Midterm - Somatosensory/Vestibular

Question 0

Symptoms of a CVA

Answer 0

Cerebrovascular accident
Nystagmus 
Dizziness 
Unsteady gait 
Hearing impairment

Question 1

Vestibular system

Answer 1

Equilibrium and eye fixation (subconsciously)

Integrated information received from receptors in inner ears

Question 2

Glomus jugulare

Answer 2

Rare slow growing tumor occurring within the jugular foramen
Rarely presents with isolated symptoms
Destructive because of proximity to cranial nerves and major vascular structure

Question 3

Somatosensory system

Answer 3

3 neuron system! (Auditory system = 1 neuron)

Goes through the thalamus

Question 4

3 neuron organization of somatosensory system

Answer 4

1- trigeminal ganglion
2- Brainstem
3- post central gyrus

Question 5

Neglect

Answer 5

When patient fails to recognize that one side of the body and the environmental space surrounding that side of the body
Often with a right hemisphere CVA
Difference is ignoring one side of the body

Question 6

Neglect is manifested by

Answer 6

Failing to eat food on one side of palate
Begins reading at mid sentence
Omits details in drawings
Failing to recognize a part of your body as your own

Question 7

Agnosia

Answer 7

Inability to process sensory information

Question 8

Language association cortex lesion

Answer 8

Wernickes aphasia