Working Up Stroke Flashcards
1
Q
ACA strokes affect_____
A
Legs more than arms
2
Q
Lesions to supplementary motor cortex cause
A
Alien hand syndrome
3
Q
Inferior MCA stroke
A
Look for Wernicke’s aphasia
Superior might give brocas
4
Q
Not fluent
Not comprehends
A
yes - mixed transcortical
No - global
5
Q
Not fluent
Comprehends
A
No - brocas aphasia
Yes - transcortical motor
6
Q
Fluent
Cannot comprehend
A
No - wernicke’s
Yes - transcortical sensory
7
Q
Fleunt
Comprehends
A
No - conduction
Yes - anomic
8
Q
Wrong way eyes
A
Will look away from side of seizure activity (in brain) OR base of pons stroke
9
Q
Decorticate vs. decerebrate
A
Decorticate - flexed - above red nucleus
Decerebrate - extended, below red nucleus
10
Q
Biateral PCA strokes
A
Cortical blindenss - anton’s syndrome
Anosagnosia (unawareness)
