Brain And Nervous system Flashcards
Controls voluntary motor activity and cognition
Frontal lobe
Controls touch, pain, proprioception, vibration and temperature sensation
Parietal love
Controls communication and sensation
Temporal lobe
Controls memory and rapid learning part of temporal lobe
Hippocampus
Controls sensory processing and emotions. Part of temporal lobe.
Amygdala
Controls visual stimulus
Occipital lobe
Controls reflexive and involuntary movement.
Brain stem
Coordinates voluntary motor activity
Cerebellum
Transmits neural messages
Spinal cord
Most common form of Cerebral palsy. Increase in muscle tone.
Spastic CP
Form of cerebral palsy that involves abnormalities in whole body muscle tone.
Dyskinetic CP
Clusters of epileptic spasms with an onset before 1 year of age
Infantile spasms or west syndrome
Mixture of different types of seizures. Manifests with ID.
Lennox-Gestaut syndrome
Acquired epileptic aphasia
Landau-Kleffner syndrome
Jerking upon awaking. Adolescent onset
Juvenile myoclonic