Pathology of the Nervous System - Recognising the Abnormal Flashcards
(39 cards)
Prevalence of neurological disease - dogs, ruminants, rat

Brain at necroscopy - major anatomical changes and types of lesions (7)

Gross neurological specimen samples taken to be representative (6)

What stain is used for neuroanatomy?
Luxol fast blue - stains myelin (white matter)

Frontal lobe/basal nuclei

Thalamus

Midbrain

Pons

Brainstem/cerebellum

Brainstem

Spinal cord
How does lesion distribution affect clinical signs? (Lobes of brain and their func) (4)

Spinal cord anatomy (16)

Neuroanatomy - where do sensory and motor nerves enter and leave?

Symmetrical lesion (3)

Focal lesion (2)

Multifocal lesion (2)

Lesion in meninges

Lesion in ventricles

Difference between lesions in white and grey matter

What is malacia? (3)

CNS fibrosis (2)

Describe the lesion


Major lesion patterns (5)














