Overly Simplified Effects of Vascular Occlusion by Location

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Extremely simplified just to get the general idea. For much greater detail, see the quiz on vascular supply in the Neuroscience folder.
Ben Williams
Quiz by Ben Williams, updated more than 1 year ago
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Question 1

Question
Occlusion of the ACA may result in which of the following?
Answer
  • Contralateral Hemiparesis
  • Contralateral Sensory Loss
  • Greater Involvement of LE than UE
  • Contralateral Spastic Hemiparesis
  • Contralateral Sensory Loss of the Face, UE, and LE
  • Greater Involvement of UE than LE
  • Central Post-Stroke Pain
  • Homonymous Hemianopsia
  • Visual Agnosia
  • Prosopagnosia

Question 2

Question
Occlusion of the MCA may result in which of the following?
Answer
  • Contralateral Spastic Hemiparesis
  • Contralateral Sensory Loss of the Face, UE, and LE
  • Greater Involvement of UE than LE
  • Contralateral Hemiparesis
  • Contralateral Sensory Loss
  • Greater Involvement of LE than UE
  • Central Post-Stroke Pain
  • Homonymous Hemianopsia
  • Visual Agnosia
  • Prosopagnosia

Question 3

Question
Occlusion of the thalamic branches of the PCA may result in which of the following?
Answer
  • Contraleteral Sensory Loss
  • Central Post-Stroke Pain
  • Contralateral Hemiparesis
  • Contralateral Spastic Hemiparesis
  • Homonymous Hemianopsia
  • Visual Agnosia
  • Prosopagnosia
  • Cortical Blindness (bilateral occlusions only)
  • Amnesia

Question 4

Question
Occlusion of the occipital branches of the PCA may result in which of the following?
Answer
  • Homonymous Hemianopsia
  • Visual Agnosia
  • Prosopagnosia
  • Cortical Blindness (bilateral occlusions only)
  • Contralateral Hemiparesis
  • Contralateral Sensory Loss
  • Contralateral Spastic Hemiparesis
  • Central Post-Stroke Pain
  • Amnesia

Question 5

Question
Occlusion of the temporal branches of the PCA may result in which of the following?
Answer
  • Amnesia
  • Contralateral Hemiparesis
  • Contralateral Sensory Loss
  • Contralateral Spastic Hemiparesis
  • Central Post-Stroke Pain
  • Homonymous Hemianopsia
  • Visual Agnosia
  • Prosopagnosia
  • Cortical Blindness (bilateral occlusions only)

Question 6

Question
An occlusion of the Internal Carotid Artery (ICA) causes downstream effects for which of the following arteries?
Answer
  • ACA
  • MCA
  • PCA

Question 7

Question
With lesions of the ACA, DISTAL lesions result in more significant impairments.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 8

Question
With lesions of the ACA, PROXIMAL lesions result in more significant impairments.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 9

Question
With lesions of the MCA, PROXIMAL lesions result in more significant impairments.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 10

Question
With lesions of the MCA, DISTAL lesions result in more significant impairments.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 11

Question
As with ACA Syndrome, a PROXIMAL occlusion of the PCA is less troublesome than a DISTAL occlusion.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 12

Question
As with MCA Syndrome, a DISTAL occlusion of the PCA is less troublesome than a PROXIMAL occlusion.
Answer
  • True
  • False
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