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Areas of NS & function
Specific areas of the nervous system and their related function/action
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Health Care
Graduate
02/10/2014

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Term
RAS
Definition
Consciousness
Attention Span
Term
Med. temporal lobe
Hippocampus/fornix
Definition
Orientation
Recent memory
Term
Parietal lobe (SAC)
Definition
(combined cortical...)
Graphesthesia
Stereognosis
2-point discrimination
Tactile localization
Term
Inferior parietal lobe
Temporoparietal region
Definition
unilateral spatial neglect (usually R-sided)
Term
Right parietal lobe (SAC)
Definition
double simultaneous stimuli
Term
Left parietal lobe (language dominant hemisphere)
Definition
Ideomotor apraxia
Term
Right posterior parietal lobe
Definition
left dressing apraxia
Term
Left posterior inferior frontal lobe
Definition
Broca's aphasia
Term
Left temporal lobe (post end of Sylvian fissure)
Definition
Wernicke's aphasia
Term
Parietooccipitotemporal confluence
Definition
acquired dyslexia, alexia
Term
Prefrontal cortex
Definition
insight, judgment, planning
Term
Dominant inferior parietal lobe
Definition
L/R orientation
finger agnosia
calculations
Term
Test: Consciousness
Definition
GCS
Term
Test: attention span
Definition
spell "world" backward
Term
Test: orientation
Definition
oriented x3
Term
Test: recent memory
Definition
give 3 objects to remember and quiz at end of exam
Term
Test: unilat spatial neglect
Definition
tracing figures/drawing clockface
Term
Test: ideomotor apraxia
Definition
ask pt to pretend to do common task
Term
Test: left dressing apraxia
Definition
watch pt put on shirt
Term
Test: insight/judgment/planning
Definition
ask pt about plans for future
Term
Test: L/R orientation
Definition
"point to my left hand"
Term
Test: finger agnosia
Definition
"which finger is this?"
Term
Test: calculations
Definition
count back by 7s
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