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Cerebral Cortex
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1. Primary motor cortex: controls voluntary muscle movement (esp. swallowing and speech) 2. Pyramidal tract 3. Attention, motivation, judgement, problem solving, task initiation, motor integration | FRONTAL LOBE |
| 1. Houses somatosensory cortex/postcentral gyrus 2. Vital for sensory perception (management of taste, hearing, sight, touch, and smell) 3. General consequence for decreased sensation is decreased control | PARIETAL NERVE |
| 1. Processing memory, language, and emotion 2. Damage may not directly affect swallowing muscles/affect treatment strategies and options | TEMPORAL LOBE |
| Affects vision | OCCIPITAL LOBE |