Vestibular System
This reflex is used to test brainstem integrity for individuals who are in a coma and is known as "doll's eyes"
What is oculocephalic reflex?
This area of cortex helps initiate the process of running
This structure is responsible for declarative (explicit) memory and converts short term memory into long term memory
What is the hippocampus?
This type of stroke is caused by a blockage to an artery, and may be embolic or thrombotic
What is a ischemic or occlusive stroke?
Otoconia are part of these vestibular organs
What are the utricle and saccule?
This is responsible for language expression and an individual with damage to this area may present with broken, difficult-to-understand language
Broca's area
Damage to this structure may impair emotional memory, and can lead to overeating, undereating, social phobia, addiction, and hypersexuality
What is the amygdala?
This artery is the most common site of occlusion and stroke
What is the middle cerebral artery (MCA)?
This area of cortex is responsible for executive functions and plays a critical role in working memory
What is the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex? (Part of anterior multimodal association area)
This division of the autonomic nervous system provides increased blood flow to the skin and GI tract and decreases HR and BP
What is the parasympathetic division of the ANS?
These are symptoms of a middle cerebral artery (MCA) stroke
contralateral hemiplegia and somatosensory loss that is worse in the arm/trunk/face; visual/visual perceptual impairments
This condition is caused by otoconia being displaced in the semicircular canals and causes vertigo with sudden positional changes
What is Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)?
An individual reaches into their bag without looking and is unable to find a pencil; what area of cortex may be damaged?
What is the somatosensory association cortex? (impairment: asterognosis)
This component of the limbic system is responsible for the Proust effect
What are the olfactory structures?
Due to it's close proximity to the optic chiasm, aneurysms that take place at this artery may cause visual field deficits
What is the anterior communicating artery?
Hair cells that are part of this structure would respond to jumping up and down
What is the saccule?
____-sided neglect is most common because the right hemisphere is dominant for spatial attention
Left
These are the structural components of the hypothalamus
What are the hypothalamic nuclei, mammillary bodies, and infundibular stalk?
Damage to this artery may result in Wallenberg's syndrome
What is the Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery (PICA)?