The Brain

6. found in the deeper tissues of the brain (subcortical). It contains nerve fibers (axons), which are extensions of nerve cells (neurons).
7. a type of non-fluent aphasia. This means that speech is halting with a lot of starts and stops.
10. recieves,integrates,and processes visual information
11. houses the primary sensory cortex. Recieves sensory information from the ventral posterolateral nucleus , the thalamus.
13. used in neurology today to describe the map in the brain of sensory neurons in each part of the body (the somatosensory homunculus)
16. primarily responsible for interpreting sounds from the ears and plays a significant role in recognizing and using language.
17. area of the brain involved with reading and writing
18. furrow or groove on the surface of the brain separating adjacent convolutions
21. involved in planning actions and movement, as well as abstract thought
23. home to neural cell bodies, axon terminals, and dendrites, as well as all nerve synapses.
24. Houses the primary motor cortex. Controls volitional movements of the contralateral side of the body
25. important for processing and interpreting somatosensory input. Eg. they inform us about objects in our external environment through touch (i.e., physical contact with skin)

1. recieves point-to-point input from the ventral division of the medial geniculate complex, thus it contains a precise tonotopic map
2. refers to regions of the temporal lobe of the cerebral cortex that are defined on the basis of connectivity
3. deep fissure in each hemisphere that separates the frontal and parietal lobes from the temporal lobe
4. the effective boundary seperating the occipital lobe from the parietal and temporal lobes
5. immediately surrounding the primary visual cortex (see striate cortex) in the occipital lobes, receiving signals from it secondarily for analysis and further discrimination of visual input in terms of motion, shape
8. a depression in the inferior margin of the cerebral cortex
9. involved in the selection of motor plans for voluntary movement. 'planning cortex'
12. plays a role in phonological processing (spoken and written language)
14. area of the brain associated with the comprehension of speech. Contains motor neurons.
15. sits at the back of the head and are responsible for visual perception, including colour, form and motion
19. inability to understand spoken, written, or tactile speech symbols that results from damage (as by a brain lesion) to an area of the brain (as Wernicke's area) concerned with language.
20. area of the brain concerned with the production of speech
22. plays a role in language and number processing, memory and reasoning