Neuro: Blood supply Brain Flashcards
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Anterior cerebral artery
Anterior frontal lobes
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Contralateral LE motor and sensory involvement Loss of bowel and bladder control Loss of behavioral inhibition Significant mental changes Neglect Aphasia Apraxia and agraphia Perseveration Akinetic mutism with significant bilateral involement
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Middle cerebral artery Outer cerebrum Basal Ganglia Internal capsule Putamen Pallidum Lentiform nucleus
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Most common site of CVA Wernicke's aphasia in dominant hemisphere Homonymous hemianopsia Apraxia Flat affect with right hemisphere damage Contralateral weakness and sensory loss of face and upper extremity with lesser involvement in lower extremity Impaired spatial relations Anosognosia in non-dominant hemisphere
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Posterior cerebral artery
Midbrain subthalamic nucleus basal nucleus thalamus inferior tempora lobe occipital and occipitoparietal cortices
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Contralateral pain and temperature sensory loss Contralateral hemiplegia, mild hemiparesis Ataxia, athetosis or choreform movement Thalamic pain syndrome Anomia Prosopagnosia with occipital infarct Hemiballismus Visual agnosia Homonymous hemianopsia Memory impairment Alexia, dyslexia Cortical blindness from l
