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Major Structures of the Brain & Their Functions
Information from the chapter 1 summary table in Essential Neuroscience (pp. 16-17)
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01/12/2012

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precentral gyrus
Definition
voluntary movement
of muscles of body and head region
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premotor region
Definition
aids and integrates
voluntary movements of body
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frontal eye fields
Definition
controls voluntary horizontal movement of the eyes
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prefrontal cortex
Definition
intellectual functions;
emotional events
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Broca's motor speech area
Definition
regulates motor aspects of speech
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postcentral gyrus
Definition
conscious perception of somesthetic sensation
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Wernicke's area
Definition
receptive integration of speech
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superior parietal lobule
Definition
integration of sensory and motor functions;
programming mechanism for motor responses
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superior temporal gyrus
Definition
auditory perception
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middle temporal gyrus
Definition
detection of moving objects
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inferior temporal gyrus
Definition
recognition of faces
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occipital lobe
Definition
visual perception
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ventricles of brain
Definition
flow of CSF throughout the CNS:
a source of electrolytes and conduit of neuroactive and metabolic products
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basal ganglia
Definition
regulation of motor functions
associated with cerebral cortex
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thalamus
Definition
Regulatory gateway.

transmission of signals from other regions of the CNS to the cerebral cortex
mediating sensory, motor, cognitive, and affective (emotional) functions
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hypothalamus
Definition
visceral
(feeding, drinking, autonomic, and endocrine functions and sexual and emotional behavior)
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limbic structures
Definition
modulation of hypothalamic functions;
regulation of emotional behavior;
short-term memory
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cerebellum
Definition
integration of motor functions
related to all regions of the CNS associated with motor and related processes
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midbrain
Definition
vision,
hearing,
eye movement,
body movement

transmission and regulation of sensory, motor, and AUTONOMIC functions
(CN III. IV)
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Pons
Definition
motor control & sensory analysis

transmission and regulation of sensory, motor, and autonomic functions
(CN V, VI, VII)
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medulla
Definition
maintaining vital body functions (e.g. breathing, HR)

transmission and regulation of sensory, motor, and AUTONOMIC functions
(CN VIII, IX, X, XII)
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insula
Definition
taste sensation,
viscerosensations,
pain sensations,
vestibular functions
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