arabera Amanda Lemmond 7 years ago
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Honelako gehiago
Gyri-folds of the outer brain tissue
Sulci-shallow depressions between the gyri
Fissures-deeper grooves/furrow
Directional terms for brain anatomy
Rostral-anterior; "toward the nose"
Caudal-posterior; "toward the tail"
relays proprioceptive information to the cerebellum
regulates respiratory rate
regulates heart rate and strength of contraction
sound localization
works with medullary respiratory center to control skeletal muscles of breathing
auditory reflexes
visual reflexes
makes dopamine (control movement, emotional response, and pleasure/pain)
secretes melatonin to regulate circadian rhythm
taste
vision
smell
hearing
somatosensory lobe
primary somatosensory cortex on postcentral gyrus
receive sensory information from the skin
voluntary motor functions and higher order brain functions
prefrontal cortex
Highest order brain functions - complex thought, judgment, decision making, expression of personality, planning future behaviors
frontal eye field
controls eye movements for reading and binocular (using 2 eyes) vision
motor speech area
control muscle movements for speech
primary motor cortex on precentral gyrus
initiates and control voluntary skeletal muscle movements
