Parietal Lobe Flashcards
1
Q
Parietal Lobe landmarks:
Brodman areas
integrate
A
primary sensory cortex
post central gyrus (B1, 2,3)
sensory info from various parts of the body
2
Q
Association areas
inferior parietal lobe: made up of which gyrus’
related to?
close to
A
angular gyrus (B - 39) and supra marginal gyrus (B-40)
calculation , reading and writing
Wernicke’s area
3
Q
General functions of the parietal lobe
A
sensory
some language functions: reading writing
4
Q
Association Symptoms:
A
contralateral sensory loss
variety of other clinical correlates depending on which hemisphere is damaged
5
Q
Parietal Clinical Correlates
Left:
A
agraphia: writing deficits alexia acalculia: arithmetic deficits left right confusion agnosia (finger)
6
Q
Parietal Clinical Correlates
Right:
A
hemispatial/left neglect anosognosia: denies impairment dressing apraxia spatial and topographical impairment pragmatic and emotional prosody deficits
