This lobe of the brain is responsible for initiation of motor movements.
What is the frontal lobe?
100
The primary blood supply to the areas of the brain critical for speech and language.
What is the middle cerebral artery?
100
This nervous system extends beyond the spinal column to innervate arms and legs.
What is the peripheral nervous system.
100
Difficulty with naming or word-finding during verbal expression.
What is anomia?
100
This cranial nerve innervates the larynx.
What is CN X Vagus?
200
This lobe is involved in auditory reception and interpretation as well as auditory-visual association.
What is the temporal lobe?
200
This artery provides blood flow to the basal ganglia and corpus callosum.
What is the anterior cerebral artery?
200
These are nerves that emerge from the brainstem and are integral to speech.
What are the cranial nerves?
200
A loss or impairment of language in a person who had a history of language skills within the normal range.
What is aphasia?
200
Damage to this cranial nerve will significantly impact hearing and/or balance.
What is CN VIII Auditory (or Vestibulocochlear)?
300
This lobe is associated with perception and integration of sensory experiences.
What is the parietal lobe?
300
If an artery is blocked, this vascular structure provides an alternative path of circulation.
What is the circle of Willis?
300
This is the amount of oxygen used by the brain.
What is 25% of the body's oxygen?
300
A stroke that is due to a blockage of within the artery.
What is an ischemic stroke?
300
Damage to this nerve will result in paralysis to the tongue.
What is CN VII Hypoglossal?
400
This lobe is associated with coordination of modulation of motor movements.
What is the cerebellum?
400
This artery is a major supplier of blood to the brain and branches into, among others, the anterior cerebral artery and the middle cerebral artery.
What is the internal carotid artery?
400
This makes the white matter in the brain look white.
What is myelin?
400
The ability to understand spoken language.
What is a auditory comprehension?
400
This cranial nerve is responsible for closing the mouth and chewing.
what is CN V Trigeminal?
500
This lobe is involved in thinking, reasoning, decision making, and planning.
What is the frontal lobe?
500
This artery supplies blood to the pons, cerebellum, and inner ear.
What is the basilar artery?
500
Severe headaches, altered consciousness, impaired speech/comprehension, dizziness, paresis/paralysis, impaired sensation on one side of the body, vomiting, seizures, and/or coma.
What are the symptoms of a stroke?
500
The part of the brainstem that sits atop of the pons.
What is the midbrain?
500
This cranial nerve allows closure of the velopharyngeal port.