Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA) Stroke (complete solution)

Portions of Brain it irrigates correct answers - Laterial Frontal lobe - Superior Temporal lobe - Laterial Parietal lobe Prevelance correct answers -Most common site of stroke Unilateral Deficits left side correct answers -Broca's Aphasia -Wernicke's Aphasia -Global Aphasia -Transcortical sensory and motor aphasia -Conduction Aphasia Sensory Loss correct answers -sensory loss of the face, arm, leg (face and arm more involved) Functional Loss correct answers hemiplegia- Contralateral motor loss upper body Unilateral deficits Right side correct answers -Hemispatial neglect-neglect of contralesional space-failure to become aware of or orient toward. unilaterial deficit either side correct answers - hemianopia (visual field loss on the left or right side of the vertical midline) Hemispational neglect is linked to which area correct answers occipitoparietal cortex what is a prominent feature of hemispatial neglect? correct answers extinction: awareness of contralesional stimulus alone but when in conjunction with ipsilesional, it cannot compete and is extinguished. extinction is dependent on correct answers both items must be percieved to have same function bilaterial symptoms of occlusion of MCA correct answers Simultaneous agnosia (occipitoparietal) Impaired depth perception Balints syndrome (posterior pariental lobe) Simultaneous agnosia is impaired ability correct answers to be aware of multiple parts of a scene. Limitation of visual attention. Balients Syndrome has which symptoms? correct answers -simultaneous agnosia and spatial disorientation Simultaneous agnosia is reduced by correct answers connectedness