Basic Terms
Brainstem and Diencephalon
Functional areas of the brain: Part 1
Functional areas of the brain: Part 2
Brain mish-mash
100
Bundles of parallel axons and their coverings
What is white matter?
100
Performs a crude interpretation of sensory information and then relays that information to the cerebrum
What is the thalamus?
100
Interprets the basic visual information such as shape, color, and size
What is the visual cortex?
100
Receives and localizes general sensations from the entire body
What is the primary somatic sensory area?
100
Where the majority of the cerebrospinal fluid is produced
What is the lateral ventricles?
200
Collections of neuron cell bodies and their associated neuroglia
What is gray matter?
200
Structure where most of the decussation of neurons take place
What is the medulla oblongata?
200
Interprets the meaning of sound by placing it into context with your past experiences
What is the auditory association area?
200
Interprets the basics of sound such as pitch and volume
What is the primary auditory area?
200
This structure deals with the subconscious motor functions
What is the cerebellum?
300
Connections of neuron axons that allow the two hemispheres of the brain to communicate with one another
What are commissures?
300
Structure that has nuclei specifically dedicated to reflexes involving the senses of hearing and sight.
What is the midbrain?
300
Interprets taste
What is taste area?
300
Works out the sequence of neural signals needed for learned complex motions
What is the premotor area?
300
The purpose of cerebrospinal fluid
What is to cushion and protect the brain?
400
The anatomical crossing over of neurons from left to right
What is decussation?
400
Relays messages from the cerebrum to the cerebellum
What is the pons?
400
Initiates basic skeletal muscle movements.
What is the primary motor cortex?
400
Recognizes the meaning of visual information by putting it into context with past experiences
What is the visual association area?
400
The three layers of the which project the brain: the dura mater, the arachnoid mater and the pia mater
What are the meninges?
500
A condition in which the brain is not getting enough oxygen due to a poor blood supply
What is hypoxia?
500
Controls the pituitary gland
What is the hypothalamus?
500
Initiates muscle movements for speech
What is Broca's area?
500
Deals with the comprehension of speech
What is Wernicke's area?
500
A "hill" of the cerebrum
What are gyri?
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