cerebrum function

prefrontal cortex

higher order executive function

primary motor cortex & supplemental motor areas

motor function

frontal eye fields

eye movements- coordination

broca’s area and supplemental speech areas

speech- motor/coordination

primary somatosensory cortex

sensory integration (L side)

non dominant hemisphere

perceptual integration

superior and inferior parietal lobule

visual and auditory processing and integration

wernicke’s area (dominant hemisphere)

speech- comprehension

transverse gyri of Heschl and superior temporal gyrus

auditory processing

middle temporal gyrus

visual processing

inferior temporal gyrus, parahippocampal gyrus, uncus

memory

primary visual cortex, visual association cortex

vision

calcarine fissure

separates central visual field from peripheral field

occipital pole

macular vision

precentral gyrus

primary motor cortex

postcentral gyrus

primary somatosensory cortex

transverse gyri of Heschl

primary auditory cortex

banks of calcarine fissure

primary visual cortex

homunculus/somatotopic organization

orients specific body parts and their respective location

corpus callosum

bilateral integration; major commissural tracts connecting R and L hemispheres

anterior commissure

connects R and L olfactory bulbs, amygdaloid nuclei, and medial & inferior temporal lobes

posterior commissure

connects R and L occipital lobes

pineal gland

melatonin production

habenular nuclei

emotional response to smell

dorsolateral sulcus

entrance for dorsal roots

dorsal intermediate sulcus

splits dorsal columns into fasciculi cuneatus and gracilis

ventral lateral sulcus

exit for ventral roots

dorsal medium septum

sheet of glial cells folded inwards, turns to dorsal medium sulcus in spinal cord

ventral medium fissure

fold in pia mater, anterior spinal artery

reticular activating system

synapses with all major ascending tracts, functions in arousal from sleep

motor awareness

medial and lateral reticulospinal tracts