SSM SCRN Review|Correct Questions| Verified

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 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