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lobes, lesions, dermatomes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Left hemisphere characteristics | language, analytical, controlled, rational, positive emotions, slow/anxious, understand written and spoken language |
| Right hemisphere characteristics | Nonverbal prcessing, artistic, comprehension, hand-eye coordination, kinesthetic awareness, negative emotions, quick/ impulsive |
| Frontal Lobe function | voluntary movement Broca's Area: speech, concentration personality, temper, judgement, reasoning |
| Frontal Lobe impairment | contralateral weakness, perseveration, personality change, expressive aphasia, emotional liability |
| Parietal Lobe function | sensation (touch, temp, vibration, kinesthesia), received info, interprets language and words |
| Parietal Lobe impairment | don't recognize severity of condition, impaired language comprehension, impaired taste, |
| Temporal Lobe function | hear and smell, Wernicke's area (ability to understand and speak, emotions |
| Temporal Lobe impairment | learning deficits, receptive aphasia, antisocial, difficulty facial recognition/ memory |
| Occipital Lobe function | visual info, judgement of distances, colors/ lights/ shapes |
| Occipital Lobe impairment | impaired reading/ writing, homonymous hemianopsia, can't recognize colors |
| Frontal Lobe lesion | paralysis->apraxia lack judgement distractible, uninhibited loss of goal directed behaviors and executive functions |
| Parietal Lobe lesion | sensory awareness/ interpretation/ perception poor motor planning, abnormal movement patterns |
| Temporal Lobe lesion | short/ long term memory Wernicke's (L hemisphere) impair comprehension of spoken language |
| Occipital Lobe lesion | visual deficits blindness |
| Anterior cerebral artery occlusion | (B) occlusion= paraplegia incontinence personality changes |
| Middle cerebral artery occlusion | (B) contralateral hemiplegia sensory impariment global, Wernicke's, Broca's aphasia |
| Posterior cerebral artery occlusion | thalamic pain syndrone (abnormal sensation of touch, pain, temp, proprioception) cortical blindness |
| Ascending Tracts include ____ | sensory in |
| Descending Tracts include ___ | Motor out |
| Dermatome C1 | vertex of skull |
| Dermatome C2 | temple, forehead, occiput |
| Dermatome C3 | Entire neck, posterior cheek, temporal area, prolongation forward under mandible |
| Dermatome C4 | Shoulder area, clavicular area, upper scap area |
| Dermatome C5 | deltoid area, anterior aspect entire arm to base of thumb |
| Dermatome C6 | Anterior arm, radial side of hand to thumb and index finger |
| Dermatome C7 | Lateral arm and forearm to index, long, and ring fingers |
| Dermatome C8 | Merdial arm and forearm to long, ring, and little fingers |
| Dermatome T1 | Medial side of forearm to base of little finger |
| Dermatome T2 | Medial side of upper arm to medial elbow, pecs, midscap area |
| Dermatome T3-T12 | T3-T6 upper thorax T5-T7 costal margin T8-T12 abs and L-spine region |
| Dermatome L1 | back, over troch and groin |
| Dermatome L2 | Back, front of thigh to knee |
| Dermatome L3 | Back, upper butt, anterior thigh and knee, med lower leg |
| Dermatome L4 | Medial butt, lat thigh, med leg, dorsum of foot, big toe |
| Dermatome L5 | Butt, posterior/ lateral thigh, lateral aspect of leg, dorsum of foot, medial half of sole, 1st/2nd/3rd toes |
| Dermatome S1 | Lateral and plantar foot |
| Dermatome S2 | Butt, thigh and posterior leg |
| Dermatome S3 | Groin, med thigh to knee |
| Dermatome S4 | Perineum, genitals, lower sacrum |