Neuro Basics Flashcards
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aphasia
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inability to process language intelligibly
2
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receptive aphasia
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cat understand what is being said (wernikes)
3
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expressive aphasia
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cant generate intelligible speech (brocas)
4
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apraxia
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impaired planning and sequencing of movements (posterior parietal lobe)
5
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agnosia
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inability to recognize objects, people, or other sensory output (occipital and parietal lobe)
6
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impaired executive function
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unable to manage goal-directed behavior (frontal lobe)
7
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hemiparesis
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weakness on one side of the body
8
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hemiplegia
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paralysis on one side of the body
9
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hemianopsia
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visual loss on one side of the visual field
10
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spasticity
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increased resting muscle tone
11
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neglect
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a perceptual deficit rather than a visual one
12
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signs of UMN lesions
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- hypereflexia
- spasticity
- babinski
13
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signs of LMN lesions
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- flaccidity
- hyporeflexia
- fasciculation
- muscle atrophy
14
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CT scan
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- quick and easy to get
- rules out hemorrhage, mass, or early infarct edema
- shows cortical infarcts by 1-2 days (may miss lacunar infarcts)
15
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MRI scan
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- highest resolution but longer scanning time
- DWI detects impaired movement of water in infarct immediately
non-invasive view of arterial supply (MRA)
-contraindications: pacemaker
