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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
04/14/2013

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Sulcus
Definition
  • a series of interconnected grooves that the surface of each cerebral hemisphere is foled into
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Gyrus
Definition
  • ridges of the cerebral hemisphere
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Frontal lobe
Definition
  • anterior part of each hemisphere and extends anteriorly from the central sulcus
  • separated by the temporal love below by the lateral sulcus
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Temporal lobes
Definition
  • most lateral and inferior lobe
  • anterior to the occipital love and is separated from the frontal and parietal loves above it by the lateral sulcus
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Parietal lobes
Definition
  • middle part of each hemisphere and extends posteriorly from the central sulcus
  • no distinct boundary between the parietal lobe and the occipital lobe
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Occipital lobe
Definition
  • posterior part of each cerebral hemisphere and is separated from the cerebelum below by the transverse fissure
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Sensory areas
Definition
  • recieve sensory signals
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Motor area
Definition
  • initiate voluntary motor movements
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Association area
Definition
  • integrate information from other brain regions
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Limbic system
Definition
  • emotion and memore
  • include hippocampus, amygdala, cingulate gyrus, memillary body
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Basal nuclei
Definition
  • collections of neuronal cell bodies that lie deep in the base of the cerebral hemispheres, lateral to the third ventricle and inferior to the lateral ventricles
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Aphasia
Definition
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Broca's area
Definition
  • most critical for speech
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Wernicke's area
Definition
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