Pattern recognition Flashcards
function of frontal lobe
motor movements
Decision making
Broca’s area
Micturition centre
functions of parietal lobe
Sensory
intellect
calculation, writing…
Function of temporal lobe
Memory
Wernicke’s area
auditory
Function of occipital lobe
vision
Cerebellar dysfunction signs and symptoms
DANISH dysdiodochokinesai Ataxia and broad based gait nystagmus Slurred speech / dysarthric hypotonia/heel-toe test
UMN lesion features
Hypertonia
hyper-reflexia
plantar reflex
spasticity and stiffness
LMN features
hypotonia
hypo/absent reflexes
muscle wasting and weakness
fasciculations
Extra-pyramidal features
Hyperkinetic Hypokinetic Tremor: resting, postural, intention gait chorea tics
Pyramidal weakness
leg extensors stronger than flexors
arm flexors stronger than extensors
NMJ features
fatiguability
worse at the end of the day
bulbar palsy
temporal lobe defect leads to a upper/lower visual field defect
upper visual field defect
lower retinal field defect
what is Gerstmann syndrome
damage to dominant parietal lobe resulting in
R-L confusion
dysgraphia
dyscalculia
what is neglect syndrome
damage to non-dominant parietal lobe
pattern of sensory loss in length dependent neuropathy
glove and stocking
pattern of sensory loss in spinal cord lesion
sensory level
