Neuro 7

Question 1

Which aortic arch gives rise to the carotid artery?

Answer 1

3rd (C is 3rd letter of alphabet)

Question 2

What is the communication between Broca’s and Wernicke’s called? What would a lesion produce?

Answer 2

Arcuate Fasciulus which would cause an inability to repeat sentences back to the speaker

Question 3

A lesion to the dominant parietal lobe would produce what constellation? Non-Dominant?

Answer 3

1) Agraphia, acalculia, and disorientation (Gerstmann)

2) Hemi-neglect

Question 4

An infarct in what portion of the brain produces limb ataxia and intention tremor? What about truncal ataxia?

Answer 4

1) Cerebellar Hemisphere

2) Cerebellar Vermis