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Disorders of Cerebral Cortex Flashcards

1
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A lesion to the Primary Sensory Areas would cause what deficit?

A

discriminative sensory information

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2
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A lesion to the Secondary Sensory Areas would cause what deficit?

A

agnosia

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3
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A lesion to the Motor Planning Areas would cause what deficit?

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apraxia

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4
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A lesion to the Primary Motor Cortex would cause what deficit?

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fractionation of movement

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5
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A lesion to the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Association Cortex would cause what deficit?

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executive function

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6
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A lesion to the Temporoparietal Association Areas would cause what deficit?

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communication

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7
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A lesion to the Ventral and Medial Dorsal Prefrontal Association Cortex would cause what deficit?

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personality and emotion

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8
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Ignoring one side or stimuli coming from one side of one’s own body can be defined as?

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Visual Spatial Neglect

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9
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Visual Spatial Neglect can be caused by damage to what structure?

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right parietal area

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10
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Loss of awareness of body parts can be defined as?

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Somatognosia

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Somatognosia can be caused by damage to what structure?

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the dominant parietal lobe

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12
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Impaired ability to perceive multiple stimuli of same type simultaneously can be defined as?

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Sensory extinction

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13
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Sensory extinction can be caused by what?

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Contralateral lesion

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14
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Difficulty determining right and left sides of one’s own body can be defined as?

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Right/left Discrimination Disorder

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15
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Right/left Discrimination Disorder can be caused by damage to what structure?

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right parietal-occipital area

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16
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Severe denial, neglect or lack of awareness of condition can be defined as?

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Anosognosia

17
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Anosognosia can be caused by damage to what structure?

A

right anterior insula

18
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The inability to recognize familiar objects with one sensory modality while retaining ability to recognize same object with other sensory modalities can be defined as?

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Agnosia

19
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The inability to visually recognized objects despite having intact vision can be defined as?

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Visual Agnosia

20
Q

Can perceive sound but cannot recognize it can be defined as?

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Auditory Agnosia

21
Q

Inability to identify objects by touch and manipulation despite intact discriminative somatosensation can be defined as?

A

Astereognosis

22
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Inability to perform voluntary, learned movements in the absence of loss of sensation, strength, coordination, attention, or comprehension can be defined as?

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Apraxia

23
Q

Unable to comprehend relationship of parts to the whole can be defined as?

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Constructional apraxia

24
Q

Cannot perform the task at all, either on command or on own can be defined as?

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Ideational apraxia

25
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Cannot perform the task on command, but can do the task when left on their own can be defined as?

A

Ideomotor apraxia

26
Q

The uncontrollable repetition of a movement can be defined as?

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Motor perseveration

27
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The abnormal, uncontrolled expression of emotions (abrupt mood shifts, usually to anger, depression, anxiety, Involuntary, inappropriate emotional expression in the absence of subjective emotion pathologic laughter or crying) can be defined as?

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Emotional Lability

28
Q

Laughing when sad and crying for no reason is symptoms of?

A

Emotional Lability

29
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The tendency to behave as if one side of the body and/or one side of space does not exist can be defined as?

A

Neglect

30
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The following characteristics are symptoms of…? Involuntary, uncontrollable movement of the upper extremity
- Moves without intention
- Grasps unintentionally
- Damage to a variety of cortical and subcortical structures
-Leads to frustration, perplexity, annoyance, anger
-Treated with visual feedback and sensory stimulation for affected limb

A

Alien Hand Syndrome

31
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A seizure lasting longer than 5 minutes can be defined as?

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status epilepticus

32
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Period that begins when a seizure subsides and ends when the patient returns to baseline.

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Postictal period

33
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What type of seizure involves a loss of consciousness and violent muscle contractions?

A

tonic clonic seizure (seizures that happen in movies)

34
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What type of seizure involves brief, sudden lapses in attention?

A

Absence seizures

35
Q

Leads to poor communication between hemispheres and may perform conflicting tasks

A

Callosotomy (split brain)

36
Q

What type of TBI is characterized by having a primary AND secondary impact on the brain?

A

Coup contrecoup

37
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The shearing (tearing) of the brain’s long connecting nerve fibers (axons) that happens when the brain is injured as it shifts and rotates inside the bony skull can be defined as?

A

Diffuse axonal injury

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