Nervous system 6; regions of the brain

16 important questions on Nervous system 6; regions of the brain

Left hemisphere specialities

logic
math
language

None of the special senses are here

somatic sensory area

Processes touch information

somatic sensory area
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Somatic sensory area include the following receptors

pressure
pain
stretch
temperature

Gustatory area, visual area, auditory area, and olfactory area are

cerebral areas involved in special senses

Speech/ language region, language comprehension and general interpretation area are

interpretation areas of the cerebrum

Where majority of your individuality and personality come from

frontal lobe

Outer layer in the cerebrum composed mostly of neuron cell bodies

gray matter

Fiber tracts deep to the gray matter

white matter

Islands of gray matter buried within the white matter

basal nuclei

Tract that cannot cross hemispheres

association fibers

Association fibers are __ in length

shortest

Medium length tracts

commissural fibers

Tract that has the longest axons

projection fibers

Tract the runs the length of the CNS

projection fibers

Why the right hemisphere controls the left side of the body

projection fibers cross at the medulla

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