LOCALIZATION PATTERNS
A loss of function that may be defined on examination
What is a DEFICIT?
The medial limbic circuit that mediates memory.
What is the PAPEZ CIRCUIT?
Complete paralysis means that the muscle strength grading is:
What is 0/5?
A lesion in the Optic Chiasm will produce what type of deficit?
What is BITEMPORAL HEMIANOPSIA?
Trauma to the olfactory nerve filaments can produce this deficit
What is ANOSMIA?
A transient and self-limited abnormality
What is a SPELL?
The musical component of language that allows one to understand the nature of a stated expression.
What is PROSODY?
A very important descending tract that mediates movement
What is the CORTICOSPINAL TRACT?
Among the different sensory modalities, this is the only one that is truly objective?
What is JOINT POSITION TESTING?
When pupils fail to constrict fully, optic nerve disease is considered. What do we call this type of pupillary defect?
What is a MARCUS-GUNN PUPIL?
(Relative Afferent Pupillary Defect)
A discrete, usually asymmetric pattern of neurologic deficit
What is a FOCAL deficit?
Anatomical structure responsible for difficulty in repetition and/or naming.
What is the LEFT ARCUATE FASCICULUS?
A weaving, bobbing or to-and-fro movement of the trunk or the head is caused by a lesion in what specific part of the cerebellum?
What is the VERMIS?
What pathway conveys joint position sense and vibration sense?
What is the POSTERIOR COLUMN PATHWAY?
The jaw jerk reflex is mediated by what cranial nerve?
What is the TRIGEMINAL NERVE?
(+) Babinski sign was appreciated on neurologic exam. Is this sign signifying an upper motor neuron lesion or lower motor neuron lesion?
What is an UPPER MOTOR NEURON lesion?
4 Components of the Gerstmann's syndrome, which affects the posterior lobule of the parietal lobe in the dominant hemisphere
What are:
1. Acalculia
2. Finger Agnosia
3. Agraphia
4. Right-Left disorientation?
4 structures in the Midline of the Brainstem
What are the:
1. Motor Pathway
2. Medial Lemniscus
3. Medial Longitudinal Fasciculus
4. Motor Nucleus and Nerve
A syrinx will produce a pattern of sensory deficit wherein there is a loss of pain and temperature in band/segment above the lesion, producing a "cape-like" sensory loss. This syndrome is called_______
What is CENTRAL CORD SYNDROME?
Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is characterized by impaired adduction of the ipsilateral eye with nystagmus of the abducting eye. This is caused by a lesion in what anatomical structure?
What is the MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS?
A 35-year old male sustained injuries after a vehicular accident. On examination, he has 1/5 motor strength on all extremities. What do you call his condition?
What is QUADRIPLEGIA?
A 24-year old patient was examined to have poor,slowed responses and a (+) glabellar tap.
Where is the lesion?
What is the FRONTAL LOBE?
Contralateral hemiplegia will be the pattern of a motor deficit if it involves what anatomical structure
What is the INTERNAL CAPSULE?
A stocking or glove pattern of sensory deficit means that there is a lesion where
What are the PERIPHERAL NERVES?
Testing for Peripheral vs. Central Vertigo involves doing the H.I.N.T.S. exam, which stands for?
What are:
H.I. = Head Impulse test
N=Nystagmus
T.S.= Test of Skew