SPA-2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Blood Vessel, Internal Carotid Artery, Cardiovascular Disease
2 Oct 2016
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Childhood language disorders often carry into adulthood. All related to problems in the central nervous system. Aphasia, right hemisphere injury, traumatic brain injury, dementia. Skull - can be fractured and penetrated, first real level of protection for brain. Meninges - layers of tissues right beneath our skull. Spinal cord is protected by vertebral column and csf. Cerebrum - composed of right and left hemisphere and cortex of hidden and frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital lobes. Frontal - ability to problem solve, reason, be organized, cause/effect takes a long time to develop; control. Temporal - right next to our ears, associated with hearing. Parietal - sensory integration" , let"s us be aware touch and movement/senses, helps us make sense of language. Occipital - where vision processing takes place. Subcortical structures located below the cortex (the outer layer). Composed of fissures/sulci (a groove/furrow), serve as landmarks" to see what part of the brain you are looking at.
