Brain
Patient might need rehabilitation to rebuild the neurons in brain that were damaged in the stroke.
Anatomy of brain
Suggest that the patient tries to quit drinking due to his massive stroke
Frontal lobe
Precentral gyrus
Postcentral gyrus
Parietal lobe
Occipital lobe
Temporal lobe
Insula
Median section of brain
Fornix
Pituitary gland
Corpus callosum
Thalamus
Hypothalamus
Pons
Medulla Oblongata
Admitted to hospital after suffering a stroke. Pt is showing symptoms of right sided weakness, nonverbal and immobile
61 y/o male piano teacher with history of ETOH abuse.
Effects of alcohol on brain
Affects the functions of the cerebellum
Disturbances in gait
Loss of balance
Inability to detect proprioceptive info
Stoke
Cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
Transient ischemic attack (TIA)
Obstruction of blood vessel or hemorrhage from blood vessel.
Brief episodic loss of sensory to motor functions.
Very short-term temporary loss of blood supply to brain region due to transient black in vessel
It will take time for him recover
Might not even regain full moment of right hand or speech
Controls personality, planning, communication
Controls general sensory functions
Controls hearing and smell
Controls visual info and storing visual memories
Controls taste and memory
Controls the endocrine system, and secrets hormones
Is the relay center between both hemispheres of the brain
Controls the activity of most hormones
Houses sensory and motor tracts that connect the brain with spinal cord and acts a bridge between the rest of the brain & the medulla oblongata
Contains ascending and descending tracts to and from brain
White matter that connects the hippocampus with other diencephalic limbo system
Acts as both final relay center to somatosensory cortex and filters to eliminate certain distracting sounds and lights
Mid brain
Contains cranial nerve 3 & 4, which controls eye movements
Cerebellum
Controls equilibrium, primary motor cortex and fight or flight responses