kate Neuro Flashcards
Broca’s area is located?
frontal lobe
Broca’s area involved in?
sentence formation
parietal lobe is primarily involved in
sensory processing
Wernicke’s area is involved in
sentence comprehension
Wernicke’s area is located in
temporal lobe
temporal lobe involved in
auditory processing
occipital lobe involved in
visual processing
what part of the brain is responsible for automated movements
basal ganglia
which tracts are in the brainstem
descending motor
ascending sensory
diseases of the spinal cord
myelopathies
what conveys sensory info to the CNS (2)
spinothalamic tracts
posterior columns
what controls voluntary motor movement
corticospinal tract
how will an injury to the corticospinal tract manifest
contralaterally
spinothalamic tracts convey (4)
light touch, pain, temp, pressure
posterior columns convey (3)
vibrations
proprioception
discriminative touch
disorder characterized by increased tone/spasicity, elevated reflexes, positive Romberg
myelopathy
myelopathy characteristics (4)
increased tone/spasticity- Stiff man gait
elevated reflexes
proprioceptive changes
positive Romberg
characteristics of NMJ diseases (2)
proximal weakness and fatigability
improved w/ rest
decreased reflexes, widely spread weakness, numbness
plexopathies
brachial plexus lcation
C5-C8
lumbosacral plexus location
L3-S1
C5, C6
biceps reflex
biceps reflex
C5, C6
triceps reflex
C7, C8