Garrison Exam 5
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- Cerebrum
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Largest part of brain
bilateral hemispheres
hemispheres are seperated by longitudinal fissure - cerebral cortex
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gray mater
contain cell bodies of neurons - semioval center
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white mater
made of cellular processes(axons and dendrites) - What causes white apperence of of axons?
- mylination
- Hemispheres are connected by?
- corpus callosum (white mater)
- Corpus callosum
- contains millions of axons because that is where neurons cross to the opposite side for communication
- convolutions
- gyri
- grooves
- sulci
- 5 lobes in each hemisphere
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1. frontal
2. temporal
3. parietal
4. insula
6. occipital - occipital lobe
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posterior to occipital bone
extends posterior to occipital pole from parieto-occipital fissure