TBI lesion locations Flashcards
1
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Frontal - primary motor cortex
A
- contralateral paralysis and paresis (distal limbs and lower part of face)
2
Q
Frontal - Premotor area
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- apraxia or motor planning difficulties
3
Q
Frontal - prefrontal area
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- loss of specific motor plans
4
Q
frontal- supplementary motor
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- loss of bilateral control of posture
5
Q
frontal - motor speech area
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- motor/Broca’s/ expressive aphasia
6
Q
Prefrontal - dorsolateral
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bilateral lesions: impaired ability to concentrate, memory
7
Q
prefrontal - orbitofrontal
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- unstable emotions; unpredictable behaviors
8
Q
prefrontal - orbital gyri
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inability to discriminate odors
9
Q
temporal - primary auditory cortex
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subtle decrease in hearing and ability to localize sounds
contralateral
10
Q
temporal - wenicke’s speech area/superior temporal gyrus (L)
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fluent/ receptive aphasia
11
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temporal - temporal cortex (R)
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- impairment of memory and learning
12
Q
temporal - parahippocampal region
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profound memory loss of recent events, no new learning
13
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occipital - primary visual cortex
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- contralateral homonymous hemianopsia
- impairment of vision
14
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occipital - visual association cortex
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visual agnosia
15
Q
occipital - postierla multimodal area
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perceptual impairment
