SCRN EXAM REVIEW PERFECTLY ARRANGED

SCRN EXAM REVIEW PERFECTLY ARRANGED Posterior Cerebral Artery (PCA) -Correct Answer-Arises from basilar. Supplies Occipital Lobe , Midbrain, Thalamus, Pineal Gland, Choroid Plexus, and Corpus Callosum Symptoms of PCA Stroke -Correct Answer--Contralateral Visual Field Homonymous hemianopia -Visual Agnosia (unable to interpret/recognize visual information) - Weber's Syndrome (3rd nerve palsy + contralateral hemiplegia) -Parinaud's Syndrome (Impaired upwards gaze, convergence-retraction nystagmus, primary conjugate downward gaze) Anterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery (AICA) -Correct Answer-Feeds anterior inferior parts of the cerebellum Symptoms of AICA Stroke -Correct Answer-Lateral Pontine Syndrome: vertigo, vomiting, nystagmus, falling towards the side of the lesion, ipsilateral loss of sensation to the face, ipsilateral facial paralysis, ipsilateral hearing loss Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery (PICA) -Correct Answer-Feeds cerebellum, superior section of the medulla,. Choroid plexus and fourth ventricle Symptoms of PICA Stroke -Correct Answer-Wallenburg Syndrome (lateral Medullary Syndrome): Loss of pain and temperature sensation in the contralateral trunk and ipsilateral face Basilar Artery -Correct Answer-An artery, formed by the fusion of the vertebral arteries, that supplies blood to the brainstem (medulla and pons) and to the posterior cerebral arteries. Symptoms of Basilar Artery Stoke -Correct Answer-Coma, quadriparesis, ataxia, dysarthria, CN dysfunction and visual deficits, Locked in Syndrome, Intranuclear Opthalmoplegia, gaze paresis, Millard Gulber Syndrome CN VI VII damage (diplopia facial weakness, loss of corneal reflex), Nausea, vomiting, diplopia, gaze palsy, dysarthria,. vertigo, tinnitus, hemiparesis, and quadriplegia.