What are your 4 cerebral lobes?
Some functions of parietal lobe?
Movement, spatial orientation, recognition, perception
Some functions of the frontal lobe?
Reasoning, problem solving, speech function, emotions, movement
Some functions of the occipital lobes?
Visual processing
Some functions of the temporal lobe?
Perception and recognizing speech and faces, memories, speaking ability
What is Wernicke’s area?
Where spoken language is understood
What is Broca’s area?
Where speech production takes place
What is the insular cortex?
Deals with pain, bodily/self awareness, anxieties
What are the halves of the cerebrum connected by?
Corpus callosum and anterior commissure
What is the basal nuclei?
Subcoritcal grey matter
What is the basal nuclei responsible for?
Helping coordinate voluntary movements
What are the major components of the basal nuclei?
What is the basal ganglia related to?
Action selection
What is found in the basal ganglia?
inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA
What are the disorders of the basal nuclei-hyperkinesias & dyskinesias
What is hyperkinesia?
A very rapid spasmodic motion
What is dyskinesia?
Abnormal or painful movement
What is the thalamus?
What sits on top of the brain stem & is the largest part of the diencephalon?
Thalamus
What does the hypothalamus control?
Body temp, hunger, thrist, rage, agression, sex drive
Which systems is the hypothalamus a part of?
Endocrine & limbic
What includes the mammillary bodies?
Part of the hypothalamus/limbic system
What is the epithalamus?
Includes pineal gland (secretes melatonin)
What is the limbic system?