Vocab Flashcards
Central nervous system
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
Cephalization
Evolutionary development of the rostral (anterior) portion of the CNS
Increased number of neurons in the head
Highest level is reached in the human brain
Gyri
The ridges in the brain
Sulci
The shallow grooves in the brain
Longitudinal Fissure
Separates the the two hemispheres
Transverse Cerebral Fissure
Separates the cerebrum and the cerebellum
Central sulcus
Separates the precentral gyrus of the frontal lobe and the postcentral gyrus of the parietal lobe
Parietooccipital Sulcus
Separates the parietal and occipital lobes
Lateral sulcus
Separates parietal and temporal lobes
Insula
The layer under the medial surface
Cerebral cortex
Thin superficial layer of gray matter
Motor areas
Primary (somatic) motor cortex;Premotor cortex;Broca’s area; Frontal eye field
Primary motor cortex
Large pyramidal cells of the precentral gyri
Pyramidal cells
Brain neurons with many many dendrites;triangle shaped
Premotor cortex
Plays a role in direct behavior
Broca’s area
Controls muscles of the tounge
Frontal eye field
Controls voluntary eye movement
Sensory areas
Conscious awareness of sensation
P.somatosensory cortex
Receives sensory information, interprets where it’s from
Associaction cortex
Integrates sensory input from p.somatonsory cortex
P. visual cortex
Receives visual information from retinas, post exp to interpret visual stimuli
Auditory association area
Stores memories of odors
Gustatory cortex
Perception if tast
Visual sensory area
Conscious perception of visceral sensations
Vestibular cortex
Balance center
Multimodal association areas
Gives meaning to info,stores memory
Post association area
Recognizes patterns and faces
Anterior association area
Contains memory for judgement/conscience
Limbic association area
Emotional impact to establish memories
Lateralization
Division of labor between hemispheres
Cerebral dominance
Designates dominate language hemisphere
C white matter
Mylelated fibers responsible or communication
Commissural fibers
Connects two hemishoeres
Corpus callosum
Divides cerebral hemispheres
Association fibers
Connects different parts if the same hemisphere
Projection fibers
Hemispheres to the spinal cord
Basal nuclei
Subcortial nuclei, regulates attention, cognition, movements
Diencephalon
3rd ventricle: thalamus,hypothalamus,pineal gland
Thalamus
80% of diencephalon- gateway to cerebral cortex;sorts,edits, releases info
Hypothalamus
Autonomic control and emotional responses, regulates sleep
Pituitary gland
Controls hormone release
Pineal gland
Secrets melatonin
Epithalamion
Roof of 3rd ventricle
Midbrain
Between diencephalon and pons
C. Pendundes
Contains pyramidal motor tracts
Corpora quadrigemina
Domelike dorsal protrusions