NEUROSCIENCE CORE MAIN EXAM ALL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔postcentral gyrus (somatosensory cortex) - ✔✔The somatosensory system is the
part of the sensory system concerned with the conscious perception of touch, pressure,
pain, temperature, position, movement, and vibration
✔✔cingulate gyrus - ✔✔processing emotions and behavior regulation. It also helps to
regulate autonomic motor function; part of limbic system on top of corpus callosum
✔✔gyrus - ✔✔Creases, folds
✔✔Sulcus - ✔✔Crevasses
✔✔Lateral - ✔✔away from the midline
✔✔Medial - ✔✔toward the midline
✔✔Superior - ✔✔towards the head
✔✔Dorsal - ✔✔toward the back
, ✔✔Inferior - ✔✔away from the head
✔✔Ventral - ✔✔Toward the belly
✔✔anterior - ✔✔toward the front
✔✔rostral - ✔✔toward the nose
✔✔caudal - ✔✔toward the tail
✔✔posterior (caudal) - ✔✔toward the tail
✔✔Ipsalateral - ✔✔same side
✔✔Contralateral - ✔✔opposite side
✔✔Proximal - ✔✔Closer to the point of attachment
✔✔Distal - ✔✔away from the point of attachment
✔✔coronal - ✔✔view from the back or front of both hemispheres; like looking at the
back of someones head
✔✔Axial/Horizontal - ✔✔parallel to the floor; bird eye view of brain that includes both
hemispheres
✔✔saggital mri - ✔✔lengthwise cut that divides the body into right and left portions; only
one hemisphere is visible
✔✔motor cortex - ✔✔an area at the rear of the frontal lobes that controls voluntary
movements
✔✔prefrontal cortex - ✔✔the frontmost portion of the frontal lobes, especially prominent
in humans; important for attention, working memory, decision making, appropriate social
behavior, and personality
✔✔somatosensory cortex - ✔✔part of the parital lobe; registers and processes body
touch and movement sensations
✔✔gustatory cortex - ✔✔part of parietal lobe; area of the brain that receives and
interprets tastes from the tongue
✔✔parietal association cortex - ✔✔part of the parietal lobe; responsible for spatial
awareness and attention
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔postcentral gyrus (somatosensory cortex) - ✔✔The somatosensory system is the
part of the sensory system concerned with the conscious perception of touch, pressure,
pain, temperature, position, movement, and vibration
✔✔cingulate gyrus - ✔✔processing emotions and behavior regulation. It also helps to
regulate autonomic motor function; part of limbic system on top of corpus callosum
✔✔gyrus - ✔✔Creases, folds
✔✔Sulcus - ✔✔Crevasses
✔✔Lateral - ✔✔away from the midline
✔✔Medial - ✔✔toward the midline
✔✔Superior - ✔✔towards the head
✔✔Dorsal - ✔✔toward the back
, ✔✔Inferior - ✔✔away from the head
✔✔Ventral - ✔✔Toward the belly
✔✔anterior - ✔✔toward the front
✔✔rostral - ✔✔toward the nose
✔✔caudal - ✔✔toward the tail
✔✔posterior (caudal) - ✔✔toward the tail
✔✔Ipsalateral - ✔✔same side
✔✔Contralateral - ✔✔opposite side
✔✔Proximal - ✔✔Closer to the point of attachment
✔✔Distal - ✔✔away from the point of attachment
✔✔coronal - ✔✔view from the back or front of both hemispheres; like looking at the
back of someones head
✔✔Axial/Horizontal - ✔✔parallel to the floor; bird eye view of brain that includes both
hemispheres
✔✔saggital mri - ✔✔lengthwise cut that divides the body into right and left portions; only
one hemisphere is visible
✔✔motor cortex - ✔✔an area at the rear of the frontal lobes that controls voluntary
movements
✔✔prefrontal cortex - ✔✔the frontmost portion of the frontal lobes, especially prominent
in humans; important for attention, working memory, decision making, appropriate social
behavior, and personality
✔✔somatosensory cortex - ✔✔part of the parital lobe; registers and processes body
touch and movement sensations
✔✔gustatory cortex - ✔✔part of parietal lobe; area of the brain that receives and
interprets tastes from the tongue
✔✔parietal association cortex - ✔✔part of the parietal lobe; responsible for spatial
awareness and attention
