Brodman areas

Question 1

Which is the main area of the occipital lobe?

Answer 1

BrA 17. Primary visual cortex.

Question 2

what is precentral gyrus called?

Answer 2

BrA4

Question 3

What is motorcortex called

Answer 3

Br4

Question 4

What is Br4?

Answer 4

motorcortex (precentral gyrus)

Question 5

Where is brodman area 17 found?

Answer 5

In the very dorsal part of the occipital lobe.

Question 6

Which of the following Brodmann areas are associated with Wernicke’s area, responsible for the comprehension of speech?

Answer 6

Br22, Br39 and Br40.

Question 7

Which Br A is associated with primary motor cortex?

Answer 7

Br4

Question 8

Which lobe of the brain contains Broca’s area?

Answer 8

Frontal lobe

Question 9

Another word for tactile object recognition

Answer 9

astereognosis

Question 10

In which gyrus is the primary auditory cortex located?

Answer 10

Superior temporal gyrus

Question 11

Which tract of the central nervous system ends in Brodmann areas 1,2 and 3?

Answer 11

Posterior funiculus-medial lemniscus pathway

Question 12

What type of aphasia is this:
A 30-year-old patient is able to speak fluently, but his sentences do not make sense. He is unable to understand other people talking to him and has also trouble understanding written language.

Answer 12

receptive sensory aphasia

Question 13

What old fascioned centre is associated to receptive sensory aphasia?

Answer 13

Wernickes area

Question 14

In what gyrus is Wernickes area localised?

Answer 14

Superior temporal gyrus

Question 15

In which cerebral lobe is the primary auditory cortex located?

Answer 15

Temporal

Question 16

Which cerebral sulcus is surrounded by the primary visual cortex?

Answer 16

Calcarine sulcus

Question 17

Which of the following Brodmann areas control motor functions involved in speech production?

Answer 17

Br 44 and Br45

Question 18

Which BrA is primary visual cortex?

Answer 18

Br17

Question 19

Which part of the brain includes the primary gustatory cortex and is an important location for the projection of the viscerosensory pathway?

Answer 19

The insular lobe

Question 20

Which of the following Brodmann areas are associated with the primary somatosensory cortex?

Answer 20

Br 2, 1 and 3

Question 21

Which of the following Brodmann areas are associated with Wernicke’s area, responsible for the comprehension of speech?

Answer 21

Br22, Br39 and Br40.

Question 22

Which of the following Brodmann areas is associated with the premotor and supplementary motor cortex?

Answer 22

Br 6

Question 23

A 40-year-old male stroke patient is unable to speak fluently. His cognitive processes are intact, but he cannot express himself properly. This condition is diagnosed as motor aphasia (Broca’s aphasia), caused by lesions in Broca’s area. Which gyrus of the brain is mostly likely affected in this condition?

Answer 23

Inferior frontal gyrus

Question 24

What is the term for intact undertandning but inability to express speach properly?

Answer 24

Motor aphasia

Question 25

What centre is usually said to be in charged of motor-speach function?

Answer 25

Brocas area

Question 26

Which of the following Brodmann areas control motor functions involved in speech production?

Answer 26

Br 44 and 45.

Question 27

what gyrus is associated to Brocas area?

Answer 27

inferior frontal gyrus