Intro/tumors Flashcards
(39 cards)
C5
shoulder abduction
C6
elbow flexion
C7
elbow extension
C8
wrist flexion
T1
finger abduction
L2
hip flexion
L4
knee extension
L5
dorsiflexion, toe
S1
plantar flexion
personality is in what lobe?
frontal
where is your perception, academia lobe?
parietal
temporal lobe is with
memory hearing learning feelings, music, language
what is the most abundant cell type in the CNS?
glial cells: including oligodedrocytes, astrocytes, ependymal cells, Schwann cells, microglia, satellite
injury in upper motor neurons can cause what
hypertonia
injury in lower motor neurons can cause what
flaccid paresis
What are upper motor neuron signs?
hyperreflexia, increased MSR
clonus
hypertonia
extensor plantar response
loss of inhibition of function!
upper and lower motor neurons control
voluntary movement
Acute trauma, acute neurologic change, acute stroke/TIA, acute HA, pre-LP, hydrocephalus, intracranial hemorrhage
imaging choice?
CT
Mass, dementia
imaging choice?
MRI
aneurysm or AVM, imaging choice?
MRA or CTA
new or different headaches
seizures
focal neurological deficits
symptoms of elevated intracranial pressure (headaches awakening a patient at night, worsening with Valsalva, cough, recumbent)
personality changes, intellectual decline, emotional lability, nausea, malaise
intracranial mass symptoms (generally)
slowly increasing signs of mental dysfunction, new seizures, persistent headaches, pressure inside skull (vomiting, papilledema), calls for what
1- thorough neuro eval
2 - imaging
a focal finding is when you can
utilize diagnostic tools to narrow down to a specific location and tells you where and what structurally is wrong
When you find focal findings, you know something
neurologically is wrong