brain Flashcards
1
Q
frontal lobe
A
- motor control (premotor cortex)
- problem solving (prefrontal area)
- speech production (brocas area)
2
Q
temporal lobe
A
- auditory processing (hearing)
- problem solving (prefrontal cortex)
- memory/informaition retrival
- vision
- speech comprehension
3
Q
brainstem
A
involuntary responses
difficulty breathing, and difficulty swallowing (dysphagia)
4
Q
parietal lobe
A
- touch perception (somatosensory cortex)
- body orientation and sensory discrimination
- poor proprioception
- hemineglect - lack of attention and spatial awareness on one side
5
Q
occipital lobe
A
- sight (visual cortex)
- visual reception and visual interpretation
6
Q
cerebellum
A
- balance and coordination
- ataxia
- spatial awareness difficulties
7
Q
left side stroke
A
- problems with speech and understanding as left includes brocas and wernicks
8
Q
right side stroke
A
- Left-sided weakness or paralysis
- left sided sensory loss.
- Left-sided neglect or lack of awareness of the left side.
- Vision problems, including loss of the left field of vision in both eyes.
