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1
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What do the sensory areas do?

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-receive sensory information and are involved in perception

2
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Define perception

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the conscious awareness of a sensation

3
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What do the motor areas do?

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control the execution of voluntary movement

4
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What do the association areas do?

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deal with more complex integrative functions.

ie. memory, emotions, reasoning, judgement…

5
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What does the primary sensory area do?

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  • receives sensory information from peripheral sensory receptors
    ie. photo receptors in eyes pick up light and send it to the visual area of the brain
6
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Where are the sensory association areas?

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usually adjacent to the primary sensory areas

7
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Wha do the sensory association areas do?

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  • receive input from the primary sensory areas and other brain areas
  • integrate sensory experiences to generate meaningful patterns of recognition and awareness
8
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Where is the primary somatosensory area?

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  • in the post central gyrus

- parietal lobe

9
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What does the primary somatosensory area do?

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  • receives nerve impulses for touch, pressure, vibration, itch, tickle, temperature, pain, proprioception
10
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What and where is the sensory homunculus?

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  • it is a map of the entire body
  • it is in the primary somatosensory area
  • each point in the area receives impulses from a specific part of the body
11
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The size of the areas on the sensory homunculus depends on what?

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it depends on the number of receptors in that area of the body.

12
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What are the Brodmann’s numbers for the primary somatosensory area?

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1, 2, 3

13
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What does the primary visual area do?

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receives visual information and involved in visual perception

14
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What is the Brodmann’s number for the primary visual area?

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17

15
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What does the primary auditory area do?

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receives auditory information and involved in auditory perception

16
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What is the Brodmann’s number for the primary auditory area?

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41, 42

17
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What does the primary gustatory area do?

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receives impulses for taste and is involved in gustatory perceptiona nd taste discrimination

18
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What is the Brodmann’s number for the primary gustatory area?

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43

19
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What does the primary olfactory area do?

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-receives impulses for smell and involved in olfactory

20
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Where is the primary olfactory area in the brain?

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  • medial. deep in the brain

- in fold of lateral cerebral sulcus

21
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What is Brodmann’s number for the primary olfactory area?

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28

22
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Where is the primary motor area?

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in the precentral gyrus

-frontal lobe

23
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What and where is the motor homunculus?

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  • it is a map of the entire body.
  • each region controls voluntary contractions of specific muscles or groups of muscles
  • it is in the primary motor area in the pre-central gyrus
24
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True or False: in the motor homunculus the areas for skilled complex or delicate movement are smaller but have more axons going to and from.

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False. The areas for skilled complex or delicate movements are bigger.

25
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What does Broca’s speech area do?

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from this area the impulses travel to the premotor areas that control speech muscles and to the primary motor areas.

26
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Where is Broca’s speech area?

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in 97% of people it is in the left hemisphere

27
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What is Brodmann’s number for Broca’s speech area?

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44, 45

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What does the somatosensory association area do?

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  • receives input from the primary somatosensory area, thalamus and other areas
  • lets you determine the exact shape and texture of an object by feeling it
  • holds memories of past somatic sensory experiences
29
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What is Brodmann’s number for the somatosensory association area?

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5, 7

30
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What does the visual association area do?

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  • receives sensory impulses from the primary visual area and thalamus
  • relates present and past visual experiences
  • is essential for recognizing and evaluating what is seen
31
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What is Brodmann’s number for the visual association area?

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18, 19

32
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What does the facial recognition area do?

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  • receives sensory impulses from the visual association area

- stores information about faces, allows you to recognize people

33
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What is the Brodmann’s number for the facial recognition area?

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20, 21, 37

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Is area 20, 21, and 37 more dominant on the right or the left?

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the facial recognition area is more dominant on the right

35
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What does the auditory association area do?

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lets you recognize a particular sound a speech, music or noise

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What is the Brodmann’s number for the auditory association area?

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22

37
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What does the orbitofrontal cortex do?

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  • receives sensory impulses from the primary olfactory area

- allows you to identify odors and discriminate among odors

38
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What is Brodmann’s number for the orbitofrontal cortex?

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11

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Is area 11 more dominant on the left or the right?

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the orbitofrontal cortex is more dominant on the right

40
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What does Wernicke’s area do?

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-interprets meaning of speech by recognizing spoken words

41
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What is Brodmann’s number for Wernicke’s area?

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22, 39, 40

42
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Are areas 22, 39, and 40 more dominant on the right or the left?

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Wernicke’s area is more dominant on the left

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What does the common integrative area do?

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  • receives nerve impulses from the primary sensory areas, thalamus and parts of the brainstem
  • integrates sensory interpretations from association areas, allowing the formation of thought based on a variety of sensory inputs
  • then, transmits signals to other parts of brain.
44
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What is Brodmann’s number for the common integrative area?

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5, 7, 39, 40

45
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What does the prefrontal cortex do?

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  • has numerous connections with other areas of the cerebral cortex, thalamus, hypothalamus, limbic system and cerebellum
  • personality, intellect, complex learning abilities, recall of information, initiative, judgment, foresight, reasoning, conscience, intuition, mood, planning for the future, development of abstract ideas….
46
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What is Brodmann’s number for the prefrontal cortex?

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9, 10, 11, 12

47
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What does the premotor area do?

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  • communicates with the primary motor cortex, sensory association areas, basal nuclei and thalamus
  • deals with learned motor activities of a complex and sequential nature
  • causes specific groups of muscles to contract in a specific sequence
  • helps organize skeletal muscle system to do a task. ie kick a ball
48
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What is Brodmann’s number for the premotor area?

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6

49
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What does the frontal eye field area do?

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voluntary scanning of eyes. ie. reading

50
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What is Brodmann’s number for the frontal eye field?

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8

51
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Which hemisphere are the language areas in?

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in the left cerebral hemisphere

52
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Define aphasia

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the inability to use or comprehend words

53
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What is damage to Broca’s area called?

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nonfluent aphasia

54
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Define nonfluent aphasia

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  • inability to properly articulate of form words

- know what they want to say but can’t say it

55
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What is damage to Wernicke’s area, common integrative area or the auditory association area called?

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fluent aphasia

56
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What happens in fluent aphasia?

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  • faulty understanding of spoken or written words

- “word salad” - string of words with no meaning

57
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What does the left hemisphere thought to influence in a person?

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  • language - sign, written, spoken
  • logic
  • reasoning
  • numbers
  • scientific skills
  • math
  • analytic thought
58
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What is the right hemisphere thought to influence?

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  • “ego”
  • facial recognition
  • emotional content of language
  • discrimination of smells
  • artistic
  • generate mental images
  • creativity
  • art & music
  • intuition
  • holistic thought
59
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How are brain waves created?

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-brain waves are generated by neurons close to the brain surface (mainly the cerebral cortex)

60
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How is a brain wave detected?

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by electrodes (sensors)

61
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What are the types of brain waves?

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  • beta waves
  • alpha waves
  • theta waves
  • delta waves
62
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What is happening during beta waves?

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the nervous system is active

63
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What is the length of beta waves?

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14-30 Hz

64
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What is the length of alpha waves?

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8-13 Hz

65
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What is the length of theta waves?

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4-7 Hz

66
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What is the length of delta waves?

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1-5 Hz

67
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What is happening during alpha waves

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awake but resting with eyes closed

68
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What is happening during theta waves?

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when experiencing emotional stress. also many disorders of the brain

69
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What is happening during delta waves?

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  • during deep sleep in adults.

- normal in awake infants.