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Question 1

what compartment does the obturator nerve innervate

Answer 1

medial compartment of thigh

Question 2

what muscles does obturator nerve innervate

Answer 2

external obturator, adductor longus, adductor brevis, adductor magnus, gracilis and pectineus

Question 3

what would a bilateral lesion of abducent nerve show in eyes

Answer 3

convergence of eyes in primary position

also lateral diplopia-diplopia on walking down the stairs

Question 4

where does the aorta pass through the diaphragm

Answer 4

T12

Question 5

what signs would someone with erbs palsy present with

Answer 5

loss of abduction, flexion and lateral rotation of arm, producing a waiters tip posture

Question 6

what does an upper motor neuron lesion of the facial nerve cause

Answer 6

paralysis of the lower half of the face

Question 7

what does a lower motor lesion of facial nerve cause

Answer 7

paralysis of ipsilateral side of the face

Question 8

what could damage to the sciatic nerve cause

Answer 8

foot drop
inability to extend halluces longus
loss of sensation to posterior aspect of thigh and leg

Question 9

how do you calculate cerebral perfusion pressure

Answer 9

MAP-ICP

Question 10

what are features of klumpkes paralysis

Answer 10

claw hand (MCP joints extended and IP joints flexed)
loss of sensation over medial aspect of forearm and hand
horners syndrome
loss of flexors of the wrist

Question 11

what are the features of essential tremor

Answer 11

autosomal dominant condition
usually affects both upper limbs
postural tremor-worse if arms outstretched
improved by alcohol and rest

Question 12

how is essential tremor managed

Answer 12

propranolol is first line than can use primidone

Question 13

what is the pneumonic for the branches of cerebral portion of ICA

Answer 13

Only Press Carotid Arteries Momentarily 
Opthalmic 
Posterior Communicating 
Choroidal 
Anterior Cerebral 
Middle cerebral

Question 14

what is contained in the foramen spinosum

Answer 14

middle meningeal artery

Question 15

what is contained within the foramen lacernum

Answer 15

nothing it is filled with cartilage after birth

Question 16

give examples of dopamine agonists

Answer 16

pramipexole, ropinirole and bromocriptine

Question 17

what is contained within the Broadman area 3a

Answer 17

proprioceptors for body position

Question 18

what is contained within Broadman area 3b

Answer 18

cutaneous receptors, rapid adapting receptors for touch (texture shape and size)

Question 19

where are Golgi tendon organs located and what do they prevent against

Answer 19

monitor changes in muscle tension to prevent from overload, located at the junction between tendon and muscle

Question 20

describe typical features of LMN lesions

Answer 20

wasting and fasciculations

reduced/absent reflexes

Question 21

how can you tell the difference in primary muscle disease and LMN

Answer 21

symmetrical loss and reflexes lost later in LMN lesions than neuropathies and there is no sensory loss with LMN lesions

Question 22

jacksonian is an example of what type of epilepsy

Answer 22

focal/partial epilepsy

Question 23

where is the activity in jacksonian epilepsy

Answer 23

frontal lobe

Question 24

where is the activity in someone with lip smacking

Answer 24

parietal lobe

Question 25

seizure with uprising feature of nervousness where is the activity

Answer 25

temporal lobe

Question 26

treatment for generalised seizures

Answer 26

1st line sodium valproate but this is teratogenic so give lamotrigine

Question 27

treatment for focal seizures

Answer 27

carbamazepine

Question 28

what does stroke of middle cerebral artery cause

Answer 28

weakness of face and upper limb

Question 29

what is on the lateral wall of the cavernous sinus

Answer 29

oculomotor nerve, trochlear, ophthalmic and maxillary nerve

Question 30

where does the abducent nerve travel in relation to the cavernous sinus

Answer 30

It travels though the cavernous sinus, the enters the orbit though the superior orbital fissure

Question 31

what drug do you give for drug induced parkinsonism

Answer 31

procylidine

Question 32

what drug do you give for Lewy body dementia

Answer 32

cholinesterase inhibitor

Question 33

which lobe is wernickes area in

Answer 33

the temporal lobe

Question 34

which lobe is brocas area in

Answer 34

the frontal lobe