Anatomy

Question 1

Frontal lobe function

Answer 1

• Voluntary motor movement
• intellect, orientation, executive functions
• Broca’s area: speech, concentration
• Personality, temper, judgement, reasoning, behavior, self-awareness

Question 2

Frontal lobe impairment

Answer 2

• Contralateral weakness
• Perseveration, inattention
• Personality changes, antisocial behavior
• Impaired concentration, apathy
• Broca’s aphasia
• Delayed or poor initiation
• Emotional lability

Question 3

Parietal lobe function

Answer 3

• Sensation of touch, kinesthesia, vibration, and temperature
• Receives info from other areas of the brain about hearing, vision, motor, sensory, and memory
• Provides meaning for objects
• Interprets language and words
• Spatial and visual perception

Question 4

Parietal lobe impairment

Answer 4

• In dominant hemisphere (usually left): agraphia, alexia, agnosia
• In non-dominant hemisphere: dressing apraxia, constructional apraxia, anosognosia
• Contralateral sensory deficits
• Impaired language comprehesion
• Impaired taste

Question 5

Temporal lobe function

Answer 5

• Primary auditory processing and olfactory
• Wernicke’s area: ability to understand and produce meaningful speech, verbal and general memory, assists with understanding language.
• Rear of temporal lobe: interpreting other people’s emotions and reactions

Question 6

Temporal lobe impairment

Answer 6

• Learning deficits
• Wernicke’s aphasia
• Antisocial, aggressive behaviors
• Difficulty with facial recognition
• Difficulty with memory, memory loss
• Inability to categorize objects

Question 7

Occipital lobe function

Answer 7

• Main processing center for visual info
• Colors, light, and shapes
• Judgement of distance, seeing 3D

Question 8

Occipital lobe impairment

Answer 8

• Homonymous hemianopsia
• Impaired extraocular muscle movement and visual deficits
• Impaired color recognition
• Reading and writing impairment
• Cortical blindness with bilateral lobe involvement

Question 9

Left hemisphere

Answer 9

• Language
• Sequencing and performing movements
• Understanding language
• Producing written and spoken language
• Analytical
• Controlled
• Logical
• Rational
• Mathematical calculations
• Expressing positive emotions (love, happiness)
• Processing verbally coded info in an organized, logical, and sequential manner

Question 10

Right hemisphere

Answer 10

• Nonverbal processing
• Processing info in a holistic manner
• Artistic abilities
• General concept comprehension
• Hand-eye coordination
• Spatial relationships
• Kinesthetic awareness
• Understanding music
• ## Understanding non-verbal communication