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55 Cards in this Set
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damage to this area results in a loss of reflexes and muscle tone in areas contralateral to the damage
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primary motor cortex (frontal)
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damage to this area results in difficulties producing spoke and written language
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premotor cortex (Broca's area)
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damage to this area results in pseudodepression and psychopathy
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prefrontal cortex
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damage to this area results in difficulties with abstract thinking, planning, decision-making, and perseveration
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prefrontal cortex
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schizophrenia, ADHD, and normal age-related cognitive declines are linked to this area
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prefrontal cortex
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lesion in this area results in an inability to carry out a sequences of actions
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left parietal lobe
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lesion in this area results in an inability to carry out a simple action in response to a command
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left parietal lobe
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lesion in this area results in Gerstmann syndrome
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left parietal lobe
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lesion in this area results in contralateral neglect
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right parietal lobe
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damage to this area results in an inability to recognize familiar objects by touch
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parietal lobe
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damage to this area results in a failure to recognize parts of one's own body
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parietal lobe
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damage to this area results in an inability to recognize one's own neurological symptoms or other disorder
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parietal lobe
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damage here results in deficits in language comprehension and production
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Wernicke's area (temporal lobe)
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auditory agnosia and hallucinations result from damage to which area
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temporal lobe
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an inability to see more than one thing or aspect of an object at one time
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left occipital lobe
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defn - an inability to visually recognize objects
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visual agnosia
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defn - an inability to see more than one thing or aspect of an object at one time
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simultagnosia
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defn - an inability to recognize one's own neurological sx or disorder
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anosognosia
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defn - failure to recognize part's of one's own body
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asomatognosia
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defn - inability to recognize familiar objects by touch
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tactile agnosia
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defn - inability to carry out a sequence of actions
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ideational apraxia
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defn - inability to carry out a simple action in response to a command
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ideomotor apraxia
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stimulation of one modality triggers a sensation in another sensory modality
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synathesia
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inability to perform sequences of movements or voluntary movements
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apraxia
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lack of coordination while performing voluntary movements
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ataxia
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slurred speech, clumsiness, loss of balance, severe tremors
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ataxia
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brain structure associated with ataxia
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cerebellum
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apathy, lethargy, narrow interests, decreased emotional reactions, interest in sex and attention
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pseudodepression
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loss of social contact and empathy, impulsivity, sexual disinhibition and jocularity
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pseudopsychopathy
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Name the 3 cortexes in the frontal lobe
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motor, premotor, and prefrontal
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Name the cortex in the parietal lobe
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somatosensory cortex
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Name the cortex in the temporal lobe
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auditory cortex
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Name the cortex in the occipital lobe
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visual cortex
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contralateral hemiplegia, hemianethesia involving face, arm, and leg, and contralateral visual field loss are indicative of
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cerebral stroke
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a stroke involving the left hemisphere is likely to produce
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aphasia and ideomotor apraxia
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a stroke involving the right hemisphere is likely to produce
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contralateral neglect and dressing apraxia
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The following symptoms are indicative of which disorder:
depressed mood, apathy, antisocial tendencies, forgetfulness, figety, clumsy, slow writhing movements, rapid, jerky movements |
Hungtington's disease
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These symptoms are indicative of what disorder?
tremor at rest, rigid muscle tone, restlessness, postural problems, speech problems, slowed movement, and a masked facial expression |
Parkinson's disease
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This seizure involves a stage in which the muscles contract and the body stiffens, rhythmic shaking, and depression or confusion with amnesia for the event
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grand-mal (tonic-clonic)
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This seizure involves a brief attack without a loss of consciousness without prominent motor symptoms
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petit-mal (absence)
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This seizure involves one side of the brain and one side of the body and involves no loss of consciousness
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simple partial seizure
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this seizure involves one side of the brain and body, and has some alteration in consciousness
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complex partial
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general muscle aches, tenderness, and stiffness, fatigue, and sleep disturbance
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fibromyalgia
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a history of head trauma that caused significant cerebral concussion involving a loss of conscioussness, post-traumatic amnesia, or post-traumatic seizures, disturbance in attention or memory, and 3 or more of the following: fatigue, disordered sleep, headache, vertigo, irritbaility/anger without provocation, anxiety, depression or affective lability, change in personality, apathy
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post-concussional disorder
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blockage of an artery by a blood clot
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thrombosis
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blockage of an artery by material from another part of the bloodstream
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embolism
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speeded-up metabolism, elevated body temperature, heat intolerance, increased appetite with weight loss, accerated heart rate, nervousness, agitation, emotional lability, fatigue, insomnia, and reduced attn span
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hyperthyroidism
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slowed metabolism, reduced appetite with weight gain, slowed heart rate, lowered body temperature, lethargy, depression, decreased libido, apathy, confusion, and impaired concentration and memory
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hypothyroidism
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which disorder is suggested by the following symptoms:
a reduced awareness of the environment, shifts in attention, distractability accompanied by disorientation to time and place, impaired language, illusions and hallucinations. These developed within the last few hours or days |
delirium
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Which stage of Alzheimer's is this patient in?
They have anterograde amnesia for declarative memories, deficits in visuospatial skills, are indifferent to others, irritable and sad |
Stage 1
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Which stage of Alzheimers is this patient in?
Notable increase in retrograde amnesia, flat/labile mood, restless and agitated, delusions, fluent aphasia, acalculia, ideomotor apraxia |
Stage 2
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Which stage of Alzheimer's is this patient in?
Severe deteriorated intellectual functioning, apathy, limb rigidity, urinary and fecal incontinence |
Stage 3
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Which disorder is suggested by the following symptoms?
Forgetfulness, impaired attention, slowed mental processes, difficulty with problem solving and concentration, apathy, social withdrawal, lack of initiative, tremor, clumsiness, saccadic eye movements |
Dementia due to HIV disease
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