Functions
This structure connects the two hemispheres.
What is the corpus callosum?
This is the artery labeled "A" in the diagram.
What is the basilar artery?
This nerve transmits information related to hearing.
What is the vestibulocochlear nerve (XIII)?
Individuals with this disorder have difficulty in sustaining attention, usually beginning in childhood.
What is attention deficit disorder?
This assessment is used as a rapid screening instrument for mild cognitive dysfunction.
What is the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)?
This structure is part of the neuroendocrine system. It secretes hormones that help regulate function of other endocrine glands.
What is the pituitary gland?
This is the artery labeled "C" in the diagram.
What is the internal carotid artery?
This cranial nerve conducts sensory signals from receptors of the eye.
What is the optic nerve (II)?
If an individual cannot individually move the fingers on one hand, they have this kind of deficit.
What is fractionation deficit?
This assessment is a cognitive screening tool developed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
What is the SLUMS?
This structure integrates behaviors with visceral functions.
What is the hypothalamus?
This is the artery labeled "B" in the diagram.
What is the vertebral artery?
This cranial nerve provides tongue movements of speech, food manipulation and swallowing.
What is the hypoglossal nerve (XII)?
If this area of the brain is damaged an individual will not be able to name objects, despite intact automatic social speech.
What is Wernicke's area?
This scale is used to provide an easy way to describe a brain-injured person's level of activity.
What is the Ranchos Los Amigos Scale?
These nuclei regulate consciousness, arousal, and attention.
What are nonspecific nuclei?
This is the artery labeled "E" in the diagram.
What is the anterior communicating artery?
This cranial nerve elevates the shoulders and turns the head.
What is the accessory nerve (XI)?
A person who cannot recognize the shape, orientation, or size of objects, yet has intact ability to use visual information to plan movements has this disorder.
What is visual agnosia?
This scale is used to objectively describe the extent of impaired consciousness in all types of acute medical and trauma patients.
What is the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)?
This structure processes motor information from the cerebral cortex and forwards the information to the cerebellum.
What is the pons?
This is the artery labeled "D" in the diagram.
What is the posterior communicating artery?
This cranial nerve regulates the viscera, swallowing, speech, and taste.
What is the vagus nerve (X)?
The inability to identify an object by touch and manipulation, despite having an intact awareness of discriminative touch, could be caused by damage to this area of the brain.
What is the secondary somatosensory cortex?
This scale is designed to measure small changes in neurobehavioral status among patients who have sustained severe brain injuries and whose clinical functioning is consistent with vegetative or near-vegetative states.
What is the Coma/Near Coma (CNC) Scale?