Brain (3) Flashcards
What lobe of the brain is damaged if your patient has trouble feeling a hot plate?
Parietal lobe
What area of the brain has the cell bodies of the upper motor neurons?
Frontal lobe
What are the upper motor neuron signs?
Hypertonia
Hyperreflexia
Paresis/paralysis
Disuse atrophy
Babinski
What is the function of the occipital lobe?
Vision
What is the function of the frontal lobe?
Behavior
Executive function
Personality
Motor cortex
What is the function of the temporal lobe?
Hearing
What is the function of the parietal lobe?
Attention
Primary somatosensory cortex
Where do axons from the radial nerve start or terminate at?
Homunculus
What is the function of the cerebellum?
Coordination
Where would the lesion occur if someone had a stroke and is having difficulty with vision?
Posterior cerebral artery
Ataxia
Damage to cerebellum
What does the Brainstem allow you to do?
Breath
What does the Brainstem house?
Nuclei of cranial nerves
What structures make up the Brainstem?
Pons
Midbrain
Medulla
What are the two types of strokes?
Transient ischemic attack
Hemorrhage
What part of the brain does the anterior cerebral artery supply?
Medial frontal and parietal lobes