The Nervous System: Cerebral Cortex

The outer layer of the brain (outermost portion of the cerebrum), is called the cerebral cortex. In this video we discuss the basic structure of the cerebral cortex and its four lobes. We also discuss the role that each lobe of the cortex plays in higher nervous system functions. ---------------Table of Contents Fissures - 0:37 The Frontal Lobe - 0:49 Broca's Area - 1:07 The Parietal Lobe - 1:14 The Temporal Lobe and Wernicke's Area - 1:33 The Occipital Lobe - 1:57 ---------------Sources Used in this Video 1) Textbook of Basic Nursing (Lippincott's Practical Nursing) 10th Ed. Rosdahl, Caroline Bunker., and Mary T. Kowalski. "Chapter 19." Textbook of Basic Nursing. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012. N. pag. Print. ---------------Media Attributions 1) Brain stem normal human.svg By Patrick J. Lynch, medical illustrator [CC BY 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons 2) Brain human sagittal section.svg By Patrick J. Lynch, medical illustrator (Patrick J. Lynch, medical illustrator) [CC BY 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons 3) Lobes of the brain NL.svg Henry Vandyke Carter [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons 4) Human_brain.png [Public domain]