23+24 Flashcards
1
Q
largest portion of the brain
A
cerebrum
2
Q
cerebral cortex
A
gray matter, outer portion of cerebrum
3
Q
cerebrum is responsible for…
A
all conscious behavior
-perceive, remember, communicate, initiate voluntary movement
4
Q
parts of the cerebrum
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1 frontal
2 parietal
3 occipital
4 temporal
5
Q
frontal cerebrum controls…
A
- voluntary skltl muscl mvmt
- speech
- emo
- intellectual activities
6
Q
prefrontal cerebrum controls…
A
- intellect
- complex learning activities
- judgment
- reasoning
- concern for others
- creation of abstract ideas
7
Q
parietal cerebrum controls…
A
- conscious awareness of sensations + somatosensory stimuli
- —temp, shapes, 2 pt discriminatn
- —ability to sense square or round objects in hand
8
Q
where is the visual cortex?
A
occipital
–receives visual stimuli fr RETINA
9
Q
temporal lobe is responsible for
A
interprets auditory stimuli
10
Q
huntington disease
A
inherited degenerative neurologic disorder
- characterized by CHOREA
- typically progresses into mental deterioration> death
11
Q
chorea
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uncontrollable jerking movements
12
Q
huntington disease onset
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middle age
-often after theyve already had kids
13
Q
huntington disease subjective findings
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- difficulty w reasoning
- dysphagia
- disinhibition
14
Q
huntington disease objective findings
A
- muscle rigidity
- choreiform movement
- bradykinesia
15
Q
bradykinesia
A
slow mvmt
