Ch9 Nervous System - Somatic Diseases & Conditions

Question 1

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD)

Answer 1

idiopathic atrophy of the neurons in the brain (we don’t know what causes it)

Question 2

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Answer 2

aka Lou Gehrig’s disease; degeneration of skeletal motor neurons (Steven Hawking); idiopathic

Question 3

Bell’s Palsy

Answer 3

hemiplegia of the face. Cranial nerve 7 stops working; could be from a virus or trauma

Question 4

Cerebral Aneurysm

Answer 4

localized ballooning of vessel in the brain

Question 5

Cerebral Contusion

Answer 5

brain bruise

Question 6

Cerebral Palsy (CP)

Answer 6

usu due to trauma during birth or in the womb; brain goes without oxygen for too long and causes it to not develop normally

Question 7

Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)

Answer 7

loss of blood supply in the brain (“stroke”)

Question 8

Hemorrhagic Stroke

Answer 8

ruptured aneurysm

Question 9

Ischemic Stroke

Answer 9

artery blocked

Question 10

Coma

Answer 10

brain turns off everything except vital body functions

Question 11

Concussion (TBI)

Answer 11

bruising/injury to brain from sports/trauma that causes?

Question 12

Dementia

Answer 12

precursor to Alzheimer’s disease or may not progress at all

Question 13

Epidural hematoma (EDH)

Answer 13

bleeding from trauma on, over, upon the dura mater and skull; can cause pressure (intracranial pressure) to increase

Question 14

Epilepsy

Answer 14

disease that causes seizures; arrhythmia of brain (abnormal firing of neurons)

Question 15

Gullain-Barre Syndrome; GB Syndrome

Answer 15

inflam. of PNS post infection; progressive muscle weakness that may lead to paralysis

Question 16

Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

Answer 16

autoimmune disease that causes degen. of myelin; brain messages don’t get transmitted correctly; paralysis

Question 17

Parkinson’s Disease (PD)

Answer 17

disease of brain which causes tremors

Question 18

Poliomyelitis (polio)

Answer 18

viral infection of the central nervous system that causes paralysis

Question 19

Shingles

Answer 19

herpes (chicken pox) viral infection that causes breakout along ribs; treated w/ antivirals

Question 20

Subdural Hematoma

Answer 20

same as Epidural Hematoma except bleed is underneath dura mater

Question 21

Syncope

Answer 21

fainting

Question 22

Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)

Answer 22

warning sign of a stroke; angina is to heart attack as TIA is to stroke

Question 23

Tremor

Answer 23

abnormal contractions that is seen in parkinson’s disease