Types of stroke

Question 1

What does the frontal lobe do?

Answer 1

carries around decision making, planning executive function and processing
controls voluntary movements- contains primary motor cortex
personality
allows fluent language to be spoken

Question 2

What does damage to the frontal lobe mean?

Answer 2

Brocas aphasia- expressive dysphasia
changes in personality
loss of simple movement
short attention span
difficulty in complex tasks and problem solving

Question 3

What does the parietal lobe do?

Answer 3

interprets external stimuli such as hot, cold and touch
determines partial awarenesses and navigation.
spatial awareness
tackle and touch
coordinates body positions

Question 4

What does damage to the parietal lobe mean?

Answer 4

naming objects
focusing attention
poor visual perception
inattention/ neglect
sensory disturbance 
poor proprioception: reduced body schema

Question 5

What does the Temporal Lobe do?

Answer 5

auditory information
wernickes Area: where language is understood
left lobe: verbal memory
right lobe: visual memory

Question 6

What does damage to the temporal lobe?

Answer 6

persistent talking: damage to right lobe
short term memory loss and concentrating
colour blindness
hallucinations/ delusions

Question 7

What does the occipital lobe?

Answer 7

visual processing/ perception
movement discrimination
makes sense of auditory information

Question 8

What does damage to the occipital lobe?

Answer 8

unable to recognise colours
word blindness
difficulty in recognising drawn objects

Question 9

What does the hypothalamus do?

Answer 9

controls sleep and hormone release
acts as a thermostat for the body
connects endocrine system with the nervous system
motivation behaviour

Question 10

Medulla oblongata

Answer 10

regulates life sustaining functions such as breathing, swallowing and HR. Involuntary

Question 11

Function of the pons

Answer 11

carries signals from the cerebrum to the MO and back to connect the upper and lower parts of the brain
message station

Question 12

damage to the pons

Answer 12

lacunar stroke
locked in syndrome
facial and eye weakness

Question 13

thalamus function

Answer 13

relays information to and from cerebral hemispheres

sleep and wake patterns

Question 14

damage to the thalamus

Answer 14

pain
amnesia
decreased sensation
inattention/ neglect
impaired movement and posture

Question 15

Cerebellum

Answer 15

balance and coordination of muscles

Question 16

damage to the cerebellum

Answer 16

balance deficits 
problems with coordination- ataxia
dizziness
intention tremor
rhombergs sign

Question 17

brainstem

Answer 17

motor and sensory neurone travel through and relay signals between the brain and the spinal cord
controls bodily functions
sleep and wake cycles
consciousness

Question 18

damage to brainstem

Answer 18

fatal loss of consciousness
nausea. vomiting, headaches
difficultly sleeping, fatigue