Neuro Flashcards
(27 cards)
CNS
Brain (Cortex & sub-cortex), brain stem, cerebellum, spinal cord, cranial nerves
Frontal Lobe
behavior, judgement, mood, motor planning, motor cortex, some language (Broca’s area dominant hemisphere - motor/”expression” of sentence structure, plurals, tense)
Parietal Lobe
Sensory processing
Temporal Lobe
Auditory processing, memory, some language (Wernicke’s area dominant hemisphere - comprehension/”fluent jargon”)
Occipital Lobe
visual processing, visuospatial processing
Thalamus
relays visual, auditory, and sensation but not motor pathways
Precentral Gyrus
Motor
Postcentral Gyrus
Sensory
CNI
Olfaction - Smell
CNII
Optic - Vision
CNIII
Oculomotor - eye movement
CNIV
Trochlear - eye movement
CNV
Trigeminal - sensation and Taste
CNVI
Abducens - eye movement
CNVII
Facial - facial motor and some tasting
CNVIII
Vestibulocochlear (Acoustic) - hearing and balance
CNIX
Glossopharyngeal - soft palate
CNX
Vagus - soft palate, voice, swallowing
CNXI
Spinal accessory - motor to trapezii
CNXII
Hypoglossal - tongue movement
Brachial Plexus
Roots exiting cervical spine - C5-C8. Located under clavicles
Lumbosacral plexus
Located in pelvis. L3 - S1 roots
Plexopathies
loss of reflexes, widely distributed weakness and multifocal numbness with or without pain
Plexopathies - cause
compression or infiltration