Anatomy Lab Exam 2 (Functional Areas Of The Cerebrum)

Front 1

the cerebral cortex possesses regions that are responsible for 3 functional levels

Back 1

motor levels
sensory levels
association levels

Front 2

motor regions of the cerebrum

Back 2

most are regulated to the cerebral areas that lie anterior to the center sulcus

Front 3

primary motor cortex

Back 3

controls the voluntary, skilles (precise) contractions of the skeletal muscles

Front 4

premotor cortex

Back 4

a memory "storage area"
-controls the learned, skilled motor activities that are repititions or patterened in nature
ex. riding a bike, playing the piano
-also involved in planning our voluntary muscle contractions

Front 5

frontal eye field (motor region)

Back 5

controls voluntary eye movements

Front 6

Broca's area (motor region)

Back 6

-one of 2 cerebral areas related to speech
-ususally localized in only one hemisphere (left)
-a motor speech area that controls the contractions of the skeletal muscle involved in producing speech
-also involved in our ability to plan speech

Front 7

sensory regions of the cerebrum

Back 7

in general most senory functions are associated with those cerebral areas posterior to the central sulcus
-each sense has 2 areas associate with it
1.primary area=makes us consciously aware of what sense we are experiencing
2.association area=precisely identifies the sensation

Front 8

visual area

Back 8

sight

Front 9

auditory area

Back 9

hearing

Front 10

gustatory area

Back 10

taste

Front 11

somatosensory area

Back 11

general body sensations

Front 12

association areas

Back 12

areas responsible for our higher though process and decision making abilities
-unlike motor and sensory areas, these are scatttered througout the cerebrum

Front 13

prefrontal cortex

Back 13

the most complex region of the brain
involved with:
1.intelligence
2.complex learning abilities
3.recall abilities
4.personality

Front 14

wernicke's area

Back 14

another speech area
-region involved with:
1.our ability to sound out unfamiliar words
2.our ability to understand the written and spoken word

Front 15

general interpretative area

Back 15

also called the Gnostic ("all knowing") Area
-region of the cerebrum that recieves input from all other sensory areas of the brain at the same time
-from these inputs this area will form a single, unifying thought regarding all of these sensory inputs