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Question 2

Middle cerebral

Answer 2

Most common; contralateral hemiplegia, with sensory and motor deficits in the face and upper extremity greater than the lower extremity

Question 3

anterior cerebral

Answer 3

lower extremity has greater sensorimotor deficits than upper extremity; urinary incontinence; mental impairments such as confusion, amnesia, apathy, or short attention span

Question 4

posterior cerebral

Answer 4

Various visual deficits; aphasia and thalamic pain syndrome can also result;

Question 5

vertebral basilar

Answer 5

often results in death from the edema associated with the infarct; result in locked in state can only communicate with eye blinking

Question 6

anterior inferior cerebellar

Answer 6

unilateral deafness, loss of pain and temperature on the contralateral side, paresis of lateral gaze, unilateral Horner’s syndrome plus ataxia, vertigo, and nystagmus

Question 7

superior cerebellar

Answer 7

severe ataxia, dysmetria, and contralateral loss of pain and temperature

Question 8

posterior inferior cerebellar

Answer 8

Wallenbergs syndrome, characterized by vertigo, nausea, hoarseness, dysphagia, ptosis, and decreased impairment of sensation in the ipsilateral face and contralateral torso and limbs. Horner’s syndrome might also appear