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Neuro Exam 1 (brain functions)

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Frontal Lobe
Voluntary and purposeful action, also related to higher level cognition and personality traits
Inferior frontal gyrus
Contains Broca's area (motor speech area)
Superior parietal lobule
Involved with sensorimotor integration
Inferior parietal lobule
Wernicke's area, involved in auditory processing
Supramarginal gyrus
Involved in auditory integration
Angular gyrus
Plays a part in language and number processing, memory and reasoning
Precuneus
Plays a role in visuospatial imagery, episodic memory retrieval and self-processing operations
Superior temporal gyrus
Has roles in both verbal and non-verbal communication
Occipital lobe
Most notable function components are the primary and secondary visual cortices
Insula
Believed to be associated with taste and perhaps other visceral functions
Motor areas
Control the motor activity of the entire opposite of the body
Primary motor cortex
Controls movements of the contralateral head and body
Secondary motor cortex
Programs complex motor activity which is then relayed to the motor cortex
Sensory areas
Involved in distinguishing and integrating sensory input
Primary somatosensory cortex
Receives sensory information arising from the contralateral half of the head and body
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