Anatomy
This region of the brain is where executive functioning occurs
What is the frontal lobe?
An external force that damages brain tissues
What is a TBI?
Blood clot obstructs blood flow preventing blood and oxygen from getting to area of brain
What is an ischemic CVA?
Motor planning difficulties
What is apraxia?
Ability to divide attention between two or more tasks occuring during the same time time period (multiple things at once)
What is divided attention or multitasking?
Damage to this region of the brain will likely call changes in vision
What is the occipital lobe?
This issue is causing increased concern regarding participation in high impact sports.
What is mild TBI or repetitive mild TBI?
FAST
What are the signs of a stroke (face, arms, speech time)
What is Wernicke's Aphasia?
Traditional pencil and paper testing of these cognitive skills will often not demonstrate impairments.
What are EF skills?
This region of the brain stores learned movement plans and plays a role in unconscious motor movement
What is the basal ganglia?
What is moderate to severe TBI?
The most common area for occlusion during CVA
What is the middle cerebral artery?
Results in an inability to speak Fluently following CVA but usually does not impact comprehension.
Broca's aphasia
This model of visual processing believes that visual functions form a hierarchy or pyramid and that you must have the skills below intact to perform more advanced visual skills such as visual memory.
Who is Warren or What is Warren's Model
Damage to this region of the brain would likely impact vegetative functions and block the pathway of motor and sensory information from the cerebrum to the rest of the body. Damage here can cause "locked in" syndrome
What is the brainstem?
Complete cessation of blood flow and oxygen to the brain that typically causes severe impairments
What is Global cerebral ischemia or severe hypoxia?
Only account for about 15% of strokes but 40% of stroke deaths
What are hemorrhagic CVA?
A patient with this condition may only eat half of their plate.
What is unilateral neglect or left neglect?
The best way to study for your midterm is to use this encoding strategy.
What is elaborative rehearsal or assigning meaning
Damage here can cause anhedonia while over activity here may contribute to PTSD
What is the amygdala?
These changes are highly correlated with negative consequences on functional outcomes, caregiver distress and challenges with social reintegration.
What are emotional changes or neurobehavioral changes following TBI?
Although they don't usually result in lingering impairments, patient education is still important for people with these forms of CVA
What is a TIA?
A person with this form of amnesia will remember their past but have difficulty forming new memories
What is Anterograde Amnesia?
Falls and being struck by or against something are top mechanisms of injury for this condition
What are pediatric brain injuries