Week 2 Flashcards
5 lobes of the hemisphere
Frontal
Parietal
Temporal
Occipital
Insula
Gray matter=
White matter=
Cerebral cortex
Myelinated fibers of the axon
The cerebral cortex is the ___ suite of the nervous system
Executive
2 types of neurons in cerebral cortex:___ cells and ___ arranged in 6 layers
Stellate (star)
Pyramidal
Stellate cells process information at the ___ level
Local
6 layers of neocortex
Molecular
External Granular
External Pyramidal
Internal Granular
InternalPyramidal
Multiform
Most important layer of the neocortex is the ___ granular (#___) which form the stripe of ___
Internal
IVStripe of Gentry
Six layers of neocortex:
Layer IV is thickest in ___ regions
Layer ___ is thickest in motor regions
Sensory
V
Brodmann’s areas are ___ cortical areas bases on characteristics of tissue
52
PET scans show maximal ___ activity in the brain
Metabolic
Functional MRI scans reveal ___ in the brain
Blood flow
3 functional areas of cerebral cortex
Motor
Sensory
Association
All neurons in the cortex are ___neurons
Interneurons
Motor areas have a prominent #___ area and lie in the ___ part of the frontal lobes
5
Posterior
Primary motor cortex (area 4) is responsible for ___ of skeletal muscles
Conscious control—(voluntary muscle control)
Primary motor cortex (#4) has giant cell of ___ in layer V
Cells of Betz
Primary motor cortex is (IPSILATERAL/ CONTRALATERAL)?
CONTRALATERAL
Premotor cortex (area ___) has a prominent layer V.Is ___ to the precentral gurus in the frontal lobe
5
Precentral
Premotor cortex controls___ motor skills of ___ nature
Learned
Repetitious
Supplemental motor cortex plays role in programming __ motor sequences and coordinating ___ movements
Complex
Bilateral
Frontal eye field controls __ movements of the eyes and is located in area 8 now known as area ___
Voluntary
6
Stimulation of frontal eye field (area 6) results in deviation of eyes to ___ side of irritation and __ side of lesion
Opposite
Same (eyes point to side of lesion)
Broca speech area is areas ___ and ___
44
45
Broca speech area connected to ___ speech area
Wernicke
Broca/ Wernicke speech areas connected by
Arcuate fasciculus
Sensory areas have prominent layer ___
4
Primary somatosensory cortex located in areas ___
3,1,2
Primary somatosensory cortex areas 3,1,2 receive information ____, which means right hemisphere receives info from left side of the body
CONTRALATERAL
Primary somatosensory cortex (areas 3,1,2) contributes to ___ tract
Corticospinal
Secondary somatosensory cortex receives info from___cortex
Projects into ___
Primary somatosensory cortex
Insula
Somatosensory association cortex , areas ___ and ___ receives info from areas ____. Area 7 also receives info from area ___
5
7
3,1,2
17