occipital sulcus
16
Q
Diencephalon
A
- Thalamus
- Hypothalamus
- Pituitary gland
17
Q
Thalamus
A
- Sensory information
18
Q
Hypothalamus
A
- Maintain homeostasis
