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MBA, Ph.D in Management
Harvard university
Feb-1997 - Aug-2003
Professor
Strayer University
Jan-2007 - Present
1. What are the 3 major long tracts of the nervous system?
2. Where do the majority of descending motor pathways decussate?
3. A lesion of the corticospinal tract occurring in the medulla would produce deficits in the body that are ipsilateral or contralateral to the lesion?
4. Lesions in the precentral gyrus cause (a) (choose one: motor or sensory) deficits of the (b) (choose one: ipsilateral or contralateral) side of the body.
a) ________
b) ________
5. A lesion such as stroke or head trauma in the somatosensory association cortex would most likely cause severe sensory deficits, such as ability to feel pain or temperature. True or false?
6. Is a patient with face and arm weakness more likely to have a lesion on the lateral cortical surface or in the interhemispheric fissure?
7. Is a patient with leg weakness more likely to have a lesion on the lateral cortical surface or in the interhemispheric fissure?
1. In the spinal cord, sensory neurons run through the gray matter on the dorsal side of the cord, while motor neurons run through the ventral side. True or false.
2. White matter in the spinal cord is thickest in what area?
a) Cervical
b) Thoracic
c) Lumbar
d) Sacral
3. What is the function of the lateral corticospinal tract?
4. What general level of the spinal cord relates to the lungs?
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