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What divides the parietal lobe from the frontal lobe?
The central sulcus

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What is the function of the frontal association cortex?
Relate and integrate input received with previous information and information from other senses.

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What is the function of the parietal lobe?
spatial awareness

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What is the function of the occipital lobe?
vision

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What is fluent sensory aphasia?
Word salad: ability to speak but not comprehend - damage to Wernicke’s area

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What is non-fluent aphasia?
Know what to say but cannot say it (motor aphasia – damage to Broca’s area).

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Which area of the brain is the most developed in humans compared to animals?
Frontal cortex.

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What does the mid brain consist of?
Mid brain (substantia nigra & others), colliculi, cerebral peduncles

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What is the hind brain?
Pons / cerebellum / medulla.

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What connects brain and spinal cord?
Medulla oblongata.

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Why is the homunculus disproportionate in size to the corresponding body parts that it represents?
Number of neurons – increased dexterity/sensitivity.

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What is the function of the cerebellum?
fine motor movements, learned motor patterns

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What are the functions associated with the frontal lobe?
Intelligence, cognitive function, conscience.

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What are the three regions of the frontal cortex?
Superior frontal gyrus, middle frontal gyrus, inferior frontal gyrus

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What portion of the brain is also known as the primary motor cortex?
Precentral gyrus

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What portion of the brain is also known as the primary somatosensory cortex?
Postcentral gyrus

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What divides the temporal lobe from the frontal and parietal lobes?
Lateral fissure

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What divides the brain into left and right hemispheres?
Longitudinal fissure

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Where is Exner's area approximately located?
superior frontal cortex

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Where are the frontal eye fields approximately located?
middle frontal gyrus

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Where is Broca's speech area approximately located?
inferior frontal gyrus

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What part of the brain is anterior to the frontal cortex?
Prefrontal cortex

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What part of the brain is also known as the primary auditory cortex?
Wernicke's area

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Where is Wernicke's area located?
Superior temporal cortex

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What areas of the parietal lobe are associated with language/writing?
Supramarginal gyrus, angular gyrus

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What is the name of the region in posterior occipital lobe?
Primary visual cortex

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What is fluent connection aphasia?
Ability to understand and to articulate words but not form coherent responses - damage to arcuate fasciculus.

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