HEALTH ASSESSMENT - The brain

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  1. 2. Can occur from brain injuries and make it difficult for people to express themselves. Use a picture board for communication
  2. 5. area located in frontal lobe and is responsible for speech and processing of language. If there is damage, people can understand words, but have difficulty expressing their words
  3. 7. Difficulty swallowing. Symptoms include drooling, coughing, or gagging, then swallowing. Chocking while eating, or a sensation of something stuck in throat or chest
  4. 8. the part of the brain responsible for motor and sensory function, intellect, and language. Contains four lobes, frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital
  5. 11. area located in the temporal lobe. Damage to this area results in difficulty with the comprehension of written and spoken words. Difficulty with reading and writing
  6. 12. Located in the frontal lobe, and controls motor function on the opposite side of the body.
  7. 14. Contains many motor neurons, and relays information to and from the brain through ascending sensory trats and descending motor pathways
  8. 15. Controls involuntary functions such as sneezing, swallowing, vomiting, hiccoughing, and coughing
  9. 16. Responsible for increasing wakefulness, attention, and responsiveness
Down
  1. 1. lobe responsible for Sensory perception such as pain, temp, taste, sight, touch
  2. 3. Extends from brainstem to base of Skull and down to Coccyx
  3. 4. lobe responsible for Memory, Language, Judgement
  4. 5. Consists of the Medulla, Midbrain, Pons, and Reticular Formation
  5. 6. tracts carry ensory information such as touch, deep pressure, vibration, position sense, and movement.
  6. 8. located under the occipital lobe, posteriorly. Coordinates voluntary movement, posture, and muscle tone. Maintains overall balance and coordination
  7. 9. lobe responsible for Visual Function, helping to see and identify objects we see
  8. 10. tracts carry information related to motor function and muscle movement
  9. 12. Consists of the ascending and descending neuron trats and assists the midbrain to relay information. Contains two respiratory centers. One that controls the length of inspiration and expiration and another that controls respiration rate
  10. 13. lobe responsible for Speaking & Understanding both verbal and written language, hearing, and object recognition