Blood Supply to Cortex

Question 0

Parietal Cortex

Answer 0

Lesion: Contra sensory Loss, stereognosis & graphesthesia (association area), spatial attention, apraxia

Question 1

Frontal Lobe

Answer 1

Blood: MCA, ACA
Lesion: Contra motor or sensory deficits; aphasia
Seizure: clonic movements, Jacksonian March - spreads along motor cortex

Question 2

Gerstmann Syndrome

Answer 2

Agraphia, Acalculia, Finger agnosia, R/L confusion

Question 3

Kluver-Bucy Syndrome

Answer 3

Pt puts everything in their mouth

Inappropriate behavior, aggressiveness/irritability

Question 4

Balint Syndrome

Answer 4

Usually a watershed lesion (e.g. ACA-MCA watershed)
Simultanagnosia: inability to perceive VF as a whole
Optic Ataxia: inability to point to an object in the VF
Ocular Apraxia: inability to look at a target in the VF