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Quiz 2 part 2 Flashcards

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What are the 4 lobes of the cerebrum?

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Frontal, parietal, occipital and temporal

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What are the two major fissures/sulci?

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Sylvian fissure and central sulcus

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What is the location of the grey matter within the cerebrum?

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Grey matter is in the cortex

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What is the location of the white matter within the cerebrum?

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The white matter is within the subcortical areas.

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What are Gyri?

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Little hills in the cortex

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What are Sulci?

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A groove or little valley

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What is a fissure?

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A groove

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What is the major purpose of the left hemisphere?

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Language, analytical and logic, it also controls the right side of the body

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What is the major purpose of the right hemisphere?

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Perceptual, space, holistic and intuitive. Important in pragmatics. Controls the left side of the body.

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What is the frontal lobe for?

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Reasoning and judgment, grammar and producing sentences, and some motor functions.

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What is the parietal lobe for?

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Sensory, especially tactile, connects the frontal and temporal lobes.

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What is the temporal lobe for?

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Important for interpreting auditory information. Important for semantics. and processing auditory information.

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What is the occipital lobe for?

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Vision and vision processing

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What is the location of the cerebellum?

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Below the temporal and occipital lobes and above the brain stem

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What is the cerebellum for?

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It helps coordinate muscle movement.

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What is the brain stem for?

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It sends sensory information up and motor information down. It connects the brain to the spinal cord.

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What is UMN and what do they do?

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Upper motor neurons, they provide direct input to the spinal and cranial nerves. Activate LMNs

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What is the indirect activation pathway?

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Several short pathways that regulate reflexes, maintain posture, tone, and other associated activities.

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What is the corticospinal tract?

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It controls skilled voluntary movement of the limbs and trunk

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