NEURO CRASH COURSE

Question 1

What’s the anagram for the frontal lobe roles?

Answer 1

IM CALM

Question 2

What does the IM stand for in IM CALM? Where does the execution and selection take place

Answer 2

Initiating Motor Function

Execution- Primary Motor Cortex
Selection- Pre-Motor Cortex

Question 3

What does the C in IM CALM stand for? Where does it take place?

Answer 3

Cognitive executive function
Pre frontal cortex

Question 4

What does the A in IM CALM stand for?

Answer 4

Attention (Pre-frontal cortex)

Question 5

What does the L in IM CALM stand for?

Answer 5

Language

Question 6

Where is Brocas area found and what is it used for?

Answer 6

Frontal cortex and the motor part of speech production.

Question 7

Where is the central sulcus found?

Answer 7

Between the frontal and parietal lobe

Question 8

What lies between the parietal and occipital lobe?

Answer 8

Parieto-occiptal sulcus

Question 9

What fissure lies between the temporal and frontal/parietal lobe?

Answer 9

Lateral fissure

Question 10

What separates the right and left hemisphere?

Answer 10

Longitudinal fissure

Question 11

What are the name of neurones seen in cortical column?

Answer 11

Small Pyramidal neuron, Granule (Stellae) neuron, Large pyramidal neurones

Question 12

What is the function of the primary cortices?

Answer 12

Receiving, processing, execution

Question 13

What is the function of secondary ( association) cortices

Answer 13

Integration and association

Question 14

Where is the primary motor cortex located?

Answer 14

Pre central gyrus

Question 15

What is the primary motor cortex responsible for?

Answer 15

Fine, descrete , precise voluntary movement

Question 16

What is the supplementary motor area used for?

Answer 16

Externally cued movements ( Like kicking a ball or picking up a glass

Question 17

What is the pre central motor area used for?

Answer 17

Internally cued complex movements like speech generation

Question 18

What is the anagram for Prefrontal cortex?

Answer 18

APPS

Question 19

What are the respective words for the anagram APPS?

Answer 19

A- Attention
P-Personality
P- Planning and decision making
S- Adjusting Social behaviour

Question 20

Using APPS what would a prefrontal cortex lesion lead to?

Answer 20

Lack of attention
Personality change
Inability to plan actions
Inappropriate behaviour

Question 21

What is the way to remember the 4 main roles of the parietal lobe?

Answer 21

Sensation- touch, pain, temperature, pressure, vibration
Sensory aspect of language
Sixth Sense- Proprioception

Question 22

Where is brocas area found? And what would a lesion in. this area lead to?

Answer 22

Left frontal lobe, Expressive Aphasia

Question 23

What are the 3 types of white matter tracts?

Answer 23

Association fibres, Commissural fibres and projection fibres?

Question 24

What type of white matter tract is Short U Fibres ? What does it connect?

Answer 24

Association and they connect gyri

Question 25

What are the main 4 types of long fibres?

Answer 25

Superior longitudinal fassiculus, Inferior longitudinal fassiculus, Arcuate Fassiculus and Unicate Fassiculus

Question 26

What connects the frontal and occipital lobe?

Answer 26

Superior Longitudinal Fassiculus

Question 27

What connects the frontal and temporal lobe?

Answer 27

Arcuate fassiculus

Question 28

What connects the temporal and occipital lobe?

Answer 28

Inferior longitudinal fassiculus

Question 29

What connects the anterior frontal lobe and temporal lobe?

Answer 29

Unicate fassiculus

Question 30

What is the function of commissural fibres?

Answer 30

Connect the left and right hemispheres of the brain

Question 31

What are the main 2 commissural fibres?

Answer 31

Corpus Callasum and Anterior commisure

Question 32

What is the function of the projection fibres? One to remember

Answer 32

Connect cortex with lower brain structures, Corona Radiata