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What is the largest part of the human brain?
What is the largest part of the human brain?
- The brainstem
- The thalamus
- The cerebellum
- The cerebrum (correct)
Which lobe of the cerebrum is associated with executive functions?
Which lobe of the cerebrum is associated with executive functions?
- The frontal lobe (correct)
- The parietal lobe
- The temporal lobe
- The occipital lobe
How are the two cerebral hemispheres connected?
How are the two cerebral hemispheres connected?
- By commissural nerve tracts, including the corpus callosum (correct)
- By the pons
- By the spinal cord
- By the medulla oblongata
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Study Notes
- The cerebrum is the largest part of the human brain
- It consists of two cerebral hemispheres
- Each hemisphere has an inner core of white matter and an outer cortex of grey matter
- The cortex has an outer neocortex and an inner allocortex
- Each hemisphere is divided into four lobes: frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital
- The frontal lobe is associated with executive functions
- The occipital lobe is dedicated to vision
- Cortical areas within each lobe are associated with specific functions
- The left and right hemispheres have some functional differences
- The hemispheres are connected by commissural nerve tracts, including the corpus callosum.
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