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41 - Neurosurgery Flashcards

1
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Comes together to form basilar artery

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Vertebral arteries

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2
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Vertebral arteries branches into 2 _

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Posterior cerebral arteries

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3
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Connect middle cerebral arteries to posterior cerebral arteries

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Posterior communicating arteries

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4
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Branches off middle cerebral arteries

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Anterior cerebral arteries

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5
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Anterior cerebral arteries connected via

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anterior communicating artery

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6
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No axonal injury (temporary loss of function)

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Neuropraxia

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7
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Disruption of axon with preservation of axon sheath

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Axonotmesis

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8
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Disruption of axon AND myelin sheath

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Neurotmesis

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9
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bare sections of nerve, allows salutatory conduction

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Nodes of ranvier

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10
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ADH release controlled by _ nucleus of the hypothalamus

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Supraoptic nucleus

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11
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SDH are caued by injury to _

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Bridging veins

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12
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Epidural hematoma cause by injury to _

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Middle meningeal artery

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13
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Cresent shape on CT scan

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SDH

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14
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Convex/Lens shape on CT

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EDH

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15
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Lobe often affected with intracerebral hematomas

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Temporal lobe

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16
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Cushing triad

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HTN
Bradycardia
Decreased resp rate

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17
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Most sensitive test for SCI

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MRI

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18
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3 signs of spinal shock

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HoTN
Normo/Bradycardia
Warm extremities (vasodilation)

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19
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Bilateral areflexia, flaccidity, parasthesias

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Complete cord transection

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20
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Bilateral loss of motor, pain and temperature below level of lesion; preservation of position/vibratory sensation and light touch

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Anterior cord syndrome

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21
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Loss of ipsilateral motor and contralateral pain/teperature below level of lesion

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Brown-sequard syndrome (Hemisection)

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22
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Bilateral loss of pain, motor, and temperature sensation in upper extremities (lower spared)

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Central cord syndrome

23
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Pain and weakness in lower extremities 2/2 lumbar nerve compression

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Cauda (equina

24
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Tract that carries pain and temperature sensory fibers

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Spinothalamic (dorsal)

25
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Tracts (2) that carries motor neurons

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Corticospinal and rubrospinal

26
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Afferent nerve root, sensory fibers

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Dorsal nerve roots

27
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Efferent nerve root, motor fibers

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Ventral nerve roots

28
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Most common PRIMARY brain tumor

29
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Most common subtype of glioma; fatal

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Glioma multiforme

30
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1 metastasis to brain

31
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Most common brain tumor in children

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Medulloblastoma

32
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Most common metastatic brain tumor children

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neuroblastoma

33
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Acoutstic neuroma arises from _ cranial nerve at cerebellopontnie angle

34
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1 spinal tumor

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Neurofibroma

35
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_ spinal tumors are most likely benign

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Intradural

36
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_ spinal tumors are most likely malignant

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Extradural

37
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Brain bleeding type seen in premature infants

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Intraventricular hemorrhage

38
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Herniation of spinal cord and nerve roots through defect in vertebra

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Myelomeningocele

39
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Speech comprehension, temporal lobe

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Wernicke’s

40
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Speed motor, posterior part of anterior lobe

41
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Acts as brain macrophages

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Microglial cells

42
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Cranial nerve function/muscle of smell

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1 - olfactory

43
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Cranial nerve function/muscle of sight

44
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Cranial nerve function/muscle of motor to eye

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3 - oculomotor

45
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Cranial nerve function/muscle of sensory to face; muscle of mastication

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5 - trigeminal

46
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Cranial nerve function/muscle of superior oblique of eye

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4 - trochlear

47
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Cranial nerve function/muscle of lateral rectus to eye

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6 - abducens

48
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Cranial nerve function/muscle of taste ant 2/3 of tongue; motor to face

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7 - facial

49
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Cranial nerve function/muscle of hearing

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8 - vestibulochochlear

50
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Cranial nerve function/muscle of taste to posterior 1/3 tongue; swallowing

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9 - glossopharyngeal

51
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Cranial nerve function/muscle of many functions

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10 - vagus

52
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Cranial nerve function/muscle of trapezius, SCM

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11 - spinal accessory

53
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Cranial nerve function/muscle of tongue

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12 - hypoglossal

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