NeuroDetectives
Used to identify medical conditions affecting the nervous system and includes asking about the symptoms and any other medical conditions the patient has or has had in the past.
What is a neurological exam?
This lobe of the brain is responsible for problem-solving, decision-making, and voluntary movements.
What is the frontal lobe?
This cortex is within the parietal lobe and is responsible for the conscious perception of touch, pressure, vibration, pain, temperature, and taste.
What is the sensory cortex?
This brain structure is the largest part of the brain and is responsible for reasoning, planning, memory, and sensory processing.
Damage to this type of nerve may result in muscle weakness, painful cramps, muscle spasms or twitches, muscle shrinkage, or decreased reflexes.
What is a motor nerve?
Used to identify nerve damage by measuring how fast an electrical signal moves through a nerve.
What is a nerve conduction velocity test?
This lobe is responsible for sensing touch, spatial processing, language, and memory.
What is the parietal lobe?
This cortex is within the frontal lobe and is responsible for the voluntary control of your skeletal muscles.
What is the motor cortex?
This part of the brain carries messages from the sensory organs to the cerebrum.
What is the thalamus?
Damage to this type of nerve may result in a decrease in sensation, impaired sense of feeling when touched, loss of reflexes, or feeling of pain, tingling, or numbness.
What is a sensory nerve?
Used to identify nerve damage by measuring the electrical activity in muscles.
What is an electromyography (EMG) test?
This lobe is responsible for processing smell and sound, as well as the ability to recognize and understand words and language.
What is the temporal lobe?
This cortex is within the occipital lobe and is responsible for the conscious perception of visual input.
What is the visual cortex?
This part of the brain is the point where the spinal cord connects with the brain. It takes in, sends out, and coordinates all of the brain’s messages.
What is the brain stem?
A pair of nerves transmitting input signals to the brain from the retina at the back of the eye.
What are the optic nerves?
A type of x-ray that scans the head from multiple angles to create a three-dimensional picture of the head.
What is a CT scan?
This lobe is responsible for visual perception and are involved in some forms of visual, short-term memory.
What is the occipital lobe?
This cortex is within the temporal lobe and is responsible for the conscious perception of sound.
What is the auditory cortex?
This part of the brain is often called the “little brain” and helps coordinate balance and movement.
What is the cerebellum?
A broad band of nerves that connects the left and right hemispheres of the cerebrum.
What is the corpus callosum?
Uses magnetic fields, radio waves, and a computer to create a detailed, three-dimensional image.
What is an MRI?
Damage to this lobe can lead to personality changes and difficulty with impulse control.
What is the frontal lobe?
The optic nerves send sensory information to this cortex.
What is the visual cortex?
This small but crucial brain structure regulates hunger, thirst, and body temperature.
What is the hypothalamus?
This nerve runs down the back of the leg and branches out to the muscles in the foot.
What is the peroneal nerve?