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Lobe/brain function
Block 2 - jobs of each brain lobe
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Nursing
Undergraduate 1
02/07/2012

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Frontal Lobe
Definition
Personality, behavior, emotion, intellectual functions
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Broca's area
Definition
motor speech
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Temporal lobe
Definition
hearing, tasts, smell
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Cerebellum
Definition
motor coordination, equilibrium, balance
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occipital lobe
Definition
visual recpetion
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wernicke's area
Definition
speech comprehenstion
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parietal lobe
Definition
sensation
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postcentral gyrus
Definition
primary sensory area
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precentral gyrus
Definition
primary motor area
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homunculus
Definition
visual with body parts on the brain showing which locations control which parts of the body
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CN I test
Definition
smelling - present an aromatic smell while eyes are closed and occulding one nostril
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CNII test
Definition
Visual acuity, visual fields, direct inspection of the ocular fundus
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CN III, IV, VI test
Definition
inspect palpebral fissures (space between the eye lids when they are open, PERRLA, and cardinal position of gaze
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CN V test
Definition
palpate TMJ while clenctched, touch areas of the face with a cotton ball while eyes are closed (PT tells you when they can feel it
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CN VII test
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smile, frown, close eyes tightly, lift eye brows, puff cheeks. Taste - typically not checked
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CN VIII test
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hearing - normal conversation and the whisper voice test
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CN IX and X test
Definition
Say "AHHHH" and the gag reflex
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CN XI test
Definition
shoulder shrug with resistance
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CN XII test
Definition
inspect tounge, protrude tongue out. repeat the words light, tight, and dynamite
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Cerebellar Function Test
Definition
Balance tests - giat and Romberg test (eyes closed, feet together, arms at side, be able to maintain balance for 20 seconds)
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coordinations tests
Definition
rapid alternating movements, finger-to-finger test, finger-to-nose test, heel-to-shin test
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