Neurological System Quiz

A ventricostomy catheter is placed in what portion of the ventricular system?

A catheter is advanced through the nondominant frontal lobe ending in the anterior horn of the lateral ventricle.

In what lobe is Broca's area located?

Broca's area helps mediate speech and is locatated in the posterior region of the frontal lobe.

The anterior cerebral arteries supply what lobes of the brain with blood?

The anterior cerebral arteries supply the medial and superior parts of the frontal lobes and anterior parietal lobes. This provides blood flow for the primary motor and somatosensory cortex of the leg and foot as well as for motor planing areas.

What is a common hemorrhagic complication of the transsphenoidal approach?

Transsphenoidal approach includes going through the nose, through the soft palate and through the ethmoid bone to reach the pituitary gland within the sphenodial bone. Close to the pituitary gland runs the internal carotid arteries, which may be knicked when removing the pitutitary gland.

The vagus nerve braches off what structure in the brain?

The vagus nerve emerge from the medulla.

This structure involved in the shifting of short term memory to long term memory is often the first structure to deteriorate in individuals with Alzheimer's?

In individuals with Alzheimer's disease, the hippocampus is the first structure to be attacked, which results in memory problems and disorientation.