MEDSCI 142 - Nervous System Final Exam Questions All Answered Correctly.
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Primary motor cortex - Answer Part of the brain that controls movement of muscles.
Pre-central - Answer The primary motor cortex is found at the _______ gyrus, in both hemispheres.
Primary somatosensory cortex - Answer Part of the brain involved in sensations of touch, pressure,
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MEDSCI 142 - Nervous System Final
Exam Questions All Answered Correctly.
Primary motor cortex - Answer Part of the brain that controls movement of muscles.
Pre-central - Answer The primary motor cortex is found at the _______ gyrus, in both hemispheres.
Primary somatosensory cortex - Answer Part of the brain involved in sensations of touch, pressure,
pain and temperature (on the skin).
Post-central - Answer The primary somatosensory cortex is located at the ______ gyrus, in both
hemispheres.
Primary visual cortex - Answer Part of the brain centred around the calcarine sulcus, involved in vision.
Wernicke's area - Answer Part of the brain involved in speech recognition (understanding language).
Fluent - Answer If Wenicke's area is damaged, it results in ______ aphasia.
Fluent aphasia - Answer Condition where the person is able to speak, but cannot arrange words in a
coherent fashion.
Aphasia - Answer Loss of ability to express one-self properly through speech or loss of verbal
comprehension.
Broca's area - Answer Part of the brain involved in instructing muscles used for speech i.e. telling
muscles how to move to pronounce words.
Non-fluent - Answer If Broca's area is damaged, it results in ______ aphasia.
, Non-fluent aphasia - Answer Condition where the person can still have clear thoughts but are unable to
form words.
Arcuate fasciculus - Answer Wernicke's area and Broca's area are connected by the _____ _______.
Conduction - Answer If the arcuate fasciculus is damaged, it results in ______ aphasia.
Conduction aphasia - Answer Condition characterized by intact auditory comprehension, fluent speech
production, but poor speech repetition.
Exner's area - Answer Part of the brain that is connected to the supramarginal and angular gyrus,
involved in instructing the muscles of the fingers.
Supramarginal, angular - Answer The ________ and _______ language areas are involved in reading
and writing.
Frontal - Answer The _______ association cortex is involved in intelligence, personality, behaviour,
mood and cognitive function.
Parietal - Answer The _____ association cortex is involved in spatial skills and 3D recognition.
Temporal - Answer The _____ association cortex is involved in memory, intelligence, mood and
aggression.
Frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital - Answer The four lobes of the brain.
Central sulcus - Answer Sulcus located between the pre-central and post-central gyrus.
Lateral fissure - Answer Sulcus that separates the temporal lobe from the frontal and parietal lobes.
Parieto-occipital sulcus - Answer Sulcus that separates the occipital lobe from the parietal lobe.
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