CVA

Question 1

Sudden loss of blood supply resulting in loss of oxygen supply to the brain

Answer 1

Cerebrovascular accident

Question 2

Incomplete stroke with symptoms lasting from a few minutes to 24 hours

Answer 2

Transient ischemic attacks (TIA)

Question 3

caused by a thrombus or embolus

Answer 3

ischemic

Question 4

is a rupture of a blood vessel with bleeding into the brain

Answer 4

hemorrhagic

Question 5

Hypertension, cigarette smoking, excessive alcohol intake, high cholesterol, obesity

Answer 5

Controllable risk factors

Question 6

Increasing age, male sex, black race, history of DM, previous CVA & TIA, family history

Answer 6

Uncontrollable risk factors

Question 7

One sided face drop, inability to raise both arms evenly

Answer 7

Warning shines of stroke

Question 8

Deep vein thrombosis

Answer 8

Most common complication of a stroke

Question 9

Weakness is opposite to the side of brain damage

Answer 9

Hemiparesis

Question 10

Paralysis is opposite to the side of brain damage

Answer 10

Hemipalegia

Question 11

Responsible for language, time concepts, and analytical thinking. May be more depressed.

Answer 11

Left cerebral hemisphere (right Hemiparesis)

Question 12

Partial or total loss of the ability to communicate through language.

Answer 12

Aphasia

Question 13

Motor planning difficulties

Answer 13

Apraxia

Question 14

Controls visual perceptual function and perception of the whole. Neglect/inattention more common

Answer 14

Right cerebral hemisphere (left Hemiparesis )

Question 15

Difficulty in pronouncing sounds or combination of sounds

Answer 15

Dysarthria

Question 16

Abnormal reflexes of the head and torso, coordination and balance problems, ataxia, dizziness, problems with swallowing and articulation,cranial nerve deficits-vertigo, nausea, vomiting, headache, nystagmus, slurred speech

Answer 16

Cerebellum stroke

Question 17

Difficulty with vital signs and arousal, dizziness, problems with swallowing and articulation, cranial nerve deficits, Paralysis, likely to be critically ill and may require emergency intubation and ventilation

Answer 17

Brainstem stroke

Question 18

Largest vessel branching off the internal carotid artery, most common cerebral occlusion site. damage to a smaller brain territory and causes less severe disability

Answer 18

Middle cerebral artery (MCA)

Question 19

The Hallmark of the cva public awareness messages

Answer 19

MCA CVA

Question 20

Supplies the anterior medial portion of the frontal and parietal lobes. Can cause incontinence, social appropriateness, and leg issues

Answer 20

Anterior cerebral artery (ACA)

Question 21

Feeds the medial occipital lobe and inferior and medial temporal lobes. Right side may result in neglect; left side may result in Aphasia

Answer 21

Posterior cerebral artery (PCA)

Question 22

Inability to perform on command (but has the ability to perform spontaneously)

Answer 22

Ideomotor Apraxia

Question 23

Inability to form the concept of the movement-have no idea what they’re suppose to do

Answer 23

Ideational apraxia

Question 24

Apraxia, visual perceptual deficits (not knowing or are of true midline), hemi body attention

Answer 24

Perceptual system dysfunction

Question 25

Difficulty or inability to swallow, clinical signs are drilling, pocketing, coughing, or gurgling voice, high risk of aspiration

Answer 25

Dysphagia

Question 26

Acquired language disorder

Answer 26

Aphasia

Question 27

Expressive Aphasia

Answer 27

Broca Aphasia

Question 28

Receptive Aphasia

Answer 28

Wernicke Aphasia

Question 29

Loss of expressive and Receptive skills

Answer 29

Global Aphasia

Question 30

Word finding difficulty

Answer 30

Anomia

Question 31

Restoting function

Answer 31

Remediation

Question 32

Flaccid paralysis abd spasticity

Answer 32

Abnormal muscle tone