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Ch 14 & 15 Flashcards

1
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How is the cerebrum divided up?

A

Two hemispheres which are divided into four lobes.

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2
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What are the four lobes in the cerebrum?

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Frontal lobe
Parietal lobe
Temporal lobe
Occipital lobe

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3
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What function is the frontal lobe responsible for?

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Contains Primary motor complex

Voluntary motor activity

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4
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Where is Broca’s area located and what’s it’s function?

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Located in the frontal lobe

Involved in formulation of words

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What other functions is the frontal lobe in charge of?

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Intellectual function
Awareness of self
Personality
Autonomic responses related to emotion.

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6
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What is the role of the parietal lobe?

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Primary sensory cortex that receives sensory input such as position, touch, shape, and texture of objects.

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7
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What role does the temporal lobe have?

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Primary auditory cortex

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8
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What is Wernickes area and what is it responsible for?

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Located in the left temporal lobe

Responsible for comprehension of spoken and written language.

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9
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What other duties happen in the temporal lobe?

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Interprets auditory, visual, and somatic sensory inputs that are stored into thoughts and memory.

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10
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What are functions of the cerebellum?

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Coordinating movement
Equilibrium
Muscle tone
Proprioreception

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11
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Do each cerebellar hemisphere control movement for the same side of the body?

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Yes

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12
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Where does the spinal cord connect?

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Medulla oblongata.

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13
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What does the central nervous system consist of?

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Brain and spinal cord

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14
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What areas are routinely assessed when assessing peripheral nerves?

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Hands, lower arms, abdomen, lower legs, and feet. If sensation is intact no further evaluation needed.

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15
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What are some causes of abnormal peripheral nerve findings?

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Nerve root compression
Inflammation
Peripheral neuropathy(decreased sensation)

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16
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What do we do to test our exteroceptive receptors?

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Light touch and superficial pain

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17
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What do we test for when we check our proprioreception receptors?

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Test the muscle joints, tendons and ligaments for motion and vibration.

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18
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What is cortical sensation?

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Sensory perception of integration and discriminate receptors.

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19
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What is kinesthetic?

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Sensation by moving fingers and toes up and down

20
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What is stereognosis?

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Identification of familiar object in hand

21
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What is graphesthesia?

A

Identification of number and letter drawn on hand, back, or other area.

22
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What is meningitis?

A

Inflammation of meninges surrounding brain and spinal cord.

23
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What causes meningitis?

A

Invasion of bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, or other toxins.

24
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What is the most common form of meningitis?

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Bacterial. If not treated it can lead to death.

25
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Can you recover fully from viral meningitis?

A

Yes

26
Q

What are symptoms of meningitis?

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Severe headache
Fever
Stiff neck 
Positive for brudzinki's and kernig sign
LOC decrease
Confusion, agitation, and irritability
27
Q

What is MS and what are the symptoms?

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Progressive demyelination of nerve fibers of brain and spinal cord. Autoimmune disorder than virally attacks myelin at various sites of CNS. Fatigue depression parAsthesia

28
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What is encephalitis?

A

Inflammation of brain tissue and meninges. Caused by bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites

29
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What is Parkinson’s disease?

A

Dopamine producing neurons degenerate. Symptoms include resting tremor, bradykinesia, and rigidity.

30
Q

What is CVA?

A

Stroke or cerebralvascular accident.

31
Q

What is trigeminal neuralgia?

A

Pain in 1-3 branches of CN V brought on by trauma to face or head or infection of teeth or jaw.

32
Q

What is Bells Palsy?

A

Acute unilateral paralysis of facial nerve.

33
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What is Myasthenia Gravis?

A

Neuromuscular disease with abnormal weakness of voluntary muscles. Improves with rest. Muscle weakness occurs. Common in younger women and men

34
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What is Guillain Barre syndrome?

A

Widespread demyelination of nerves in the PNS. Weakness and paresthesia in lower extremities then moves to upper extremities/face

35
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Functions of tendons?

A

Muscle to bone

36
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Function of ligaments?

A

Connects bone to bone?

37
Q

What is active ROM?

A

Patient moves joint through ROM

38
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What is passive ROM?

A

You move relaxed joint through ROM

39
Q

What is rheumatoid arthritis?

A

Swelling in joints surrounding connective tissue.

40
Q

What is osteoarthritis?

A

Degenerative joint disease.

41
Q

What is gout?

A

A hereditary disease where there’s too much uric acid/ not broken down.

42
Q

What kinds of questions are asked about pain?

A

Where’s the pain felt?
Did the pain occur suddenly or gradually?
Does the pain move from one joint to the next?
What makes the pain worse?
What relieves the pain?

43
Q

What is a spine HNP?

A

Herniated disk or slipped disk

44
Q

What is carpel tunnel syndrome?

A

When the median nerve compressed between carpel ligament and other structures within carpal tunnel.

45
Q

What are symptoms of carpal tunnel?

A

Numbness
Pain
Paresthesia
Using Tinels/phalans sign to test

46
Q

What is Phalens sign?

A

Test if the backs of the hands meet together

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