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17 Cards in this Set
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anosmia
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inability to smell
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Area 43
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gustatory cortex; located at base of central sulcus and dorsal insular lobe
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aguesia
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inability to taste
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hypoaguesia
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reduced ability to taste
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anisocoria
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pupils of unequal size
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Area 17
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visual cortex; located at the upper and lower lips of the calcarine sulcus (cuneus and lingula); contralateral visual field
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scotoma
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blind spot
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bitemporal hemianopsia
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tunnel vision; both temporal visual fields obsured; usu a result of pituitary tumor
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contralateral homonymous hemianopsia
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optic tract lesion; contralateral visual field obscured
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incomplete contralateral homonymous hemianopsia
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optic tract lesion; optic radiation lesion; contralateral visual field partially obscured
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quadrantopsia
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lesion at Meyer's loop
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Horner's Syndrome
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caused by lesions in superior cervical ganglion or lateral reticular formation; leads to miosis, anhydrosis, ptosis
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Brown Sequard syndrome
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lesion involving left or right half of spinal cord; alternating somatosensory loss below the level of lesion: touch, vibration, limb position, and motion lost on same side; pain and temp loss on opposite side
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Median Medullary Syndrome
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involves CN XII, pyramid, perhaps ML, and XII nucleus
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Acoustic Neuroma
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benign Schwann cell tumor; progressive deafness, dysequilibrium, facial weakness, loss of corneal reflex, ipsilateral limb ataxia
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Hemiballism
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injury to contralateral subthalamic nucleus of the ventral thalamus
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ALS-Lou Gherig's Dissease
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generalized mm weakness and increased clumsiness; bilat pariesis of upper and lower lims and atrophy of intrinsic hand mm; depressed deep tendon reflexes in upper limbs, increased in lower limbs; mm tone in lower lims increased
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