Basal Ganglia/Cerebellum
These are signs of motor dysfunction related to the cerebellum.
What is lack of coordination, ataxia, intention tremors
This structure is a major relay center within the diencephalon and is considered the executive assistant
What is the thalamus?
This phase of swallowing involves voluntary control and prepares a bolus for safe passage through the pharynx
What is the oral phase?
This type of eye movement allows you to smoothly track a moving target.
What are smooth pursuits?
This is one category of gaze stabilization that relates to the vestibular and visual systems?
What is VOR?
This cerebellar dysfunction causes a person to over- or undershoot a target
What is dysmetria?
This structure within the diencephalon maintains homeostasis
What is the hypothalamus?
The cranial nerves involved in swallowing
What are the trigeminal, facial, glossopharyngeal, vagus, accessory, and hypoglossal?
These rapid, jerky eye movements allow for quick shifting of focus from one target to another when reading.
What are saccades?
When a distorted position feels like leaning is upright
This pathway is associated with involuntary excessive movements.
What is the indirect pathway?
This white matter structure carries fibers connecting the thalamus to the cerebral cortex.
What is the internal capsule?
This stage prepares food for transport through the oral cavity.
What is the oral preparatory stage?
This is an attentional disorder that may cause a client to eat only the right side of their plate, completely ignoring the left side.
What is visual neglect?
A client has fluent speech but has difficulty with receptive language (cannot comprehend language)
What is Wernicke's aphasia?
There are three tremors often observed in clinical practice.
What are essential, resting, and intention tremors?
What is thalamic syndrome?
This pathway is known as the "where" pathway
What is the dorsal stream?
A client has non-fluent speech, but can understand language and may be easily frustrated
What is Broca's aphasia?
This pathway is impacted when a person with Parkinson's disease has difficulties due to festinating gait when walking through a doorway
What is the direct pathway?
A lesion to this structure within the diencephalon causes disruptions to sleep-wake cycles.
What is the epithalamus?
Peristalsis moves the bolus through the esophagus into the stomach.
What is the esophageal stage?
These three cranial nerves work together to control eye movements.
What are the oculomotor, trochlear, and abducens cranial nerves?