BPK 306- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 34 pages long!)
5 Oct 2017
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Learning objectives: describe the divisions of the human nervous system. Central nervous system (cns: brain, brainstem, and spinal cord, receives information from the pns, processes and integrates it, then sends it to the necessary locations, responsible for cognition, memory, learning, planning, and voluntary movement. Medulla oblongata: regulate heartbeat, breathing, etc, basic functions found in most animals. Thalamus: except for smell, all sensory inputs travel through thalamus, thalamus and cortex work closely together. Frontal lobe: decision making, planning, concentration, organization, executive function, sense of self in relation to the world, plans movement, speech, behaviour. Temporal lobe: language, smell, and hearing are processed here, detects the direction of movement, recognizes objects, especially faces, memory, listening and understanding of words/music. Occipital lobe: vision, processes images from the eyes to interpret their shape, colour, depth, and angle of what is being seen. Refer to #2: describe brodmann areas and explain how brain areas may work together to produce complex functions.
