Taken Out of Cortex
I lobe you
The Sixth Sense
Underneath It All
Feature Presentation
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This area is responsible for the activation of muscles directly involved in a specific activity such limb positioning of the humerus to allow the hands to manipulate an object. 

What is the premotor cortex 
100

This lobe is responsible for visual processing and can lead to homonymous hemianopsia when damaged. 

What is the occipital lobe 

100

This dermatome covers the palmar side of the little finger. 

What is C8

100

This subcortical structure is also known as the relay station and regulates consciousness. It plays a crucial role in attention, perception, timing, and movement. 

What is the thalamus 

100

This neurological disease has characteristics such as freezing gait and difficulty with movement initiation and planning.

What is Parkinson's disease 

200

This cortex is responsible for working memory (attention) and is important in planning and hypothesis generation. 

What is the Prefrontal cortex 

200

This lobe is responsible for executive motor function and contains Broca's area. 

What is the frontal lobe. 

200

this dermatome covers the lateral aspect of the lower edge of the deltoid muscle (known as the “regimental badge”).

what is C5

200

This subcortical structure plays a part in the initiation of movement and is associated with the disease Michael J. Fox has. 

What is the basal ganglia 

200

This neurologic disease can present with thenar atrophy, progressive weakness, and dysphagia. Unfortunately it is fatal. 

What is ALS

300

This cortex is also known as the motor homunculus. It also controls the force and movement velocity. 

What is the primary motor cortex 

300

The main functions of these lobes include understanding, language, memory acquisition, face recognition, object recognition, perception, and auditory information processing.

what is the temporal lobes 

300

This dermatome covers the medial aspect antecubital fossa, proximal to the medial epicondyle of the humerus. 

what is T1 

300

This subcortical structure's role ties emotional meaning to memories. It is also linked to the fight or flight response

What is the amygdala  

300

This neurologic disease presents with hemiplegia and is a result of a vascular incident. 

What is CVA (stroke) 

400

This cortex is responsible for processing sensory information and lies behind the primary motor cortex.

What is the somatosensory cortex 

400

This lobe contains the somatosensory cortex and is essential for building a coherent picture of the world around us. 

What is the parietal lobe

400

This sensory modality term is the ability to recognize by tactile manipulation only the form and characteristics of an object such as size and shape

what is stereognosis

400

This system supports emotional regulation, memory, and motivation and is comprised of the amygdala, hippocampus, thalamus, and hypothalamus. 

what is the limbic system 

400

This neurological disease can be seen in females more than males and is characterized by fatigue, temperature regulation, vision problems, and numbness and tingling

What is MS

500
This cortex is located at the junction of the parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes and is crucial for spatial analysis when moving objects in space. 

What is the parietal cortex 

500

Some consider this the 5th lobe and it serves as a bridge between bodily experience and sentiments, play an important role in perceptual awareness, social behaviour, and strategic planning as well as be linked to anxiety disorders and autism. 

What is the insula (insular lobe or insular cortex)

500

This sensory modality term is the ability to recognize joint position sense and awareness of static positions 

what is proprioception

500

This subcortical structure is important for forming new long-term memories, transforming short-term memories into more permanent ones, particularly those related to facts and events. It is what may have been damaged in the oscar winning film: 50 first dates. 

what is the hippocampus

500

This neurological disease is characterized by increased tone, abnormal reflexes, and generally appears in childhood with delayed milestones. 

What is CP

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