Areas of the Brain

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White matter vs Grey matter

White matter - fat, myelin sheaths, axons

Grey matter - dense, cell bodies, dendrites

Spinal cord & brain

<p>White matter - fat, myelin sheaths, axons</p><p>Grey matter - dense, cell bodies, dendrites</p><p><strong><em><u>Spinal cord &amp; brain</u></em></strong></p><img src="https://knowt-user-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/3c9fc327-1a27-4831-930e-82f0c9e4f12f.png" data-width="25%" data-align="center"><p></p>
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Lobes

Cerebellum - “small brain”

<p>Cerebellum - “small brain”</p>
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Bump - Gyrus

Groove - Sulcus

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Central Sulcus

Separates frontal & parietal lobes

Pre-central gyrus - primary motor cortex

Post-central gyrus - Primary somatosensory cortex

<p>Separates <strong><mark data-color="yellow" style="background-color: yellow; color: inherit;">frontal &amp; parietal</mark></strong> lobes</p><p>Pre-central gyrus - primary motor cortex</p><p>Post-central gyrus - Primary somatosensory cortex</p>
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Lateral sulcus

Isolates temporal lobe from frontal and parietal lobes

<p>Isolates <mark data-color="yellow" style="background-color: yellow; color: inherit;">temporal</mark> lobe from frontal and parietal lobes</p>
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Parieto-occipital sulcus

you know

<p>you know</p>
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Longitudinal fissure

separates hemispheres

<p>separates hemispheres</p>
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Functions of locations

Temporal lobe - Primary auditory cortex

Frontal & Temporal lobe - Primary olfactory cortex - curled inwards, medial, anterior aspect of temporal lobe/base of the frontal lobe

Occipital lobe - Primary visual cortex

Insular lobe - Primary gustatory cortex

Cerebellum - Sense of balance & equilibrium

<p>Temporal lobe - Primary auditory cortex</p><p>Frontal &amp; Temporal lobe - Primary olfactory cortex - curled inwards, medial, anterior aspect of temporal lobe/base of the frontal lobe</p><p>Occipital lobe - Primary visual cortex</p><p>Insular lobe - Primary gustatory cortex</p><p>Cerebellum - Sense of balance &amp; equilibrium</p>