Term
Primary Motor Cortex
Give: BA/Location/Other functions |
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Definition
BA: 4
Located: In front of central sulcus.
Function: Topographic map of motor areas in body. |
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Term
Postcentral Gyrus
Give: BA/Location/Other functions |
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Definition
BA: 1, 2, 3
Located: Behind central sulcus
Function: topographic map of sensory areas in body. |
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Term
Occipital Pole
Give: BA/Location/Function |
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Definition
BA: 17, 18, 19
Location: In the back of the occipital lobe
Function: AKA Area V1, serves as primary sensory input area for basic vision. |
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Term
Transverse Fissure
Give: Location |
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Definition
| Under the occipital lobe, separating it from the Cerebellum. |
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Term
Heschl's Gyrus
Give: BA/Location/Other Functions |
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Definition
BA: 41
Located: Superior Temporal Gyrus
Function: Primary auditory cortex. |
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Term
Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex
Give: BA/Location/Function |
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Definition
BA: 9, 46
Function: Working memory
located: Anterior frontal lobe.. |
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Term
Broca's Area
Give: BA/Other terms for it/Location/Function |
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Definition
BA: 44, 45, sometimes 46
AKA Frontal Operculum, Pars Triangularus
Function: Controls speech production. Not necessarily understanding.
Location: Just anterior to primary motor cortex. |
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Term
Arcuate fasiculus
Give: BA/Location/Other functions |
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Definition
BA: UNDER BA 40
Located: Under the supramarginal gyrus, located in the parietal lobe.
Function: Serves as connection between Broca's and Wernicke's areas. If damaged, causes speech repetition problems. |
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Term
Wernicke's Area
Give: BA/Location/Function |
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Definition
BA: 22, 42
Located: Superior to temporal lobe, located in inferior parietal lobe.
Function: Speech and language COMPREHENSION. |
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Term
Angular Gyrus
Give: BA/Location/Function |
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Definition
BA: 39
Location: In between Temporal, Occipital, and Parietal lobes
Function: Visual language perception. IMPORTANT FOR READING, if damaged, reading problems... |
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Term
Cingulate Gyrus
Give: BA/Function/Location |
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Definition
BA: 32
Located: Superior to thalamus, in frontal lobe.
Function: Working memory/attention/monitoring performance |
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Term
Thalamus:
Give: Function/Location |
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Definition
Function: Relay station for all senses except smell.
Location: Sort of in the middle of the brain, under cerebral cortex. Probably in parietal lobe, technically. |
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Hypothalamus
Give: Location/function |
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Definition
Located: Just under the Thalamus (inferior).
Function: Regulates hunger/thirst, body temp, and arousal |
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Term
Pons
Give: Location/other functions |
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Definition
Location: Just superior to the medulla, which is superior/attached to the spinal cord.
Function: The pons are involved in the regulation of incoming information from the spinal cord |
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Term
Medulla (oblongata)
Give: location/Function |
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Definition
Function: Regulates Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, and respiration.
Location: Just inferior to the pons. Superior to spinal cord. Anterior to the cerebellum. |
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Term
Cerebullum
Give: Function, Location |
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Definition
Function: Motor control/coordination. Ipsilateral control!!
Location: Under occipital lobe (inferior), and posterior to pons/medulla. |
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Term
Corpus Callosum
Give: Divisions/their respective functions |
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Definition
Direction (From Anterior to posterior)
Rostrum: Motor control between the hemis
Genu: Sensory control between the hemis
Body: Auditory info between the hemis
Spleenium: Visual info between the hemis |
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