week 6 webtutorial Flashcards
precentral gyrus (primary motor cortex)
voluntary control of movement
postcentral gyrus (primary somatosensory cortex)
processing of tactile and proprioceptive information
superior temporal gyrus (brodmann area 41)
first processing of auditory information
Broca’s area (brodmann area 44/45)
speech production
Wernicke’s area (Brodmann area 22)
language comprehension
primary visual cortex (Brodmann area 17)
First processing of visual information
secondary & tertiary visual areas (Brodmann area 18/19)
further processing of visual information
frontal lobe
planning and reasoning
parietal lobe
integration sensory information
occipital lobe
processing of visual information
temporal lobe
emotion and memory
inability to speak fluently despite normal comprehension
damage to Broca’s area
inability to understand the meaning of words
damage to Wernicke’s area
anopsia (defect in the visual field)
damage to the visual cortex
astereognosis (inability to identify common objects by touch)
damage to the postcentral gyrus
tel die mes met mye
telencephalon, diencephalon, mesencephalon, metencephalon, myelencephalon
medial
towards the midline of the body
lateral
away from the midline of the body
inferior
lower or below
superior
upper or above
cranial
belonging to the head
caudal
towards the tail
rostral
towards the beak
anterior
towards the front