Disorders of Cerebral Cortex

Question 1

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

Answer 1

discriminative sensory information

Question 2

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

Answer 2

agnosia

Question 3

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

Answer 3

apraxia

Question 4

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

Answer 4

fractionation of movement

Question 5

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

Answer 5

executive function

Question 6

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

Answer 6

communication

Question 7

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

Answer 7

personality and emotion

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Visual Spatial Neglect

Question 9

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

Answer 9

right parietal area

Question 10

Loss of awareness of body parts can be defined as?

Answer 10

Somatognosia

Question 11

Somatognosia can be caused by damage to what structure?

Answer 11

the dominant parietal lobe

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Sensory extinction

Question 13

Sensory extinction can be caused by what?

Answer 13

Contralateral lesion

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Right/left Discrimination Disorder

Question 15

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

Answer 15

right parietal-occipital area

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Anosognosia

Question 17

Anosognosia can be caused by damage to what structure?

Answer 17

right anterior insula

Question 18

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?

Answer 18

Agnosia

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Visual Agnosia

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Auditory Agnosia

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Astereognosis

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Apraxia

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Constructional apraxia

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Ideational apraxia

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Ideomotor apraxia

Question 26

The uncontrollable repetition of a movement can be defined as?

Answer 26

Motor perseveration

Question 27

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?

Answer 27

Emotional Lability

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Emotional Lability

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Neglect

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Alien Hand Syndrome

Question 31

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

Answer 31

status epilepticus

Question 32

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

Answer 32

Postictal period

Question 33

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

Answer 33

tonic clonic seizure (seizures that happen in movies)

Question 34

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

Answer 34

Absence seizures

Question 35

Leads to poor communication between hemispheres and may perform conflicting tasks

Answer 35

Callosotomy (split brain)

Question 36

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

Answer 36

Coup contrecoup

Question 37

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?

Answer 37

Diffuse axonal injury