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| what connects the brain hemishperes? |
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| what is the left hemisphere responsible for? |
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| language, math, sequence, analysis |
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| what is the right hemishpere responsible for? |
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| non-verbal, musical, geometrical, spatial comprehension |
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| what part of the brain is responsible for vision? |
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| what part of the brain handles hearing? |
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| what part of the brain interprets taste? |
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| insula, below postcentral gyrus |
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| what part of brain handles reading, writing? |
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| where is wernicke's area? |
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| temporal lobe, superior gyrus |
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| frontal lobe, near lateral fissure |
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| good comprehension, nonfluent speech |
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| fluent, nonsensical speech, poor comprehension |
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| what does the ACA supply? |
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| medial cortex, leads to motor and sensory loss in contralateral legs/feet |
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| what does the MCA supply? |
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| lateral cortex + anterior limb of internal capsue (leads to contralateral upper body loss of motion and sensation) |
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| what does the PCA supply? |
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| occipital cortex (contralateral homonymous hemianopsia) |
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| what does the anterior choroidal artery supply? |
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| basal ganglia, hypothalamus, posterior limb internal capsule |
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| what do the cerebellar arteries supply? |
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| cerebellum and lateral brain stem (leads to ataxia/brainstem syndromes) |
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| signs of an internal carotid artery TIA |
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| ipsilateral monocular blindness, hemiparesis, sensory loss, language disturbance |
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| vertebrobasilar artery TIA signs |
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| vertigo, diplopia, ataxia, facial numbness/weakness, nausea |
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| signs of hypertensive hemorrhage into putamen |
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| contralateral weakness, including face + contralateral hemianopsia |
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| contralateral hemiparesis, sensory changes, homonymous hemianopsia |
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| coma, small reactive pupils, quadriplegia |
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| hemorrhage into cerebellum |
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| CN III, ciliary ganglion, to eye |
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| nerve VII, sublingual/submaxillary ganglia to lacrimal, nasal, submandibular glands |
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| inferior salivary nucleus |
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| CN IX, otic ganglion, to parotid gland |
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| optic nerve --> tectal area --> Edinger-Westphal nucleus --> parasympathetic --> sphincter |
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| damage to tectal arear: pupils constrict for near vision but not light |
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| loss of dopamine input from substantia nigra to striatum (caudate, putamen, globus pallidus) |
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| atrophy of caudate nucleus |
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| where in the brain does copper accumulate in Wilson's disease? |
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part of limbic system
input from mamillary bodies, output via cingula to cortex |
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| lateral thalamus: ventral anterior nucleus |
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| input from basal ganglia, output to premotor cortex |
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| lateral thalamus: ventral posterior nucleus |
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lateral: medial lemniscus, spinothalamic tract (proprioception, touch)
medial: trigeminal nerve (taste) |
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| lateral thalamus: venrolateral nucleus |
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| input from cerebellum and basal ganglia, output to motor cortex |
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| projects to frontal cortex |
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medial geniculate: auditory
lateral geniculate: visual |
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| what does the pica supply? |
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| lateral: PICA. medial: anterior spinal artery |
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lateral: AICA
Medial: basilar artery |
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| lateral: SCA, medial: basilary artery |
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| infarction of lateral medulla (PICA) |
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| lateral medulla damage to spinal tract nucleus V leads to: |
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| ipsilateral face pain/temp loss |
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| lateral medulla damage to nucleus solitarius: |
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| ipsilateral loss of taste |
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| damage to reticular formation in lateral medulla |
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| damage to nucleus ambiguus in lateral medulla |
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| hoarseness, loss of pharyngeal reflex |
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| damage to spinothalamic tract in lateral medulla |
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| contralateral pain/temperature loss |
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| damage to hypoglossal nerve in medial medulla |
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| ipsilateral tongue paralysis + atrophy |
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| damage to medial lemniscus in medial medulla |
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| contralateral loss of position/vibration sense |
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| damage to pyramidal tract in medial medulla |
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| contralateral spastic paralysis |
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| damage to spinocerebellar tract in lateral pons |
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| damage to nucleus VII in lateral pons |
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| ipsilateral face paralysis |
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| damage to nucleus V in pons |
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| ipsilateral face loss of sensation |
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| damage to reticular formation in lateral pons |
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| ipsilateral Horner's syndrome |
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| damage to vestibular nucleus in lateral pons |
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| damage to cochlear nucli in lateral pons |
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| damage to nucleus VII in medial pons |
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| ipsilateral spastic face paralysis |
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| damage to medial longitudinal fasciculus in medial pons |
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| ipsilateral eye cannot adduct |
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| damate to nucleus VI in medial pons |
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| ipsilateral paralysis of lateral rectus |
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| damage to corticospinal tract in medial pons |
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| contralateral spastic paralysis |
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| damage to medial lemniscus |
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| contralateral loss of position/vibration sense |
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| damage to motor nucleus CN V in upper lateral pons |
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| ipsilateral loss of masseter function |
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| loss of pain/temperature arms and shoulders |
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| weakness/loss of sensation in left arm |
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| weakness/loss of sensation in left leg |
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| hemisection of left spinal cord |
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| spastic paralysis, loss of proprioception in left leg and loss of pain/temp sensation in right leg |
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| flaccid paralysis, loss of sensation both legs |
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| atrophy, fasciculations both arms and legs |
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| wallenberg syndrome (r. lateral medulla) |
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| loss of pain/temp in left body, paralysis of left side, loss of sensation right lower face |
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