Chapter 14 Flashcards
The parietal lobe is demarcated dorsally by the __________.
cingulate gyrus
In Brodmann’s mapping system, areas 5 and 7 correspond to von Economo’s area _____.
PE
The close anatomical relationship between the parietal lobe and the prefrontal cortex is thought to be related to __________.
a. the elaboration of motor programs
b. grammatical constructions
c. spatially guided behavior
d. all of the above
C. spatially guided behavior
The inability to recognize objects by touch is called __________.
a. afferent paresis
b. simultaneous extinction
c. blind touch
d. astereognosis
D. astereognosis
A denial of illness is called __________.
a. autopagnosia
b. anosognosia
c. stubbornness
d. afferent denial
B. anosognosia
The ability to point to a touched area of the body without actually being able to feel the touch at a conscious level is called __________.
a. afferent paresis
b. blind touch
c. spooky
d. autotopagnosia
B. blind touch
Apraxia is commonly found after damage to __________.
a. areas 5 and 7
b. areas PF and PG in the left hemisphere
c. the cingulate gyrus
d. area PG in the right hemisphere
B. areas PF and PG in the left hemisphere
Which is more likely after right parietal damage?
a. more errors in Weigl’s Sorting Test
b. Wernicke’s aphasia
c. dressing disability
d. all of the above
C. dressing disability
Which is more likely after left parietal damage?
a. unilateral neglect
b. cube counting
c. dressing disability
d. more errors in Weigl’s sorting test
D. more errors in Weigl’s sorting test
Contralateral neglect is commonly found after damage to __________.
a. areas PE and PG in the left hemisphere
b. area PG in the right hemisphere
c. area PE
d. areas 5 and 7
B. area PG in the right hemisphere
The task to test for simultaneous extinction presents
a. visual stimuli one at a time.
b. tactile stimuli one at a time.
c. two tactile stimuli simultaneously.
d. two visual stimuli simultaneously.
C. two tactile stimuli simultaneously
Which is NOT one of the symptoms associated with Balint’s syndrome?
a. the inability to fixate on specific visual stimuli
b. the field of attention being limited to one object at a time
c. the inability to name colors
d. the inability to make visually guided movements
C. THE INABILITY TO NAME COLORS
A patient shaves only one side of his face, reads only half of compound words, and dresses and uses only half of his body. Collectively, this patient is exhibiting symptoms of __________.
contraleteral neglect
Which is NOT one of the classic symptoms of Gerstmann syndrome?
a. finger agnosia
b. apraxia
c. agraphia
d. acalculia
B. apraxia
The __________ is used to test for apraxia.
Kimura Box Test
