Neuromuscular: Traumatic Brain Injury: Lesions of the Cortex Flashcards
Frontal Lobe: Primary Motor Cortex: Function
- Discrete functional movements
Frontal Lobe: Primary Motor Cortex: Dysfunction due to lesion
- Contralateral paralysis
- Most pronounced in distal limbs and face
Frontal Lobe: Premotor Area: Function
- Motor planning or praxis
Frontal Lobe: Premotor Area: Dysfunction due to lesion
- Apraxia or motor planning difficulties
Frontal Lobe: Prefrontal area: Function
- Motor association area
Frontal Lobe: Prefrontal area: Dysfunction due to lesion
- Loss of specific motor plans
Frontal Lobe: Supplementary Motor: Function
- Bilateral control of posture
Frontal Lobe: Supplementary Motor: Dysfunction due to lesion
- Loss of bilateral control of posture
Frontal Lobe: Middle Frontal Gyrus: Function
- Conjugate eye movements
Frontal Lobe: Middle Frontal Gyrus: Dysfunction due to lesion
- Transitory paralysis of conjugate eye movements to opposite side of lesion
Frontal Lobe: Motor Speech area/Broca’s area: Function
- Langage production
Frontal Lobe: Motor Speech area/Broca’s area: Dysfunction due to lesion
- Nonfluent Aphasia
Frontal Lobe: Dorsolateral Area: Function
- Problem solving
- Working memory
Frontal Lobe: Dorsolateral Area: Dysfunction due to lesion
- Bilateral lesions=impaired ability to concentrate and impaired memory
Frontal Lobe: Orbitofrontal: Function
- Emotions, behavior