The Brain

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The 'mountains' of the cortical surface are called...
Gyri
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The 'valleys' of the cortical surface are called...
Sulci
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The outer surface of the forebrain is called the...
Cerebral Cortex
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The outer surface of the brain is subdivided into funtional regions called lobes, what are these regions?
The frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal lobe.
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Which lobe is most associated with vision?
Occipital Lobe
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Which lobe is most associated with sensory perception and spatial reasoning?
Parietal Lobe
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Which lobe is most associated with mathematics?
Parietal Lobe
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Which lobe is most associated with high-level thought and executive function?
Frontal Lobe
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Which lobe is most associated with inhibition and reasoning?
Frontal Lobe
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Which lobe is most associated with auditory and language processing?
Temporal Lobe
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Which lobe is most associated with memory?
(Meidal) Temporal Lobe
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The part of the brain at the back of the skull is called...
Cerebellum
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Apraxia is a...
Disorder in Action
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Agnosia is a...
Disorders in Perception
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Aphasia
Disorder of Language
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Phineas Gage is an example of someone with brain damage in the...
Frontal Lobe
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In the top middle of the brian are the...
Somatosensory & Motor Areas
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The two hemispheres (sides) of the brain are anatomically separated by the...
Corpus Callosum
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In the human brain, regions towards the top can be known as:
Dorsal
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In the human brain, regions towards the bottom can be known as:
Ventral
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In the human brain, regions towards the sides can be known as:
Lateral
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In the human brain, regions towards the middle can be known as:
Medial
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In the human brain, regions towards the back can be known as:
Posterior
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In the human brain, regions towards the front can be known as:
Anterior
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A section showing the top view of the brain is called a...
Horizontal Section
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A section showing the front view of the brain is called a...
Coronal Section
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A section showing the side view of the brain is called a...
Mid-Sagittal Section
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