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What part of the brain the motor map is located?
The motor map, also known as the motor cortex, is located in the frontal lobe of the brain. It specifically resides in an area called the precentral gyrus, which is situated just in front of the central sulcus that separates the frontal and parietal lobes. This region is responsible for planning, executing, and coordinating voluntary movements in the body.
What is the frontal part of the brain do?
The frontal part of the brain, specifically the frontal cortex, is responsible for a range of higher cognitive functions, including decision-making, problem-solving, planning, and attention. It also plays a crucial role in personality development, impulse control, and regulating emotions. Additionally, the frontal cortex is involved in initiating and coordinating motor movements.
What are the parts and functions of the brain?
THE HINDBRAIN. Having evolved hundreds of millions of years ago, the Hindbrain or the Reptillian Brain is the oldest part of the human brain. As you might guess from it's name, it's a piece of brain anatomy that we share with reptiles and is the most primitive. Likewise it's in charge of our primal instincts and most basic functions. Things like the instincts of survival, dominance, mating and the basic functions of respiration, heartbeat all come from this area of the brain. Located in the Hindbrain are:The Spinal Cord. This is the information superhighway of the body. It carries information up to the brain and instructions back down.The Medulla Oblongata. Helps control the body's autonomic functions (things you don't need to think about to perform) like respiration, digestion and heart rate. Also acts as a relay station for nerve signals going to/from the brainThe Pons. Has roles in your level of arousal or consciousness and sleep. Relays sensory information to/from the brain. Also involved in controlling autonomic body functions.The Cerebellum. Mostly deals with movement. It regulates and coordinates movement, posture and balance. Also involved in learning movement.THE LIMBIC SYSTEM. The Limbic System sometimes called the "emotional brain" or "Old Mammalian Brain" is the next part of the brain to have evolved in the more primitive mammals about 150 million years ago. This is where our emotions reside, where memory begins and where these two functions combine together to mark behaviors with positive or negative feelings. It's where mostly unconscious value judgments are made. Information going through the Limbic System are filed under "agreeable or disagreeable". It also plays a role in salience (what grabs your attention), spontaneity and creativity. Located in the Limbic System are:The Amygdala. Its name is Latin for almond which relates to its shape. It helps in storing and classifying emotionally charged memories. It plays a large role in producing our emotions, especially fear. It's been found to trigger responses to strong emotion such as sweaty palms, freezing, increased heart-beat/respiration and stress hormone release.The Hippocampus. This guy is all about memory and a little about learning. Its primary role is in memory formation, classifyinginformation, long-term memory. Like the RAM in your computer it processes and stores new and temporary memory for long term storage. It's also involved in interpreting incoming nerve signals and spatial relationships.The Hypothalamus. It should be called the Hyperthalamus because it does so much. It's linked closely with the pituitary gland to control many of the body's functions. It monitors and controls your circadian rhythms (your daily sleep/wake cycle), homeostasis (making sure your body is running smoothly), appetite, thirst, other bodily urges and also plays a role in emotions, autonomic functions and motor functions.The Thalamus. The Thalamus is THE relay station in the brain. Most of the sensory signals, auditory (sound), Visual, Somatosensory (from your skin and internal organs), go through this organ on their way to other parts of the brain for processing. It also plays a function in motor control.THE NEOCORTEX. The last and most advanced brain to evolve to date is called the Neocortex, neomammalian or rational brain. We share this part of our brain with other higher level mammals like the primates and dolphins, although in humans the neocortex is the largest. It takes up 2/3's of the human brain. This is where we find the brain power to develop language, abstract thought, consciousness and imagination. Let there be no doubt, this is what grants us our status on the food chain and allows us to be human.The Neocortex is divided into two hemispheres, right and left. The right side of the brain controls the left side of the body and vice versa. Also the hemispheres are divided in terms of what kind of thought they process or produce. The right being more concerned with the artistic, spatial and musical. While the left is more concerned with the colder, linear, rational and verbal aspects. Located in the Neocortex are:The Frontal Lobe. This is the most recent evolutionary addition to the brain. If the brain had a White House it would be here. It is the true center for command and control in your body. The Frontal lobe is responsible for functions such as reasoning, problem solving, judgment, impulse control. This coupled with the fact that it's the last to develop when we are young adults, probably answers a lot of questions for many parents out there. It also manages our higher emotions such as empathy and altruism. This lobe is also involved in motor control and memory.The Parietal Lobe. The Parietal Lobe is involved in processing pain and touch sensation. It's where the Somatosensory (from your skin and internal organs) Cortex resides. It's also associated with cognition (including calculating location and speed of objects), movement, orientation, recognition and speech.The Temporal Lobe. The Temporal Lobe is involved in auditory (sound) sensation and is where the Primary Auditory Cortex and on the left hemisphere, Wernicke's Area (language recognition) are located. This lobe is also involved in emotion, memory and speech.The Occipital Lobe. The Occipital Lobe controls visual sensation and processing. The Visual Cortex is resides here.Broca's Area. This part of the cortex controls speech, language recognition and facial nerves.The Corpus Callosum. This is the neural bridge that connects the two hemispheres to each other, located centrally in brain.
How does your brain do math?
You use your brain to help you do math. You need to use it to think about a math problem.
What organ doesn't need insulin?
Eyes and the brain.
What are the types of epilepsy?
This site tells you everything you need to know. Seriously it's really good http://www.ehealthmd.com/library/epilepsy/EPI_kinds.htmlPartial seizures take place in one particular part of the brain. Generalized seizures affect the whole brain The most common are absence, temperal lobe, frontal lobe, occipital lobe and parietal lobe. Hope this helps :)
What part of the brain controls smell?
FRONTAL LOBE
What can a sharp pain in your right frontal lobe mean I am 14 and I have been having severe pain in my right frontal lobe and when it passes I am dizzy. I know it's not a headache or migraine?
You need to see a neurologist. I have the same issue and it terrifys me.
What can a sharp pain in your right frontal lobe mean I'm 14 and I have been having severe pain in my right frontal lobe and when it passes I am dizzy. I know it's not a headache or migraine.?
You need to see a neurologist. I have the same issue and it terrifys me.
What part of the brain the motor map is located?
The motor map, also known as the motor cortex, is located in the frontal lobe of the brain. It specifically resides in an area called the precentral gyrus, which is situated just in front of the central sulcus that separates the frontal and parietal lobes. This region is responsible for planning, executing, and coordinating voluntary movements in the body.
What is one fucntion in the frontal lobe?
The biggest and most advanced part of the brain is the frontal lobe. (It's called the frontal lobe because it's in the front part of brain.) One job of the frontal lobe is planning. You have probably heard of "frontal lobotomies." At the turn of the century, this surgery was done on people who were very violent or who were in a psychiatric hospital because they were very agitated. Doctors used surgery to damage this area of the brain. Following this surgery, people became very passive and less violent. At first, scientists saw this as a great thing. Neurosurgery could stop behavioral problems such as violence. The problem was that the patients stopped doing a lot of other things. They didn't take care of themselves and they stopped many activities of daily living. They basically sat there. In head injury, individuals with frontal lobe impairment seem to lack motivation and have difficulty doing any task that requires multiple steps (e.g., fixing a car or planning a meal). They have problems with planning.The frontal lobe is also involved in organizing. For a lot of activities, we need to do step A, then step B, then step C. We have to do things in order. That's what the frontal lobes help us do. When the frontal lobe is injured, there is a breakdown in the ability to sequence and organize. A common example is people who cook and leave out a step in the sequence. They forget to add an important ingredient or they don't turn the stove off. I've met a lot of patients who've burned or melted a lot of pans.Additionally, the frontal lobes also play a very important role in controlling emotions. Deep in the middle of the brain are sections that control emotions. They're very primitive emotions that deal with hunger, aggression, and sexual drive. These areas send messages to other parts of the brain to DO SOMETHING. If you're mad, hit something or someone. If you're hungry, grab something and eat it. The frontal lobes "manage" emotions. In general, the frontal lobe has a NO or STOP function. If your emotions tell you to punch your boss, it's the frontal lobes that say "STOP or you are going to lose your job." People have often said to me "a little thing will set me off and I'm really mad." The frontal lobes failed to stop or turn off the emotional system.On the other hand, we have talked about how the frontal lobes plan activities. The frontal lobes may fail to plan for some types of emotion. For example, sexual interest involves some level of planning or preparation. Without this planning, there is a lack of sexual interest. A lack of planning can also affect the expression of anger. I've had some family members say "You know, the head injury actually improved him, he's not such a hot-head anymore." If you listen very carefully, you're also going to hear "he's not as motivated anymore." Remember, the frontal lobe plans activities as well as controls emotions.
What is the purpose of having a lobotomy?
A lobotomy is a surgical procedure in which part of the frontal lobe of the brain is removed. This procedure was once used in severe mentally ill patients that did not respond to other treatments such as shock therapy. With today's modern medicine, there is no longer a need for this procedure.
List the 4 major lobes of the cerebral hemisphere and describe what each is primarily responsible for?
The frontal lobe, primarily asociated with personality and conscious thought. The temporal lobe which has ties with the sense of sound. The occipital lobe which is commonly accepted as the area dealing with site. The parietal lobe is largely unknown but is though to deal with spacial awareness and navigation.************************************************If you need more, here's a bit of a further elaboration.The four major lobes of the cerebral hemisphere are:The frontal lobe: contains most of the dopamine-sensitive neurons in the cerebral cortex. The dopamine system is associated with reward, attention, long-term memory, planning, and drive. The executive functions of the frontal lobes involve the ability to recognize future consequences resulting from current actions, to choose between good and bad actions (or better and best), override and suppress unacceptable social responses, and determine similarities and differences between things or events. Therefore, it is involved in higher mental functions. The frontal lobes also play an important part in retaining longer term memories which are not task-based. These are often memories associated with emotions derived from input from the brain's limbic system. The frontal lobe modifies those emotions to generally fit socially acceptable norms. Psychological tests that measure frontal lobe function include finger tapping, Wisconsin Card Sorting Task, and measures of verbal and figural fluency.The temporal lobe: The temporal lobe is involved in auditory perception and is home to the primary auditory cortex. It is also important for the processing of semantics in both speech and vision. The temporal lobe contains the hippocampus and plays a key role in the formation of long-term memory.The occipital lobe: is the visual processing center of the mammalian brain containing most of the anatomical region of the visual cortex. This is very important; it contains the primary visual cortex.The parietal lobe: is a lobe in the brain. It is positioned above (superior to) the occipital lobe and behind (posterior to) the frontal lobe. The parietal lobe integrates sensory information from different modalities, particularly determining spatial sense and navigation. For example, it comprises somatosensory cortex and the dorsal stream of the visual system. This enables regions of the parietal cortex to map objects perceived visually into body coordinate positions. The parietal lobe plays important roles in integrating sensory information from various parts of the body, knowledge of numbers and their relations, and in the manipulation of objects. Portions of the parietal lobe are involved with visuospatial processing. Although multisensory in nature, the posterior parietal cortex is often referred to by vision scientists as the dorsal stream of vision (as opposed to the ventral stream in the temporal lobe). This dorsal stream has been called both the 'where' stream (as in spatial vision) and the 'how' stream (as in vision for action.P.S. I hope that helped. Thanks. =)
What is the frontal part of the brain do?
The frontal part of the brain, specifically the frontal cortex, is responsible for a range of higher cognitive functions, including decision-making, problem-solving, planning, and attention. It also plays a crucial role in personality development, impulse control, and regulating emotions. Additionally, the frontal cortex is involved in initiating and coordinating motor movements.
Is a lesion like a tumor?
A lesion on the brain is just an injury or a disease. Some lesions are harmless or life threatening. I have a brain tumor(lesion) on the frontal lobe of my brain, its the size of a pea. If it grows I'll need surgery to remove it. A tumor is a disease on the brain which may cause some type of cancer. These tumors that cause cancer are life threatening to people. People that have leukimia (cancer) sometimes have problems with their blood. Sometimes people can help it but they cough up blood from the cancer that they have. Hope this helped!
When should you use raspberry tea?
You should use raspberry tea when you you have a headache. It soothes the top of the mouth and the heat moves into the frontal and parental lobe of your brain soothing your brain so it is also good before tests when you just need to sooth your brain and relax. Also, the rasberries add a great flavor and the sweet touch is great for the pallet. The tongue loves the taste of rasberry because it "wakes" them up. This info is from Dr. Elizabeth Smit MD
What is Encephalomalacia of the left frontal lobe?
this is in the left frontal lobe focal encephalomalacia . I would like to now what that means and do i need treatment . there is a axial flair image# 11 there are 2 punctate foci of t2 signal abnormality identified in the subinsusular white matter anteriorly.There is an area of focal encenphalomalacia identified on axial images #. 11 though18 . There is a mild amount of focal increased t2 signal consistent with gliosis in this region . on gradient-echo images there is no signal dropout to indicate hemorrhage or chronic hemosiderin. imag #5&6 there are high t2 signal consistent with cystic change in the post aspectof the clivus. this is also seen on sagittal t1 weighted image #10 there is a mucosal retention cyst in the left posterior ethmoid sinuses otherwise the paranasal sinuses are normal. I have some problems headaches, weakness , clumsiness, difficulty walking,visual changes,difficulty with seech, behavior changes,nausea, i have seen a doctor butt need to have treatment
