Brain
Basic unit
Nerve cell
Approx. 100 billion in human body
What is a neuron?
same side controlled
What is ipsilateral?
Located in the temporoparietal region of left hemisphere
What is Wernicke’s Area?
is also referred to as expressive aphasia or non-fluent aphasia
What is Broca's Aphasia?
Vision and Hearing
What are systems that have input from both sides of the brain?
What makes up the Central Nervous System?
What is the brain and spinal cord?
Name the four main lobes of the brain
What are frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital?
What is the function of Wernicke's area?
What is involved with comprehending speech and language, including reading
Lesion on left hemisphere may result in?
What is right side hemiparesis or hemiplegia?
the part of the temporal lobe that processes auditory information in humans and many other vertebrates.
What is the auditory cortex?
Controls most language functions for ~98% of people
What is the left hemipshere?
Where is executive functioning (control, plan, direct and initiate activities, motor functions) located?
What is the frontal lobe?
Where is Broca's Area?
What is located in the frontal lobe of left hemisphere?
Where do the main lobes of the brain get their names?
What is they are named for the bone that covers them?
damage or destruction to any part of the brain
What is a lesion?
Controls visual-spatial info, music, emotion, math, etc.
What is the right hemisphere?
Name the functions of the lobes
What are
Occipital lobe – visual information
Parietal lobe – analyzes sensory information
Temporal lobe – auditory information
Frontal lobe – both sides have many functions
What are the main functions of Broca's Area?
What is responsible for movement and initiation;
responsible for speaking?
What is the PNS?
What is Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)?
Describe Broca's Aphasia language
What is having the words “on the tip of your tongue.” It is called non-fluent aphasia because speech is effortful and involves starts and stops. Another defining feature is that if sentences are produced, they often have incorrect syntax, or word order and grammar.
controlled by opposite hemisphere
What is contralateral?
Those processes that underly flexible, goal-directed behavior.
What are executive functions?
What happens when Broca's area is damaged?
What is damage to this area affects speech and language production?
What happens when Wernicke's area is damaged?
What is damage to Wernicke's area can result in receptive or fluent aphasia, also known as Wernicke's aphasia?
Describe Wernicke's Aphasia language output
What is unable to understand the meaning of words? Able to speak well in long sentences but they don't make sense. Using the wrong words or nonsense words. Unable to understand written words.