Areas in the brain

Question 1

Cortical lobes

Answer 1

• central and lateral fissures divide each hemisphere into 4 lobes
• occipital lobe
• temporal lobe
• parietal lobe
• frontal lobe

Question 2

Neocortex

Answer 2

• six layered cortex
• pyramid cells: large multipolar neurons with pyramid shaped cell bodies and long axons
• stellate cells: small star shaped interneurons

Question 3

Limbic system

Answer 3

• system of structures that circle the thalamus
• main structures: hypocampus, amygdala, cingulate cortex
• feeding, fighting, sexual behaviours

Question 4

Basil ganglia

Answer 4

• organization of subcortical structures
• voluntary actions
• motor responses
• main structures: amygdala, caudate and putamen