Neuro

Question 1

What is the thalamus and hypothalamus responsible for?

Answer 1

Sleep wake cycle and pitiably glad functions

Question 2

What many spinal nerves do we have?

Answer 2

31

Question 3

How many cranial Nerves do we have?

Answer 3

12

Question 4

What are common signs and symptoms for nervous system diseases and disorders?

Answer 4

Headaches,nausea,vomiting,weakness,mood swings and fever

Question 5

What are different disturbances in sensory functions?

Answer 5

Visual difficulties, inability to speak, paralysis

Question 6

What does neurological testing include?

Answer 6

Motor sensory and mental functions

Question 7

What does a BAER test for?

Answer 7

Brainstorm auditory evokes response

Question 8

What does VER/VEP rest for?

Answer 8

Visual evokes response

Question 9

What does EMG/Ncv rest for? And which is fine first?

Answer 9

Electromyography and nerve conduction velocity and NCV is fine first

Question 10

What is encephalitis?

Answer 10

Inflammation of the brain tissue

Question 11

What is encephalitis a complication of?

Answer 11

Chicken pox,measles, mumps

Question 12

What is a vector of encephalitis?

Answer 12

Mosquito

Question 13

What is meningitis?

Answer 13

Infmallation if the meninges the dura arachnid and pia mater

Question 14

What is the M/C bacteria that causes meningitis and what is it’s everyday name?

Answer 14

Neisseria meningitides gonorrhea

Question 15

What will be high if a person has bacterial meningitis?

Answer 15

Neutrophils

Question 16

What will he high if a person has viral meningitis?

Answer 16

Lymphocytes a

Question 17

What is Poliomyelitis?

Answer 17

Viral infection of the brain and spinal cord

Question 18

What is a CBA?

Answer 18

Stroke

Question 19

What is the M/C cause of death of 50 you?

Answer 19

CVA

Question 20

What are the two different treatments for a CVA?

Answer 20

TPA(expensive( or streptokinase(cheap)

Question 21

I hat CVS drug saves your memory?

Answer 21

TPA

Question 22

What are the different types of CVAs?

Answer 22

Cerebral thrombus-brain artery clot M/C in women
Cerebral embolism-thrombus plaque breaks off and travels M/C in women
Cerebral hemorrhage- artery rupture M/C in women

Question 23

What is a TIA?

Answer 23

Sudden mild mini stroke

Question 24

What is bruites?

Answer 24

Wishing sound associated with TIA

Question 25

What is DDD?

Answer 25

Degenerative disk disease | Wearing away of the invertebratal disk

Question 26

What is one of the most common disorders in humans in regards to the neurological system?

Answer 26

Headaches

Question 27

What are the types of headaches?

Answer 27

Tension-stress,strain and tension on the facial neck and scale muscles Cluster- fist diagnosis in 1986 stress,trauma,occurs at night Migraine- sever Post lumbar puncture headaches- d/t CSF leakage

Question 28

What is epilepsy?

Answer 28

Intermittent episodes of abnormal electrical activity in the brain

Question 29

What are the different types of epilepsy?

Answer 29

Petit mal-blank stare seizure Status epileptics-convulsive seizure Grand mal- confusions, loss of consciousness, unconfirmed of bowel and bladder

Question 30

What is Bell’s palsy?

Answer 30

Affects CN 7, normally affects L side of face

Question 31

What makes and individual at a higher risk of Bell’s palsy?

Answer 31

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Question 32

What is Parkinson’s disease?

Answer 32

Slow progressive brain degeneration

Question 33

What disease is associated with pill rolling finger motion?

Answer 33

Parkinson’s

Question 34

What is Alzheimer’s?

Answer 34

Neuron death replaced with plaque

Question 35

What is head trauma dementia?

Answer 35

Injury to any part of the brain

Question 36

What are the two different types of brain tumors?

Answer 36

Primary-where it starts in the brain | Secondary-start in another part of the body and metastasis to brain

Question 37

What is the difference between a concussion and contusion?

Answer 37

Cucussion doees NOT involve injury to the brain | And contusion is a physical nursing of the brain tissue

Question 38

What is a coup lesion?

Answer 38

A lesion on the front of the head | Example head hitting windshield during car accident

Question 39

What is a contra coup lesion?

Answer 39

When the head is thrown forward and makes contact with and object and gets throw back and the back of the head also get hit Example rear ending