neuro lab

Question 1

a continous head tilt is associated with what?

Answer 1

vestibular disease

Question 2

Ataxia can be caused by what?

Answer 2

1. lesion in cerebellum
2. lesion in vestibular system
3. spinal cord or brainstem lesion

Question 3

animals with ataxia tend to have what kind of stance and what kind of gait

Answer 3

wide stance

loose gait

Question 4

what is paresis?

Answer 4

weakness or inability to support weight or generate a normal gait

Question 5

postural reaction tests evaluate what?

Answer 5

proprioception and are very sensitive indicators of neurologic disfunction

Question 6

lesions of the forebrain cause proprioceptive defects on what side? what about brainstem and spinal cord lesions?

Answer 6

forebrain: contralateral side

brainstem/spinal cord: ipsilateral side

Question 7

lesions of the forebrain cause proprioceptive defects on what side? what about brainstem and spinal cord lesions?

Answer 7

forebrain: contralateral side

brainstem/spinal cord: ipsilateral side

Question 8

lesions of the forebrain cause proprioceptive defects on what side? what about brainstem and spinal cord lesions?

Answer 8

forebrain: contralateral side

brainstem/spinal cord: ipsilateral side

Question 9

What can cause neck pain?

Answer 9

1. inflam or infection with spine/spinal cord/meninges
2. inflam or infection of joints, bones, muscles
3. intracranial disease (forebrain mass lesions)

Question 10

what can pain in vertebral column be assocated with

Answer 10

1. intervertebral disk disease
2. diskospondylitis
3. neoplasia

Question 11

compresion of cauda equina can result in what?

Answer 11

pain at the lumbosarcal junction and discomfrot when dorsal traction is applied to the tail