Brain Flashcards
(31 cards)
Lobes
Frontal
Parietal
Occipital
Temporal
Cerebral hemisphere
Paired left and right superior parts
Ridges
Gyri
Sulci
Grooves
Fissures
Deeper Sulci
Gray matter
Outer layer, axon and dentrites, neuron cell bodies
White matter
Pathways
Central sulcus
Groove separate parietal and frontal
Precentral gyrus
Primary motor area, sends to skeletal muscles
Postcentral Gyrus
Primary somatic sensory area, parietal lobe, receives impulses
Central sulcus
Pre central gyrus
Post central gyrus are separated by
Longitudinal fissure
Corpus collosum
Large fiber tract that connects hemispheres and allows communication
Basal nuclei
Island of gray matter buried within white matter, regulates voluntary motor activities
Diencephalon
In cerebral hemisphere, top of brain stem
Parts of Diencephalon
Hypothalamus, epithalamus,thalamus
Ventricles
Hollow chambers
Ventricles contain
Cerebrospinal fluid(CSF)
Choroid plexus
Create CSF that runs down, protects, and surrounds spinal cord
Thalamus
Relay station for sensory info moving up, impulses to cortex for localization and interpretation, something good or bad
Hypothalamus
Autonomic NS, center under thalamus
Hypothalamus functions(6)
Regulate body temp, water balance, metabolism, limbo system, pituitary gland(hormones) & mammillary bodies(olfaction)
Epithalamus
Pineal body(melatonin for sleep), choroid plexus
Brain stems(parts& is)
Brain to spinal cord,
“Midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata
Midbrain
Nerve fiber tracts