Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

NEUROLOGY > CORTICAL FUNCTIONS > Flashcards

CORTICAL FUNCTIONS Flashcards

1
Q

Anterior-posterior organization cortex

A
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Primary motor cortex, area

A

4

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Premotor area and supplementary area:

A

6

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Frontal eye field area

A

8

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Broca’s area (only dominant side)

A

44

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Three functional regions of prefrontal cortex

A
  • DORSOLATERAL REGION: executive function (planning, attention)
  • MEDIAL FRONTAL REGION: motivation
  • ORBITOFRONTAL REGION: impulse control, social behaviour.
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

A person with a lesion in the medial frontal region of the prefrontal cortex might have…

A

Lack of motivation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

A person with a lesion in the Orbitofrontal region of the prefrontal cortex might…

A

Say things without filter

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

A person with a lesion in the dorsolateral region of the prefrontal cortex might have problems in…

A

Attention or planning

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Trail making test is used to assess…

A

The dorsolateral region of the prefrontal cortex (which controls executive function)
People with problems in attention fail this test

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Stroop test is used to assess…

A

Executive function (attention) controlled by the dorsolateral region of the prefrontal cortex

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Perception of primary stimuli

A

Primary somatosensory cortex

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Integration of somatosensory information

A

Secondary somatosensory cortex

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Sequential learned movement realization,
movement imitation. COGNITIVE TASKS (DANCING)
(spatial attention, drawing: non-dominant side;
writing, calculation in dominant side)

A

Tertiary somatosensory cortex

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Visuo-motor integration

A

Posterior parietal cortex

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Language

A

Left side: understanding meaning
Right side: musicality

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Usually, … hemisphere is dominant and … hemisphere is more related to creativity.

A

Left, right

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Postcentral gyrus: Primary somatosensory area have BA…

A

3, 1, 2

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Secondary somatosensory area, BA…

A

7, 40

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Tertiary somatosensory area, BA…

A

39, 23

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Lesion in primary somatosensory area

A

Contralateral Hypoesthesia

22
Q

Astereognosis (inability to identify things placed in your hand) or agrafoestesis (recognise things drawn in the palm of the hand) are signs of a lesion in the…

A

SECONDARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX (elaborate building of perception)

23
Q

Agraphia, acalculia, finger agnosia and inability to
distinguish between the right and left sides of one´s body… show a lesion in the…

A

Tertiary somatosensory area (cognitive functions)

24
Q

Perception of primary visual stimuli

A

Primary visual cortex

25
Q

Integration of visual information with other systems

A

Secondary and tertiary visual areas

26
Q

Primary visual area, BA…

A

17

27
Q

If they show you an object and you do not know what it is, you might have a problem in…

A

Secondary and tertiary associative visual areas

28
Q

Perception of primary sounds

A

Primary auditory cortex

29
Q

Perception of combined sounds, relationship between sounds

A

Secondary auditory cortex (Wernicke in dominant
hemisphere)

30
Q

Multi sensory integration is carried out by….

A

Tertiary auditory cortex

31
Q

Alexia or dislexia might show a problem in the…

A

Secondary and tertiary associative visual areas

32
Q

A patient have have alexia without …

A

Agrafia

33
Q

Memory is controlled by…

A

Hippocampus (allocortex) + medial temporal lobe
(entorhinal, perirhinal and parahippocampal cortex -
BA 28, 35, 36 -)

34
Q

A lesion in hippocampus and medial temporal lobe might cause…

A

AMNESIC SYNDROME

35
Q

Language reception is carried out by…

A

WERNICKE’S AREA (22) and PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX (41, 42)

36
Q

Language production is carried out by…

A

BROCA’S AREA (44, 45)

37
Q

WERNICKE’S area and BROCA’S area are connected by the…

A

ARQUATE FASCICULUS

38
Q

LEFT CEREBRAL DOMINANCE

A
  • 95% in right handed
  • 60-75% in left handed
39
Q

Inability to comprehend and/or formulate
written or spoken language because of damage to specific brain regions

A

APHASIA

40
Q

Speech disorder caused by muscle weakness

A

DYSARTHRIA (when you get drunk)

41
Q

Motor aphasia

A

Broca lesion

42
Q

Sensory aphasia

A

Wernicke lesion

43
Q

Global or mixed aphasia

A

Motor and sensory areas are lesioned

44
Q

Conduction aphasia

A

Damage to arquate fasciculus

45
Q
A

Broca’s aphasia

46
Q

Acquired motor skills; organized movements of variable complexity, learned and planned with a certain aim, that become automated due to repeated training

A

PRAXIS

47
Q

Loss of the ability to execute or carry out skilled movements and gestures, despite having the desire and the physical ability to perform them; without motor or sensory deficit and without lack of coordination or alteration in conscience level

A

APRAXIA

48
Q

Lesions in the parietal dominant regions cause…

A

Ideomotor or ideatory apraxia (they cannot do the victory sign)

49
Q

Lesions in the parietal non-dominant regions cause…

A

Constructive or dressing apraxia

50
Q

Inability to recognize and identify learned stimuli,
without sensory deficit or alteration in consciousness. Symptoms may vary, according to the area of the brain that is affected

A

AGNOSIA

51
Q

Ability to recognise the significance of sensory stimuli

A

GNOSIA

52
Q

inability to identify single objets when they are simultaneously perceived with others. Appears in bilateral parieto-occipital lesions

A

Simultagnosia

NEUROLOGY (27 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions