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The brain Flashcards

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What is Broka’s area responsible for?

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Speech and verbal functions

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What is Wernekie’s area responsible for?

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Auditory registration and verbal identification functions.

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Which side of the brain is used for more problematic and verbal functions?

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Left Lobe

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Which side of the brain is used for creative and spiritual functions?

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Right Lobe

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What is the Frontal Lobe used for?

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Planning, self-awareness, movement, attention, personality emotions and behaviour. It also controls out hand-eye coordination.

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What is the Primary Motor Cortex responsible for?

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Controlling of voluntary bodily movements by controlling skeletal muscles.

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In which lobe is Broka’s area found in?

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The Left frontal lobe

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Where is Wernekies Area found?

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Left Temporal Lobe

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Name the Four lobes of the brain

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. Frontal
. Parietal
. Occipital
. Temporal

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What is the cerebral cortex and what does it do?

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It is the bumpy bit on the outside of your brain.
It holds our consciousness and out use of problem solving, perception, learning, memory, thinking and control of the motor.

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What is the Primary Somatosensory Cortex and where is it?

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In the Parietal Lobe.

It processes sensory information from receptors in the body.

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What does the Parietal Lobe do?

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Receives and processes sensory information regarding touch, pressure and temperature.

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What does the Amygdala do?

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Linking emotions to memory:

Think of Amy remembering the doctor after the universe collapsed

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What does the hippocampus do?

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Formation of long term memories

Think of Hippo’s having a long term memory because they can live longer.

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Define Hemispheric Speculation

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The belief that each hemisphere is specialised in certain functions.
Eg.
Left: mathematical and verbal functions
Right: creative and non-verbal functions

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What is the spinal cord?

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A cable-like column of nerve fibres which sends messages to the muscles in the limb.

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What is spinal reflex?

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Involuntary and possibly lifesaving reflex that does not need a message to be sent to the the brain. It is a reflex done in order to avoid danger and is reflected back into the muscle when danger is present. (Eg. A hot cup)

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What happens when you get Spinal Cord Damage?

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When the spinal cord is damaged, the brain looses control over that limb or part of the body.

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What is Aphasia defined as?

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A language disorder shown in speech, writing or reading. It is caused by injury to the brain.

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What happens in Fluent Aphasia?

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Speech is fluent (hence FLUENT aphasia), but there are problems with auditory process or in words spoken by others.

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What happens in non-fluent aphasia?

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Auditory verbal comprehension is good, but speech is hard

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What is pure aphasia?

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Pure aphasia is when there are problems in reading,writing or the recognition of words.

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What is the Primary Visual Cortex in charge of?

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Processing information from the retinas. The left half is sent to the right visual field while the right is sent to the left.

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What happens if you get spinal cord damage?

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The brain looses connection and control over the part of the body below the spinal cord damage.

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What is Spacial Neglect?

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When a person neglects either the left or right hand side of their world. They will not acknowledge that, that side of their body is actually there, but they can still walk.

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When is there a problem is someone is doing a Spacial neglect test?

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If the information goes through to the right hemisphere of the brain (left visual field).

27
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What is the PNS?

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PNS= Peripheral Nervous System
It is the complete network of the neurons located outside the CNS.
It extends from the top of the head to the toes.

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What is the Autonomic Nervous System?

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It is the network that connects the CNS to the internal organs and glands

29
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What is the Somatic Nervous System?

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It carries messages from the sensory receptors to the CNS, and motor messages to the skeletal muscles.

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What is the Sympathetic Nervous System?

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It prepares the body in a response to the possible threat; activates the body.

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What does the Parasympathetic Nervous System do?

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Relaxes the body after Sympathetic Nervous System activation.

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