Strokes Flashcards
Small strokes are referred to as ________ strokes
Lacunar
Small vessel occlusions commonly have what three categories of symptoms?
And lack what signs?
Pure motor defects, pure sensory, and ataxic hemiparesis
Small vessel occlusions lack cortical signs such as agnosia, aphasia, apraxia, hemianopsia
Cortical signs are commonly found in what types of strokes?
What are the four cortical signs?
Large vessel occlusions.
Agnosia, aphasia, apraxia, hemianopsia
Define
Hemiplegia
Unilateral weakness
Define
dysarthria
Motor
Difficulty with articulating
Define
Dysphagia
Difficulty with swallowing
Define ataxia
Body physical imbalance.
Leaning
Nystagmus
Unsteady eye motion. Side to side
What are the two vessels commonly occluded in LVO’s
ACA
MCA
What four signs are found with a LVO?
Agnosia
Aphasia
Apraxia
Hemianopsia / gaze palsy
Define
Agnosia
Inability to interpret sensations and therefore difficulty recognizing things
Aphasia
What are the two main types?
Difficulty understanding language.
Expressive Wernicke
Receptive Broca
Aphasia is impairment in the ability to use or comprehend words.
Apraxia
Apraxia of speech (verbal apraxia) is difficulty initiating and executing voluntary movement patterns necessary to produce speech when there is no paralysis or weakness of speech muscles.
Hemianopsia
Blindness over half the field of vision
The MCA usually corresponds to what part of the body?
The ACA usually corresponds to what part of the body?
ACA-legs
MCA - arms/face
