neural 5; huntington's and dementia

Question 1

AIDS dementia

Answer 1

destroys Tcells

Question 2

wernicke-korsakoff syndrome

Answer 2

brain on alcohol

Question 3

multiple nerve deficits

longest axons

Answer 3

polyneuropathy

Question 4

prion proteins

mad cow kills in 4-6 months

Answer 4

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Question 5

increased ICP
headache
vomiting
visual problems

Answer 5

generalized disturbances from brain tumors

Question 6

glioblastoma

Answer 6

rapid fatal cancer in brain stem

Question 7

__% of all cancer deaths are brain tumors

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2%

Question 8

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Answer 8

prion proteins

mad cow kills in 4-6 months

Question 9

cancer from brain glial cell

80% of adult brain tumors

Answer 9

astrocytoma

Question 10

dementia

Answer 10

disorder of memory and cognition

Question 11

peripheral nerve toughness

Answer 11

very resilient

Question 12

dysfx of particular areas
seizures
hallucinations
sensory deficits

Answer 12

focal disturbances from brain tumors

Question 13

brain tumors can be either

Answer 13

focal disturbances
generalized disturbances
usually benign

Question 14

menangiomas

Answer 14

cancer outside dura

can be removed repeatedly

Question 15

metastatic brain tumor patients

Answer 15

elderly

previous leukemia or lymph cancer makes them more at risk

Question 16

central nerve toughness

Answer 16

delicate

Question 17

generalized disturbances from brain tumor

Answer 17

increased ICP
headache
vomiting
visual problem

Question 18

amyloid plaques build up
ACH used as neurotransmitter of memory
amyloid precursor protein (APP)

Answer 18

alzheimer’s

Question 19

guilliain-barre syndrome

Answer 19

acute immune mediated
virus induced paralysis from legs to diagphragm
ventilator needed
polyneuropathy

Question 20

delicate nerves

Answer 20

central nerves

Question 21

single nerve/ nerve trunk damage

Answer 21

mononeuropathy

Question 22

focal disturbance from brain tumors

Answer 22

dysfx of particular areas
seizures
hallucinations
sensory deficits

Question 23

huntington’s disease

Answer 23

degeneration of neurons
autosomal dominant
30-40yo
depressed with tremors

Question 24

carpal tunnel

Answer 24

compression of medial nerve
tingling/pain in wrist
mononeuropathy

Question 25

Alzheimer's stages

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1_last 1-5 years; forgetful 2_forgets dangerous things 3_cannot take care of themselves death from pneumonia or forgetting how to breathe

Question 26

vascular dementia

Answer 26

HTN infarcts

Question 27

alzheimers disease

Answer 27

amyloid plaques build up ACH used as neurotransmitter of memory amyloid precursor protein (APP)

Question 28

types of dementia

Answer 28

``` AIDS dementia creutzfeldt-jakob disease wenicke-korsakoff syndrome vascular dementia alzheimer disease ```

Question 29

degeneration of neurons autosomal dominant 30-40yo depressed with tremors

Answer 29

huntington's disease

Question 30

disorder of memory and cognition

Answer 30

dementia

Question 31

polyneuropathy

Answer 31

mutliple nerve deficits | longest axons

Question 32

acute immune mediated virus induced paralysis from legs to diaphragm ventulator needed polyneuropathy

Answer 32

guilliain-barre syndrome

Question 33

destroys Tcells

Answer 33

AIDS dementia

Question 34

very resilient nerves

Answer 34

peripheral

Question 35

compression of medial nerve tingling/pain in wrist mononeuropathy

Answer 35

carpal tunnel

Question 36

cancer outside dura | can be removed repeatedly

Answer 36

menangiomas

Question 37

brain on alcohol

Answer 37

wernicke-korsakoff syndrome

Question 38

HTN infarcts

Answer 38

vascular dementia

Question 39

mononeuropathy

Answer 39

single nerve/ nerve trunk damaged

Question 40

rapid fatal cancer in brain stem

Answer 40

glioblastoma

Question 41

astrocytoma

Answer 41

cancer from brain glial cell | 80% of adult brain tumors

Question 42

``` AIDS dementia creutzfeldt-jakob disease wernicke-korsakoff syndrome vascular dementia alzheimer disease ```

Answer 42

types of dementias

Question 43

elderly | previous leukemia or lymph cancer makes them more at risk

Answer 43

metastatic brain tumor patients