SSM SCRN Review Test 2023

SSM SCRN Review Test 2023 Stroke Risk Factors - Answer- Age Gender (men >women) Genetics Stroke Primary Prevention - Answer- Tobacco cessation Blood pressure reduction Stroke Secondary Prevention - Answer- Prevention of another stroke Targets treatment for change once disease is present i.e. Blood Pressure control, LDL control, recognition of S/S stroke Frontal Lobe Functions - Answer- Regulates personality and affect Impulsivity and judgement Abstract thinking Conjugate eye movements Frontal Lobe Precentral Gyrus - Answer- AKA Motor Strip Broca's area: Articulation, speed and rhythm of speech Parietal Lobe Functions - Answer- Somatosensory cortex: Interpretation of: Pain, temperature, light touch, vibration, two-point discrimination, proprioception Temporal Lobe - Answer- Functions: Hearing, Memory, Learning Wernicke's area - Answer- located in Temporal lobe responsible for understanding spoken language Occiptal lobe - Answer- Functions: Vision The right half of the occiptal lobe interprets information received from the right half of both the right and left eyes (and vice versa) Cerebrum - Answer- Made up of Basial ganglia and Limbic system Basial ganglia - Answer- Coordinates movement Limbic system - Answer- Amygdala, Cingulate gyrus, Hippocampus Amygdala and Cingulate gyrus - Answer- Memory and emotion Hippocampus - Answer- Memory and learning Diencephalong - Answer- Thalmus, Hypothalmus, Pituitary and pineal gland SSM SCRN REVIEW SSM SCRN REVIEW 2 Thalamus - Answer- Receives input from cerebral cortex and acts as relay center Hypothalamus - Answer- Hunger Thirst Autonomic functions Endocrine functions Pituitary and pineal gland - Answer- Hormonal modulation Sleep-wake cycle Spinothalamic Tract - Answer- An ascending pathway of the spinal cord . It is responsible for the transmission of pain, temperature, and crude touch to the somatosensory region of the thalamus. Corticospinal tract - Answer- A descending tract of the spinal cord which contains bundles of axons which originate in the cerebral cortex and descend to synapse within the brainstem or spinal cord. The neurons are called "upper motor neurons". Cerebellum - Answer- Coordination of motor function: Rapid alternating movements Balance and Position sense Brain Stem - Answer- Medulla, Midbrain, Pons Medulla - Answer- Foramen magnum to the pons CN XII, IX, X, XI Corticospinal tracts- pyramids: decussate and cross midline Midbrain - Answer- Coordinates Eye Movement, some reflexes related to hearing and vision CN II, III, IV Pons - Answer- Between medulla and midbrain CN VI, VII, VIII, V message center between cerebellum and cerebrum Cranial Nerve I - Answer- Olfactory-smell Cranial Nerve II - Answer- Optic- transmits visual information, visual fields, deficit=hemianopsia Cranial Nerve III - Answer- Occularmotor- eyeballs look up deficit=diplopia, strabismus, ptosis, pupil dilation Cranial Nerve IV - Answer- Trochlear- move eyeball down and in SSM SCRN REVIEW SSM SCRN REVIEW 3 deficit=diplopia, strabismus Cranial Nerve V - Answer- Trigeminal-sensation to the skin of the face, muscles of mastication deficit=decreased facial sensation Cranial Nerve VI - Answer- Abducens- move eyball down and out deficit=strabismus Cranial Nerve VII - Answer- Facial- facial muscle innervation deficit= facial droop or weakness Cranial Nerve VIII - Answer- Acoustic- hearing and balance deficit= spinning, dizziness