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Forebrain Overview
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02/28/2011

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Forebrain

Definition

TELENCEPHALON(Cerebrum)

 

-CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES

   

- CEREBRAL CORTEX


- BASAL  GANGLIA (Deep Cerebral Nuclei)


DIENCEPHALON

(Thalamus)

 

-DORSAL  THALAMUS

 

-HYPOTHALAMUS

-SUBTHALAMUS

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Dorsal Thalamus 

Definition

-Sensory & Motor Relay Center to the Cerebral Cortex


Term




PRIMARY VISUAL
CORTEX

(Retinotopic Localization)

Definition

-Cuneus & Lingula

 

-Lateral Occipital Gyri

(Area 17)

Term




PRIMARY
AUDITORY
CORTEX

(Tonotopic Localization)

Definition

 

 

-Transverse Temporal Gyri ( Areas 41, 42)

Term




PRIMARY

SOMATOSENSORY
CORTEX

-The Sensory Strip-

(Somatotopic Localization)

Definition

-Paracentral Lobule (posterior half)


-Postcentral Gyrus

(Areas 3,1,2)

Term




PRIMARY

 MOTOR CORTEX

(Motor Strip)

Definition

-Paracentral Lobule

(anterior half)



-Precentral Gyrus

(Area 4)

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Sensory Analyzer 

Definition

 

-ASSOCIATION  CORTEX

(Analysis of Sensory Information)

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Motor Analyzer

Definition

-PREFRONTAL

ASSOCIATION CORTEX

 

(Analysis of Motor Information

Planning, Decision Making)

Term




INSULAR  CORTEX

Definition

-Complex Integration of

Sensory, Autonomic, & Limbic Inputs

Term




LIMBIC LOBE

Definition

LIMBIC LOBE

-Subcallosal Gy

-Subcallosal Area

-Cingulate Gy

-Parahippocampal Gy

-Uncus

-Hippocampus

 

FUNCTIONS

-Instinctive Behavioral Mechanisms

-Emotions

-Survival Mechanisms

 


 

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Hipocampus

Definition

  HIPPOCAMPUS

 

 Major Function:

 

-Processes Short Term Memory into Long term Memory

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