CERTIFIED STROKE REHAB
SPECIALIST (CSRS) QUESTIONS AND
CERTIFIED ANSWERS
What is the function of the parietotemporal association cortex? ANSW✅✅Involved in abstract
thought, reading/writing/math, spatial perception, and understanding written language
What is the function of the occipital lobe? ANSW✅✅vision
What are the specialized areas within the occipital lobe? ANSW✅✅Primary visual cortex and
visual association area
What is the function of the primary visual cortex? ANSW✅✅Responsible for visual perception and
receiving visual input from the contralateral visual field
Lesion = Hemianopsia (injury on one side) or cortical blindness (injury on both sides)
What is the function of the visual association area? ANSW✅✅Responsible for interpretation of
visual stimuli, spatial perception, and recognition of faces
Lesion = Visual agnosia (patient can see an item but does not recognize it)
What functions are associated with the temporal lobe? ANSW✅✅Contains parts of the limbic
system, auditory system, olfactory system, and facial recognition
What are the specialized areas within the temporal lobe? ANSW✅✅Primary auditory cortex,
auditory association cortex, Wernicke's area, inferotemporal cortex, primary olfactory cortex,
amygdala, and hippocampus
What is the function of the primary auditory cortex? ANSW✅✅Perceives sounds, each side of the
brain gets input from both ears
What is the function of the auditory association cortex? ANSW✅✅Responsible for interpretation
and understanding of sounds
, What is the function of Wernicke's area? ANSW✅✅Important in understanding verbal and
nonverbal communication
Lesion = receptive aphasia
What is the function of the inferotemporal cortex? ANSW✅✅Responsible for recognition of faces,
objects, and colors
Lesion = prosopagnosia (patient cannot recognize faces of people they know well)
What is the function of primary olfactory cortex? ANSW✅✅Perceives odors
What is the function of the amygdala? ANSW✅✅Involved with strong emotional responses, fear
What is the function of the hippocampus? ANSW✅✅Involved in the creation of new long term
memories
Lesion = anterograde amnesia (inability to establish new memories)
What is the function of the basal ganglia? ANSW✅✅Initiation and inhibition of movement;
initiation of emotions
Directs actions of ALL motor tracts
What areas make up the brainstem? ANSW✅✅Midbrain, pons, and medulla
What is the function of the midbrain? ANSW✅✅Role in automatic reflexive behaviors for visual
and auditory systems
What is the function of the pons? ANSW✅✅Acts as a relay station for information and
coordinates the execution of movement; largest part of the brainstem
What is the function of the medulla? ANSW✅✅Connects the spinal cord with the rest of the CNS
Controls vital bodily functions (i.e. breathing)
What is the function of the thalamus? ANSW✅✅"executive assistant" the cerebral cortex; sensory
and motor integration
SPECIALIST (CSRS) QUESTIONS AND
CERTIFIED ANSWERS
What is the function of the parietotemporal association cortex? ANSW✅✅Involved in abstract
thought, reading/writing/math, spatial perception, and understanding written language
What is the function of the occipital lobe? ANSW✅✅vision
What are the specialized areas within the occipital lobe? ANSW✅✅Primary visual cortex and
visual association area
What is the function of the primary visual cortex? ANSW✅✅Responsible for visual perception and
receiving visual input from the contralateral visual field
Lesion = Hemianopsia (injury on one side) or cortical blindness (injury on both sides)
What is the function of the visual association area? ANSW✅✅Responsible for interpretation of
visual stimuli, spatial perception, and recognition of faces
Lesion = Visual agnosia (patient can see an item but does not recognize it)
What functions are associated with the temporal lobe? ANSW✅✅Contains parts of the limbic
system, auditory system, olfactory system, and facial recognition
What are the specialized areas within the temporal lobe? ANSW✅✅Primary auditory cortex,
auditory association cortex, Wernicke's area, inferotemporal cortex, primary olfactory cortex,
amygdala, and hippocampus
What is the function of the primary auditory cortex? ANSW✅✅Perceives sounds, each side of the
brain gets input from both ears
What is the function of the auditory association cortex? ANSW✅✅Responsible for interpretation
and understanding of sounds
, What is the function of Wernicke's area? ANSW✅✅Important in understanding verbal and
nonverbal communication
Lesion = receptive aphasia
What is the function of the inferotemporal cortex? ANSW✅✅Responsible for recognition of faces,
objects, and colors
Lesion = prosopagnosia (patient cannot recognize faces of people they know well)
What is the function of primary olfactory cortex? ANSW✅✅Perceives odors
What is the function of the amygdala? ANSW✅✅Involved with strong emotional responses, fear
What is the function of the hippocampus? ANSW✅✅Involved in the creation of new long term
memories
Lesion = anterograde amnesia (inability to establish new memories)
What is the function of the basal ganglia? ANSW✅✅Initiation and inhibition of movement;
initiation of emotions
Directs actions of ALL motor tracts
What areas make up the brainstem? ANSW✅✅Midbrain, pons, and medulla
What is the function of the midbrain? ANSW✅✅Role in automatic reflexive behaviors for visual
and auditory systems
What is the function of the pons? ANSW✅✅Acts as a relay station for information and
coordinates the execution of movement; largest part of the brainstem
What is the function of the medulla? ANSW✅✅Connects the spinal cord with the rest of the CNS
Controls vital bodily functions (i.e. breathing)
What is the function of the thalamus? ANSW✅✅"executive assistant" the cerebral cortex; sensory
and motor integration
