SGL 5: Graf Flashcards
A complete coronal transection of the optic chasm will result in?
Complete Blindness
The left visual hemifield is represented?
In the right lateral geniculate nucleus
A 62 year old women presents with signs and symptoms of increased intracranial pressure (headache, lethargy, emesis). The woman states that she has been experiencing these problems off and on for weeks and that they seem to be getting worse. The visual field examination is normal and the woman has no specific (or focal neurological signs. Which of the following would you expect to see in this patient?
Papilledema
The optic nerve is composed of axons arising from which of the following elements of the retina?
Ganglion cells
A 43 year old woman presents with the complain of difficulty seeing. The history reveals that this patient is overweight, has high blood pressure that is poorly controlled, and an AIC that has varied between 9.7 and 12.3 over the last two years. An ophthalmological examination reveals visual loss and MRI shows a lesion in the area indicated on the image. Which of the following would most likely describe the symptoms experienced by this woman?
Left homonymous hemianopsia
(Image of the right optic tract)
A 68 year old woman complains to her daughter of a sudden headache accompanied by a change in her vision. A visit to her physician confirms a partial visual loss, and MRI reveals a vascular occlusion in the right hemisphere in the area outline in the image below. This woman is most likely experience which of the following deficits?
Left inferior quadratic anopsia
A 70 year old woman complains to her physician that she is having trouble seeing: she has no history of visual problems. The visual field examination reveals a right superior quadratic anopsia, and the ophthalmoscopic examination shows no frank abnormalities of the optic disc or retinal vasculature. Which of the following represents the most likely location of the lesion in this woman?
Left Meyers Loop
Lesion located in the red shaded area. Which of the following deficits would most likely correlate with the location the lesion.
Bilateral nasal loss of vision
A unilateral lesion of the primary visual cortex (V1) following an ischemic stoke and involving both banks of the calcimine sulcus will most likely cause:
a contralateral homonymous hemianopsia with foveal sparing
Which of the following is indicated by arrows in the image below?
Calcarine Sulcus
