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CERTIFIED STROKE REHABILITATION
SPECIALIST ACTUAL EXAM Questions
and Answers Latest Updates 2025
GRADED A+
Occipital Lobe - Correct Answer-A region of the cerebral cortex that
processes visual information
-contain two important regions
-Primary Visual Cortex
-Visual Association Area
Primary Visual Cortes ( Occipital Lobe) - Correct Answer-
Responsible for:
-visual perception
-receiving visual input from the contralateral visual field Damage
results in:
-hemianopsia: injury on one side
-cortical blindness : bilateral injury
-qudrantanopia: anopia affecting a quarter of the field of vision.
(describes defects confined mostly to approximately one-fourth of an
eye's visual space)
Visual Association Area (Occipital Lobe) - Correct Answer-Located
anterior to the primary visual cortex
Responsible for:
-interpretation of visual stimuli (spatial perception & recognition of
faces) Damage results in:
-visual agnosia: the patient can see the item however they can not
recognize it
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Temporal Lobe - Correct Answer-An area on each hemisphere of
the cerebral cortex near the temples that is the primary receiving
area for auditory information
-limbic system (responsible for emotion & memory)
-auditory system
-olfactory system
-facial recognition
Aphasia (3 types) - Correct Answer-A language disorder that affects
a person's ability to communicate.
-Expressive aphasia - you know what you want to say, but you have
trouble saying or writing what you mean.
-Receptive aphasia - you hear the voice or see the print, but you
can't make sense of the words.
-Global aphasia - you can't speak, understand speech, read, or write
Primary Olfactory Cortex - Correct Answer-responsible for
awareness and identification of an odor
Damage results in:
-Anosmia: loss of smell bilaterally (deficits in taste with patient
exhibiting decreased appetite and weight loss . known to cause
safety issue with gas leaks
Amygdala - Correct Answer--two bean shaped clusters, one located
in each hemisphere of the brain, considered to be part of the brain's
limbic system. This is where emotions are given meaning,
remembered, and attached to associations and responses to them
(emotional memories)
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-small almond shaped structure on the medial side of the temporal
lobe involved in:
-processing and consolidating memory
-autonomic responses associated with fear
-emotional responses (fight-or flight) anger, sadness and controlling
of agression
Hippocampus - Correct Answer-a neural center located in the limbic
system; helps process explicit memories for storage
-involved in the creation of new long-term memories
Damage results in
-Anterograde Amnesia: bilateral damage results in the inability to
establish new long-term memories
Basal Ganglia - Correct Answer-a set of subcortical structures that
directs intentional movements
-initiation and inhibition of movement
-initiation of thought
-initiation of emotion
-plays an important role in motor control
-directs actions of all motor tracts
-Parkinson's disease is characterized by a loss of dopaminergic
innervation in the basal ganglia leading to complex motor and non-
motor symptoms.
Brainstem - Correct Answer-The oldest part and central core of the
brain, responsible for automatic survival functions.
-Controls: heart rate, breathing, blood pressure, eye movement,
hearing, speech, swallowing
-responsible for autonomic survival and function
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Pons - Correct Answer-A brain structure that relays information from
the cerebellum to the rest of the brain
-the part of the brainstem that links the medulla oblongata and the
thalamus
-largest portion of the brainstem
-contains cranial nerves 5,6,7 (trigeminal, abducens, facial)
-motor nerve fibers connect motor areas of the cerebral cortex to the
spinal cord and allow voluntary movement
-damage to these nerves can cause "LOCKED-IN SYNDROME
(Pseudocoma)
Locked-in syndrome - Correct Answer-Condition in which a patient is
aware and awake but cannot move or communicate verbally
because of complete paralysis of nearly all voluntary muscles except
the eyes.
-Pontine stroke: rare neurological disorder in which there is a
complete paralysis of all voluntary muscles except the one that
control movement of the eyes cranial nerve #5 trigeminal
Thalamus - Correct Answer-the brain's sensory control center,
located on top of the brainstem; it directs messages to the sensory
receiving areas in the cortex and transmits replies to the cerebellum
and medulla
-Executive Assistant: the cerebral cortex
-almost all information that ends up in the cortex passes through
here first
-sensory & motor integration
Hypothalamus - Correct Answer-a neural structure lying below the
CERTIFIED STROKE REHABILITATION
SPECIALIST ACTUAL EXAM Questions
and Answers Latest Updates 2025
GRADED A+
Occipital Lobe - Correct Answer-A region of the cerebral cortex that
processes visual information
-contain two important regions
-Primary Visual Cortex
-Visual Association Area
Primary Visual Cortes ( Occipital Lobe) - Correct Answer-
Responsible for:
-visual perception
-receiving visual input from the contralateral visual field Damage
results in:
-hemianopsia: injury on one side
-cortical blindness : bilateral injury
-qudrantanopia: anopia affecting a quarter of the field of vision.
(describes defects confined mostly to approximately one-fourth of an
eye's visual space)
Visual Association Area (Occipital Lobe) - Correct Answer-Located
anterior to the primary visual cortex
Responsible for:
-interpretation of visual stimuli (spatial perception & recognition of
faces) Damage results in:
-visual agnosia: the patient can see the item however they can not
recognize it
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Temporal Lobe - Correct Answer-An area on each hemisphere of
the cerebral cortex near the temples that is the primary receiving
area for auditory information
-limbic system (responsible for emotion & memory)
-auditory system
-olfactory system
-facial recognition
Aphasia (3 types) - Correct Answer-A language disorder that affects
a person's ability to communicate.
-Expressive aphasia - you know what you want to say, but you have
trouble saying or writing what you mean.
-Receptive aphasia - you hear the voice or see the print, but you
can't make sense of the words.
-Global aphasia - you can't speak, understand speech, read, or write
Primary Olfactory Cortex - Correct Answer-responsible for
awareness and identification of an odor
Damage results in:
-Anosmia: loss of smell bilaterally (deficits in taste with patient
exhibiting decreased appetite and weight loss . known to cause
safety issue with gas leaks
Amygdala - Correct Answer--two bean shaped clusters, one located
in each hemisphere of the brain, considered to be part of the brain's
limbic system. This is where emotions are given meaning,
remembered, and attached to associations and responses to them
(emotional memories)
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-small almond shaped structure on the medial side of the temporal
lobe involved in:
-processing and consolidating memory
-autonomic responses associated with fear
-emotional responses (fight-or flight) anger, sadness and controlling
of agression
Hippocampus - Correct Answer-a neural center located in the limbic
system; helps process explicit memories for storage
-involved in the creation of new long-term memories
Damage results in
-Anterograde Amnesia: bilateral damage results in the inability to
establish new long-term memories
Basal Ganglia - Correct Answer-a set of subcortical structures that
directs intentional movements
-initiation and inhibition of movement
-initiation of thought
-initiation of emotion
-plays an important role in motor control
-directs actions of all motor tracts
-Parkinson's disease is characterized by a loss of dopaminergic
innervation in the basal ganglia leading to complex motor and non-
motor symptoms.
Brainstem - Correct Answer-The oldest part and central core of the
brain, responsible for automatic survival functions.
-Controls: heart rate, breathing, blood pressure, eye movement,
hearing, speech, swallowing
-responsible for autonomic survival and function
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Pons - Correct Answer-A brain structure that relays information from
the cerebellum to the rest of the brain
-the part of the brainstem that links the medulla oblongata and the
thalamus
-largest portion of the brainstem
-contains cranial nerves 5,6,7 (trigeminal, abducens, facial)
-motor nerve fibers connect motor areas of the cerebral cortex to the
spinal cord and allow voluntary movement
-damage to these nerves can cause "LOCKED-IN SYNDROME
(Pseudocoma)
Locked-in syndrome - Correct Answer-Condition in which a patient is
aware and awake but cannot move or communicate verbally
because of complete paralysis of nearly all voluntary muscles except
the eyes.
-Pontine stroke: rare neurological disorder in which there is a
complete paralysis of all voluntary muscles except the one that
control movement of the eyes cranial nerve #5 trigeminal
Thalamus - Correct Answer-the brain's sensory control center,
located on top of the brainstem; it directs messages to the sensory
receiving areas in the cortex and transmits replies to the cerebellum
and medulla
-Executive Assistant: the cerebral cortex
-almost all information that ends up in the cortex passes through
here first
-sensory & motor integration
Hypothalamus - Correct Answer-a neural structure lying below the
