Review Info

Question 1

What is the dorsal column of the SC responsible for

Answer 1

proprioception, 2 point discrimination, and vibration

Question 2

What is the lateral column of the SC responsible for

Answer 2

voluntary motor

Question 3

What is the ventral column of the SC responsible for

Answer 3

pain and temperature

Question 4

terminates in the brainstem and innervates cranial nerves bilaterally

Answer 4

corticobulbar tract

Question 5

10-15% of axons. Do not cross in medulla and go bilaterally

Answer 5

Anterior corticospinal

Question 6

85-90% of axons that project from motor cortex to SC.

Answer 6

Lateral corticospinal

Question 7

where does the lateral corticospinal tract cross

Answer 7

medulla

Question 8

extrapyrmidal tract that tells us where we are in space

Answer 8

vestibulospinal

Question 9

extrapyramidal tract that helps us move body in response to sudden changes in movement

Answer 9

tectospinal

Question 10

extrapyramidal tract that gives muscle tone

Answer 10

rubrospinal

Question 11

what does the spinothalamic tract give us

Answer 11

crude touch, pressure, pain, and temp

Question 12

what does the medial leminiscal tract give us

Answer 12

touch, vibration, and propriocpetion

Question 13

gives us unconscious proprioceptive information

Answer 13

spinocerebellar tract

Question 14

where does the medial lemniscal tract cross

Answer 14

medulla

Question 15

where do the spinothalamic tract cross

Answer 15

in the spinal cord

Question 16

lesion in which one side of the SC is damaged

Answer 16

Brown Sequard

Question 17

Deficits seen with a Brown Sequard Lesion

Answer 17

• IL loss of propriocpetion, vibration, and 2 point discrimination
• IL spasticity
• IL motor paralysis
• CL loss of pain and temp

Question 18

Deficits seen with anterior cord syndrome

Answer 18

-Bilateral loss of motor function and pain/temp sensitivity

Question 19

Deficits seen with central cord syndrome

Answer 19

Mild case would give UE paralysis/sensory loss with normal functioning of thoraco, lumbar, and sacral cord

—> usually just UE sx unless it extends further out from the center

Question 20

Hemisphere of brain responsible for: visual spatial awareness, visual memory, attention, creativity and music perception, and left sided motor control

Answer 20

Rt hemisphere

Question 21

Hemisphere of brain responsible for: language, sequencing, mood, memory, logic, and control of right body movements

Answer 21

Left hemisphere

Question 22

Blood supply to frontal lobe

Answer 22

MCA, ACA (MCA more superficial and ACA is deeper)

Question 23

Which lobe is Broca’s area in

Answer 23

frontal lobe

Question 24

which area of brain is damaged if individual has difficulties with: attention and concentration, self-monitoring, organization, awareness of abilities and limitations, mental flexibility, inhibition of behavior, emotions, problem solving, and judgement

Answer 24

prefrontal area

Question 25

Does MCA or ACA go deeper in the frontal lobe

Answer 25

ACA deeper

Question 26

Blood supply to parietal lobe

Answer 26

MCA, ACA

Question 27

What is damaged when an individual has issues with contralateral sensation, astereognosis, agraphaestesia, contralateral homoymous lower quadrantopia, sensory seizures, and extinction phenomenon

Answer 27

Unilateral parietal lobe

Question 28

what is prosopagnosis

Answer 28

inability to recognize faces

Question 29

What is damaged if someone has: conduction aphasia, dyscalculia, dyslexia, apraxia, agnosia

Answer 29

Dominant hemisphere of parietal lobe

Question 30

What is damaged if someone has: spatial disorientation, constructional apraxia, dressing apraxia, and anosognosia

Answer 30

Non-dominant hemisphere of parietal lobe

Question 31

What is anosognosia

Answer 31

person is unaware they have a disability

Question 32

what is constructional apraxia

Answer 32

when someone cannot figure out what to do with something (like a hairbrush or toothbrush)

Question 33

What supplies the occipital lobe

Answer 33

PCA

Question 34

impairment in recognition of visually presented objects

Answer 34

Visual agnosia

Question 35

Homonomous hemianopia

Answer 35

loss of half the vision out of each eye

Question 36

inability to see but not always aware of inability to see and may have hallucinations

Answer 36

cortical blindness

Question 37

Blood supply to cerebellum

Answer 37

SCA, AICA, and PICA

Question 38

What is injured when someone has: dysmetria, dysarthria, dysdiadochokinesia, intention tremor, impaired balance, difficulty with skilled motor activity, ataxia, nystagmus, vertigo, impaired motor learning, and hypotonia

Answer 38

Cerebellum

Question 39

problems judging distances or ranges of motion

Answer 39

dysmetria

Question 40

problems with speech articulation

Answer 40

dysarthria

Question 41

involuntary movement with active movement

Answer 41

intention tremor

Question 42

difficulty with coordinated smooth movement

Answer 42

ataxia

Question 43

Blood supply to brainstem

Answer 43

basilar artery and vertebral artery

Question 44

What is injured with: vertigo, ataxia, diploplia, decr arousal and consciousness, locked in syndrome, difficulty breathing/swallowing, autonomic dysfunction, positive cranial nerve signs (3-12), alternating hemiplegia

Answer 44

Brainstem

Question 45

Blood supply to temporal lobe

Answer 45

MCA, ACA, Vertibrobasilar a

Question 46

What is injured when someone has: impaired STM/LTM, difficulty learning, difficulty with auditory processing, Wernicke's aphasia, word agnosia, hearing, visual agnosia

Answer 46

Temporal lobe

Question 47

Common impairments with MCA damage

Answer 47

Weakness on CL UE>LE, CL sensory loss in UE>LE If on dominant side then Broca/Wernicke's apahsia If on non-dominant side then neglect

Question 48

Common impairments when the Lenticulostriate branches of MCA are damaged

Answer 48

CL weakness/CL sensory loss | Both UE and LE issues

Question 49

Common impairments with ACA injury

Answer 49

impaired judgement, decision making, planning, organizing, personality, incontinence (if micturation area is impacted), hemiplegia, sensory loss, and motor planning issues

Question 50

Common impairments with PCA stroke

Answer 50

CL homonomous hemianopsia, CL sensory deficits, alexia without agraphia, dizziness

Question 51

What two arteries are involved with Wallenburgs syndrome

Answer 51

PICA and vertebral artery

Question 52

Common impairments with Wallenburg's Syndrome

Answer 52

CL sensory loss, ipsilateral ataxia, ipsilateral horners syndrome (ptosis, myosis, anhidrosis)

Question 53

Most common of the brain stem strokes

Answer 53

Wallenbergs

Question 54

What artery is involved with Webers Syndrome

Answer 54

PCA

Question 55

What are the common impairments with Webers Syndrome

Answer 55

CL hemiparesis, IL oculomotor nerve palsy

Question 56

What two arteries are involved with Locked-In Syndrome

Answer 56

AICA, and Basilar artery

Question 57

Impairments seen with locked in syndrome:

Answer 57

quadriplegia, paralysis of the eyes except vertical eye movement, and completeley cognitively intact

Question 58

Type of aphasia where comprehension is intact but verbal fluency is impaired

Answer 58

Non-fluent aphasia (Broca's)

Question 59

Type of aphasia where comprehension is impaired but can talk fluently but non-sensical

Answer 59

Receptive (Wernicke's)

Question 60

where there is NO movement on one side of the body

Answer 60

hemiplegia

Question 61

where there is weakness on one side of the body

Answer 61

hemiparesis