24 Frontal Lobe Flashcards

1
Q

What two sections does the central sulcus separate?

A

Primary Motor Cortex and Primary Somatosensory Cortex

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Areas ___ and ____ make up the orbital sulcus.

A

11 and 47

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

The cingulum wraps around the _______ _________.

A

Corpus Callosum

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Which area does the Superior Longitudinal Fasciculus not connect with? 7, 8, 9, 10 and 44

A

no connection to 10

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

True/False: The arcuate fasciculus connects a bit to the occipital lobe.

A

True

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Which broadman’s area does the arcuate fasciculus connect to?

A

44 and 45

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

True/False: The inferior fronto-occipital controls involuntary ocular movement.

A

False; VOLUNTARY ocular movement

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

True/False: Abulic syndromes will cause a change to the person’s IQ.

A

False; It will not cause a change to the person’s IQ.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

A person with an abulic syndrome will have trouble answering _________ questions. A. divergent B. convergent

A

divergent

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Automatic motor behavior is most related to what syndrome? A. Behavioral SyndromeB. Abulic SyndromeC. Cognitive Syndrome

A

Behavioral Syndrome

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

A person with a behavioral syndrome has damage to what part of the brain?

A

orbital frontal cortex

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

True/False: A person who has suffered from frontal lobe damage will not have difficulty with the Wisconsin Card Sorting Task.

A

False: They will have difficulty in adjusting to a different type of organization when the tester switches the criteria of sorting.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

True/False: The Stroop Test is a parietal lobe function test.

A

False: It is a frontal lobe functional test.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

True/False: A person with Broca’s aphasia will have trouble understanding phrases with unusual structures.

A

True

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

The unicinate fasciculous branches from the temporal lobe to the ______ and ______.

A

pre-frontal cortex, orbital cortex

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

True/False: The frontal aslant tract is for motor control of the body.

A

False, it’s for language

17
Q

True/False: Damage in the brodmann’s area 4 and 6 will cause contralateral deficit in the motor control system.

18
Q

Damage in the brodmann’s area 6 and 8 will cause ______.

19
Q

True/False: Anarchic hand syndrome is not commonly found in split brain patients.

A

False, it’s common

20
Q

What happens if there’s lesion in the pre-frontal cortex?

A

disruptions in the cognitive functions, memories, motor sequencing impaired. Planning and goal directing behavioral are also impaired

21
Q

True/False: Damage to the left hemisphere will damage prosody.

A

False, it’s the right hemisphere

22
Q

The primary motor cortex has ____% of its fibers running down the spinal tract.

23
Q

The Gambling Task study by Bechara et. al. showed that patients with ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VM) damage have impaired ability for what decision making parameter?

A

Risk Assesement

24
Q

What underlines VM patients’ inability to asses risk?

A

Impaired Learning from Experience

25
What are the neuropsychiatric syndromes associated with frontal lobe damage?
Schizophrenia, Autism and Stuttering
26
What are the main structures that are compromised in the neuropsychiatric syndromes associated with frontal lobe damage
Myelinated Tracts (that lead to the associated areas)
27
Fractional Anisotropy (FA) provides an index for the assessment of the integrity of the myelinated tracts. True or False.
True
28
Association areas relevant to vision are predominantly in which hemisphere of the brain?
Right
29
Association areas relevant to audition are predominantly in which hemisphere
Left
30
Temporal discrimination and proverbs are predominantly processed in which hemispheres
Both Left and Right
31
Typically, Frontal lobe damage patients could still maintain high neural function in memory, sensory and sensory integration. True or False
True
32
What was mostly impacted by the frontal lobe damage due to hemorrhage in the patient from the video: Changes in the executive decision making or changes in personality
Executive Decision Making