Cerebellar Lesions Flashcards

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1
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What is the other name of Cerebellum?

A

Little Brain

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

A

Cerebellum

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3
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What lateral representation of the pt if their is a cerebellar lesions?

A

Ipsilateral Representation

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4
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What are the layers of the cerebellar cortex?

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Molecular, Purkinje Layer,, Granular

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5
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What is the other term for paleocerebellum?

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Anterior Lobe

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6
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What part of the cerebellum is covered by the frontal lobe?

A

Spinocerebellum

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7
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What are the functions of the anterior lobe or paleocerebellum?

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For posture and muscle tone

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8
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What is expected if there is a lesion in the anterior lobe?

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Hypotonia

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9
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What is the oldest lobe in the brain?

A

Archicerebellum or Flocculonodular Lobe

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10
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What part of the brain is covered by the archicerebellum or flocculonodular lobe?

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Vestibulocerebelum

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

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Balance

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12
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If there is a lesion in the flocculonodular lobe, what is it?

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Gait Ataxia

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13
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It is known as the largest and newest lobe?

A

Neocerebellum / Posterior Lobe

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14
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What is the other name for Posterior Lobe?

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Neocerebellum

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15
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What are the functions of the posterior lobe?

A

for fine movements and coordiantion

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16
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What are some examples of conditions that is represented by the patient if there is a lesion in the posterior lobe?

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Dysdiadochokinesia, intention tremor, dysmetria

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17
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What is the chant for lobes of the brain?

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PAN
AFP
SVF
PBC

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18
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It is a cerebellar disorder that causes generalized muscle weakness.

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Asthenia

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19
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What lobe of the brain is affected in asthenia?

A

Paleocerebellum

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20
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it is the loss of ability to initiate muscles together for complex movement

21
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What lobe is affected in Asynergia?

A

Neocerebellum

22
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it is also known as “MOVEMENT DECOMPOSITION”

23
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Movement performed in a sequence of component parts rather than as a single smooth activity

24
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It presents a step by step movement

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What lobe is affected in Dyssynergia?
Necerebellum
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What lobe is affected in Gait Ataxia?
Archicerebellum
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What is the ataxic pattern of a patient having gait ataxia?
* Broad BOS * Postural instability * high guard position of UE
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Disorder of the motor component of speech articulation
Dysarthria
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It's also known was the "Scanning Speech"
Dysarthria
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What lobe is affect in Dysarthria?
Neocerebellum
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Difficulty or inability to judge distance
Dysmetria
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It is the overstimulation of distance
Hypermetric
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It is the under stimulaton of the distance
Hypometric
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Increased time required to initiate voluntary movements
Delayed Reaction Time
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What lobe is affected in Delayed Reaction Time?
Neocerebellum
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Impaired ability to perform rapid alternating movement
Dysdiadochokinesia
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What lobe is affected in Dysdiadochokinesia?
Neocerebellum
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Decrease of muscle tone
Hypotonia
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What lobe is affected when you have Hypotonia?
Paleocerebellum
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Rhythmic, quick, oscillatory back and forth of the eyes
Nystagmus
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What lobe is affected when you have Nystagmus?
Archicerebellum
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Inability to halt forceful movement after resistive stimulus is removed
Rebound Phenomenon
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Oscillatory movement of the head and axial involvement of the trunk
Titubation
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Oscillatory movement of the limb during voluntary motion
Intention Tremor
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Pt has tremor while moving but has no tremor when at rest or sleeping
Kinetic Tremor or Intention Tremor
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What is the other name of intention tremor?
Kinetic Tremor
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Oscillatory movement of the limb position
Resting Tremor
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It shows the cardinal signs of Parkinson's Disease
Resting Tremor