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61 year-old male, hx of alcohol abuse. Suffered a stroke. Can’t speak,…

- - - - Brain tissue damage from lack of blood
    - - motor skills impaired
    - - stroke in left side of brain
- - - - Cerebrum
        
        2 hemispheres
        
        aspects not assigned to one specific region
        
        receive info from opposite side of body
        
        project motor commands to opposite side of body
        
        lobes
        
        Frontal
        
        voluntary motor areas
        
        primary motor cortex
        
        motor speech area
        
        frontal eye field
        
        premotor cortex
        
        muscle memory
        
        parietal
        
        sensory areas
        
        somatosensory cortex
        
        pain, touch, pressure
        
        primary visual cortex
        
        primary auditory cortex
        
        primary olfactory cortex
        
        primary gustatory cortex
        
        somatosensory association area
        
        touch memory
        
        temporal
        
        auditory association area
        
        occipital
        
        visual association area
        
        visual memory
        
        insula
      - Cerebellum
      - Brain stem
      - diencephalon
    - - gyri - folds
      - sulci - depressions
      - deep grooves - fissures
    - - gray matter
      - white matter
    - - association tracts
        
        longitudinal connection in same hemisphere
      - commissural tracts
        
        connection between hemispheres
      - projection tracts
        
        communication from cerebrum to spinal cord and brain stem
    - - cranium - support
      - meninges - surround and partition
      - cerebrospinal fluid - cushions
      - blood brain barrier - filter
        
        not absolute
        
        can be affected by alcohol or drugs
      - ventricles
  - - - brain tissue death if more than 10 minutes
    - - blurred vision, weakness, lightheadedness, headache, dizziness, walking difficulty
- - - - make his disabilities more difficult to manage