The Brain Basics
This structure protects the brain and gives it its shape
What is the skull?
This lobe is responsible for vision
What is the occipital lobe?
Aphasia is most often caused by this type of event.
What is a stroke (CVA)?
Damage to this side of the brain affects emotional and nonverbal communication.
What is the right hemisphere?
This assessment is used in home health care settings.
What is OASIS?
These layers of tissue protect the brain and spinal cord.
What are meninges?
This lobe controls judgment, problem-solving, and motor function.
What is the frontal lobe?
Difficulty with word-finding is known as this.
What is anomia?
This condition may cause left-side neglect.
What is right hemisphere damage (RHD)?
Nurses use this tool in nursing homes to report on a resident’s physical, mental, and social well-being.
What is the Minimum Data Set (MDS)?
This fluid cushions the brain and is found between the meninges
What is cerebrospinal Fluid?
This lobe is responsible for memory and hearing
This type of aphasia is characterized by fluent but nonsensical speech.
What is fluent speech?
This type of brain injury involves diffuse damage without skull penetration.
What is a closed head injury?
This test checks how independent someone is with daily activities like eating and dressing.
What is the Functional Independence Measure (FIM)?
This is the largest and most developed part of the brain responsible for high-level cognition.
What is the cerebral cortex?
This structure regulates breathing, swallowing, and heart rate
What is the medulla oblongata?
This type of aphasia results in effortful, choppy speech.
What is nonfluent aphasia?
This disorder involves progressive decline in memory, judgment, and cognition.
What is dementia?
This short test is used to quickly check memory and thinking skills in older adults.
What is the MMSE (Mini-Mental State Examination)?
This part of the brain connects the two hemispheres and allows communication between them.
What is the corpus callosum?
This brain structure is responsible for balance and coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
These are speech errors often seen in aphasia.
What are paraphasias?
This scale measures level of consciousness after a brain injury.
What is the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)?
This test is for people with right hemisphere brain damage to see how they communicate.
What is the RICE-3?