Test #4 - Notes for brain cards

My scanner is super-slow, so this might be faster to share if I type it. Here are the notes that I scribbled on the back of my brain cards. (I printed the brain diagram repetitively, cut them out and colored one region on each card - which was labeled on the back with some notes, definitions, or whatever). This list is just a partial summary but I thought it was useful to match the picture with the notes.

THALAMUS (important filter) - the paired structures on either side of the third ventricle. functions: To act as the principle and final relay point for sensory information that will be processed & projected to the primary sensory cortex. To filter sensory information so that only a small portion of it goes to the cerebrum. To inform the cerebrum as to where sensory information is coming from.

OCCIPITAL LOBE - forms the most posterior region of each cerebral hemisphere. Function of occipital lobe: visual processing and visual memories. Occipital lobe includes the primary visual cortex (function of primary visual cortex: to receive & process visual information).

CORPUS CALLOSUM - large tract of white matter that connects the two halves of the cerebrum and is the main method of communication between them.

CEREBRUM - function: conscious thought processes; origin of all complex intellectual functions. *cerebral cortex: outer layer of gray matter of the cerebrum. *gyri: elevated ridges (singular=gyrus) *sulci: shallow depressions (singular=sulcus) *fissures: deep grooves.

FRONTAL LOBE - most anterior of the cerebral lobes. The anatomical borders are the central sulcus and the lateral sulcus. Includes the precentral gyrus (an important anatomical feature of the frontal lobe that lies immediately anterior to the central sulcus.) Primary functions: voluntary motor functions, concentration, verbal communication, decision-making, planning and personality.

PARIETAL LOBE - forms the superoposterior part of each cerebral hemisphere. Includes the precentral gyrus (an important anatomical feature that lies immediately posterior to the central sulcus.) Function of the parietal lobe: evaluating the shape and texture of objects being touched.