Term
| lateral central fissure (Sylvian fissure) |
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Definition
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separates temporal lobe from frontal and parietal lobes |
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separates frontal lobe from parietal lobe |
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| Frontal lobe (parts and functions) |
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Definition
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precentral gyrus: primary motor cortex for voluntary motor muscle activation
prefrontal cortex: emotions and judgment
Broca's area: motor aspects of speech |
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Term
| Parietal lobe (parts and functions) |
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Definition
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postcentral gyrus: sensory cortex for integration of sensation
receives fibers conveying touch, proprioceptive, pain and temperature sensations from opposite of body |
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Term
| Temporal lobe (parts and functions) |
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Definition
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primary auditory cortex: receives/processes auditory stimuli
associative auditory cortex: processes auditory stimuli
Wernicke's area: language comprehension |
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Term
| insula (location, description) |
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Definition
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deep within lateral sulcus
associated with visceral functions |
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Term
| White matter fibers (types) |
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Definition
transverse (commissural) fibers: interconnect 2 hemispheres
projection fibers: connect central hemispheres with other portions of brain and spinal cord
association fibers: connect different portions of central hemispheres, allowing cortex to function as an integrated whole |
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Term
| Basal ganglia (what is it?) |
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Definition
| masses of grey matter deep within cerebral hemispheres |
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Term
| Caudate vs. putamen loops |
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Definition
caudate loop (complex loop): functions in association with associative cortex in formation of motor plans
putament loop (motor loop): functions in association with sensorimotor cortex to scale and adjust movements |
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Term
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Definition
brain 2% of body weight
18% of total blood volume |
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Term
| Left hemisphere specialization (controls what?) |
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Definition
movement of R side of body
processing of sensory information from R side of body
visual reception from R field
visual verbal processing
bilateral auditory reception
speech
processing of verbal auditory information |
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Term
| Right hemisphere specialization (controls what?) |
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Definition
movement of L side of body
processing of sensory information from L side of body
visual reception from L field
visual spatial processing
L motor praxis
nonverbal memory
attention to incoming stimuli
emotion
processing of nonverbal auditory information
interpretation of abstract information
interpretation of tonal inflections |
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