Cerebellar Lesions Flashcards

1
Q

What is the other name of Cerebellum?

A

Little Brain

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2
Q

What part of the brain that consist of 2 cerebellar hemisphere?

A

Cerebellum

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3
Q

What lateral representation of the pt if their is a cerebellar lesions?

A

Ipsilateral Representation

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4
Q

What are the layers of the cerebellar cortex?

A

Molecular, Purkinje Layer,, Granular

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5
Q

What is the other term for paleocerebellum?

A

Anterior Lobe

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6
Q

What part of the cerebellum is covered by the frontal lobe?

A

Spinocerebellum

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7
Q

What are the functions of the anterior lobe or paleocerebellum?

A

For posture and muscle tone

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8
Q

What is expected if there is a lesion in the anterior lobe?

A

Hypotonia

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9
Q

What is the oldest lobe in the brain?

A

Archicerebellum or Flocculonodular Lobe

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10
Q

What part of the brain is covered by the archicerebellum or flocculonodular lobe?

A

Vestibulocerebelum

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11
Q

What is the purpose of the archicerebellum or the folocculonodular lobe?

A

Balance

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12
Q

If there is a lesion in the flocculonodular lobe, what is it?

A

Gait Ataxia

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13
Q

It is known as the largest and newest lobe?

A

Neocerebellum / Posterior Lobe

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14
Q

What is the other name for Posterior Lobe?

A

Neocerebellum

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15
Q

What are the functions of the posterior lobe?

A

for fine movements and coordiantion

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16
Q

What are some examples of conditions that is represented by the patient if there is a lesion in the posterior lobe?

A

Dysdiadochokinesia, intention tremor, dysmetria

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17
Q

What is the chant for lobes of the brain?

A

PAN
AFP
SVF
PBC

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18
Q

It is a cerebellar disorder that causes generalized muscle weakness.

A

Asthenia

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19
Q

What lobe of the brain is affected in asthenia?

A

Paleocerebellum

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20
Q

it is the loss of ability to initiate muscles together for complex movement

A

Asynergia

21
Q

What lobe is affected in Asynergia?

A

Neocerebellum

22
Q

it is also known as “MOVEMENT DECOMPOSITION”

A

Dyssynergia

23
Q

Movement performed in a sequence of component parts rather than as a single smooth activity

A

Dyssynergia

24
Q

It presents a step by step movement

A

Dyssynergia

25
Q

What lobe is affected in Dyssynergia?

A

Necerebellum

26
Q

What lobe is affected in Gait Ataxia?

A

Archicerebellum

27
Q

What is the ataxic pattern of a patient having gait ataxia?

A
  • Broad BOS
  • Postural instability
  • high guard position of UE
28
Q

Disorder of the motor component of speech articulation

A

Dysarthria

29
Q

It’s also known was the “Scanning Speech”

A

Dysarthria

30
Q

What lobe is affect in Dysarthria?

A

Neocerebellum

31
Q

Difficulty or inability to judge distance

A

Dysmetria

32
Q

It is the overstimulation of distance

A

Hypermetric

33
Q

It is the under stimulaton of the distance

A

Hypometric

34
Q

Increased time required to initiate voluntary movements

A

Delayed Reaction Time

35
Q

What lobe is affected in Delayed Reaction Time?

A

Neocerebellum

36
Q

Impaired ability to perform rapid alternating movement

A

Dysdiadochokinesia

37
Q

What lobe is affected in Dysdiadochokinesia?

A

Neocerebellum

38
Q

Decrease of muscle tone

A

Hypotonia

39
Q

What lobe is affected when you have Hypotonia?

A

Paleocerebellum

40
Q

Rhythmic, quick, oscillatory back and forth of the eyes

A

Nystagmus

41
Q

What lobe is affected when you have Nystagmus?

A

Archicerebellum

42
Q

Inability to halt forceful movement after resistive stimulus is removed

A

Rebound Phenomenon

43
Q

Oscillatory movement of the head and axial involvement of the trunk

A

Titubation

44
Q

Oscillatory movement of the limb during voluntary motion

A

Intention Tremor

45
Q

Pt has tremor while moving but has no tremor when at rest or sleeping

A

Kinetic Tremor or Intention Tremor

46
Q

What is the other name of intention tremor?

A

Kinetic Tremor

47
Q

Oscillatory movement of the limb position

A

Resting Tremor

48
Q

It shows the cardinal signs of Parkinson’s Disease

A

Resting Tremor