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| function of the primary motor cortex |
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| precise skeletal muscle movement |
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| function of the premotor cortex |
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| motor speech, only in left hemisphere |
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| function of frontal eye field |
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| function of primary somatosensory cortex |
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| receives sensory information & based on spatial discrimination-it identifies the region of the body being stimulated |
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| function of somatosensory association cortex |
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| receive's visual information from the retina |
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| function of auditory area |
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| the primary auditory cortex receives sensory impulses from the inner ear (volume, pitch, location) |
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| function of olfactory cortex |
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| smell receptors in nasal cavities send information to the olfactory area to bring awareness to odors |
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| function of gustatory cortex |
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| function of visceral sensory area |
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| think of visceral membrane that lines organs, therefore, this area senses visceral input like a full bladder or upset stomach |
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| function of vestibular cortex |
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| spatial information from inner ear that is sent to the vestibular cortex to give awareness of balance and position in space |
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| function of multimodal association area |
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| analyze, interpret, reason & verbalize (this is the region of our IQ) |
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| function of prefrontal cortex (anterior association area) |
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| cognition, recall & personality |
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| function of posterior association area |
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| recognize patterns, faces and location |
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| function of Wernicke's area |
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| understand written words & spoken language |
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| function of Limbic Association Area |
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| not fully understood, but is thought to play a role in sharpening motor skills, attention and cognition |
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| important for maintaining homeostasis, emotional responses, sleep-wake cycles |
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| pineal gland which secretes melatonin to sleep |
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| function of corpora quadrigemina |
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| visal and auditory reflexes (bypasses higher brain function)- when a harmful stimuli affects the body to effectively jump back |
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| function of substantia nigra |
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| synthesizes dopamine precursor molecules |
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