Cerebellar Lesions Flashcards
What is the other name of Cerebellum?
Little Brain
What part of the brain that consist of 2 cerebellar hemisphere?
Cerebellum
What lateral representation of the pt if their is a cerebellar lesions?
Ipsilateral Representation
What are the layers of the cerebellar cortex?
Molecular, Purkinje Layer,, Granular
What is the other term for paleocerebellum?
Anterior Lobe
What part of the cerebellum is covered by the frontal lobe?
Spinocerebellum
What are the functions of the anterior lobe or paleocerebellum?
For posture and muscle tone
What is expected if there is a lesion in the anterior lobe?
Hypotonia
What is the oldest lobe in the brain?
Archicerebellum or Flocculonodular Lobe
What part of the brain is covered by the archicerebellum or flocculonodular lobe?
Vestibulocerebelum
What is the purpose of the archicerebellum or the folocculonodular lobe?
Balance
If there is a lesion in the flocculonodular lobe, what is it?
Gait Ataxia
It is known as the largest and newest lobe?
Neocerebellum / Posterior Lobe
What is the other name for Posterior Lobe?
Neocerebellum
What are the functions of the posterior lobe?
for fine movements and coordiantion
What are some examples of conditions that is represented by the patient if there is a lesion in the posterior lobe?
Dysdiadochokinesia, intention tremor, dysmetria
What is the chant for lobes of the brain?
PAN
AFP
SVF
PBC
It is a cerebellar disorder that causes generalized muscle weakness.
Asthenia
What lobe of the brain is affected in asthenia?
Paleocerebellum
it is the loss of ability to initiate muscles together for complex movement
Asynergia
What lobe is affected in Asynergia?
Neocerebellum
it is also known as “MOVEMENT DECOMPOSITION”
Dyssynergia
Movement performed in a sequence of component parts rather than as a single smooth activity
Dyssynergia
It presents a step by step movement
Dyssynergia
What lobe is affected in Dyssynergia?
Necerebellum
What lobe is affected in Gait Ataxia?
Archicerebellum
What is the ataxic pattern of a patient having gait ataxia?
- Broad BOS
- Postural instability
- high guard position of UE
Disorder of the motor component of speech articulation
Dysarthria
It’s also known was the “Scanning Speech”
Dysarthria
What lobe is affect in Dysarthria?
Neocerebellum
Difficulty or inability to judge distance
Dysmetria
It is the overstimulation of distance
Hypermetric
It is the under stimulaton of the distance
Hypometric
Increased time required to initiate voluntary movements
Delayed Reaction Time
What lobe is affected in Delayed Reaction Time?
Neocerebellum
Impaired ability to perform rapid alternating movement
Dysdiadochokinesia
What lobe is affected in Dysdiadochokinesia?
Neocerebellum
Decrease of muscle tone
Hypotonia
What lobe is affected when you have Hypotonia?
Paleocerebellum
Rhythmic, quick, oscillatory back and forth of the eyes
Nystagmus
What lobe is affected when you have Nystagmus?
Archicerebellum
Inability to halt forceful movement after resistive stimulus is removed
Rebound Phenomenon
Oscillatory movement of the head and axial involvement of the trunk
Titubation
Oscillatory movement of the limb during voluntary motion
Intention Tremor
Pt has tremor while moving but has no tremor when at rest or sleeping
Kinetic Tremor or Intention Tremor
What is the other name of intention tremor?
Kinetic Tremor
Oscillatory movement of the limb position
Resting Tremor
It shows the cardinal signs of Parkinson’s Disease
Resting Tremor
