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Biology
Unit 1 - Brain – Internet Assignment 1-1
Functional Regions
Use the figure of the human brain to identify functional regions of the brain. Locate
regions responsible for the functions listed in the second column of the table below.
Color code each region. Include both the drawing and the chart in your journal. The web
site:
http://www.portfolio.mvm.ed.ac.uk/studentwebs/session2/group10/Neuroanatomy.htm
is a good place to start
Color
Cortical Area
Prefrontal Cortex
Motor Association Cortex
Primary Motor Cortex
Primary Somatosensory
Cortex
Sensory Association Area
Visual Association Area
Visual Cortex
Wernicke's Area
Auditory Association Area
Auditory Cortex
Speech Center
(Broca's Area)
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Function
Problem Solving, Emotion, Complex
Thought
Coordination of complex movement
Initiation of voluntary movement
Receives tactile information from the body
Processing of multisensory information
Complex processing of visual information
Detection of simple visual stimuli
Language comprehension
Complex processing of auditory
information
Detection of sound quality (loudness, tone)
Speech production and articulation
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