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Chapter 12 - Diseases of the Nervous System Flashcards

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1
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What do the ventricles in the brain produce?

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Cerebrospinal Fluid

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Where does the CSF circulation start from?

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From the two lateral ventricles through intraventricular foramina

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Where does the third ventricle go through?

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Cerebral aqueduct into the 4th ventricle

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Where does the 4th Ventricle go through?

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Through the lateral and medial apertures

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The loss of cerebral control following injury; An immediate and temporary disturbance of brain functions

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Concussion

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A crushing compression of the brain that leads to hemorrhaging and swelling

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Contusion

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A cutting wound that penetrates the skull; Results in bleeding

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Laceration

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A hemorrhage that is due to a fracture or trauma to the head; Blood starts to pool. If unrelieved could die in days or weeks

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Extradural Hemorrhage

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Three Types of Intracranial Hemorrhages?

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Extradural, Subdural and Subarachnoid

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More severe fracture or injury in the intracranial hemorrhage; Death within a few days

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Subdural hemorrhage

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Most severe intracranial; Rapid bleeding in the brain; Death within hours

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Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

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Inflammation of the membranes of the brain or spinal cord

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Meningitis

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Life threatening form of meningitis that could cause epidemic meningitis

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Bacterial Meningitis

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Most common form of meningitis for people with impaired immune systems

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Fungal Meningitis

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The causes of Meningitis?

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Viruses
Fungi
Protozoans
Cancers

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The main symptom of Meningitis?

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Stiff neck

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17
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Temporary lack of circulation to a part of the brain; Could cause ischemia?

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Transient Ischemic Attack

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What is the main side effect of Transient Ischemic Attacks?

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Mini Strokes

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An apoplexy/ Stroke; The Sudden death of some brain cells due to lack of oxygen caused by a blockage or rupture of an artery in the brain

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Cerebrovascular Accident

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What does the Cerebrovascular Accident all depend on?

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The size of the hemorrhage

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What is the most common symptom of a Cerebrovascular Accident?

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Weakness or paralysis of one side of the body with partial or complete loss of voluntary movement

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22
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Inflammation of the brain

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Encephalitis

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23
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The symptoms of Encephalitis?

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Swelling of the brain
Fever
Headache

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24
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Acute inflammation of the brain and spinal cord

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Encephalomyelitis

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25
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Late stages of syphilis often affect the brain and spinal cord

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Neurosyphilis

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26
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The damage to the brain in neurosyphilis is what?

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General Paresis

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27
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What is the damage to the spinal cord in neurosyphilis?

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Tabes Dorsalis

28
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Inflmmation of a nerve or nerves

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Neuritis

29
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The three main symptoms of Neuritis?

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Hyperesthesia
Paresthia
Dysesthesia

30
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Mass of immune cells, pus, and other material draining into deeper brain tissue

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Cerebral Abscess

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What is the result of a Cerebral Abscess?

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Necrosis of healthy brain tissue; Encephalomalacia

32
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Inflammation of the spinal cord

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PolioMyelitis

33
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Acute viral infection of the central nervous system of warm blooded animals

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Rabies

34
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The biggest result of Rabies?

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Hydrophobia

35
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Bacterial disease that effects the nervous system

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Tetanus

36
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What are the toxins in tetanus attached to?

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Motor Neurons

37
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Chronic neurogenic disease marked by sudden alterations in consciousness and convulsions

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Epilepsy

38
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A small seizure where you lose consciousness for only a few seconds

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Petit mal Seizure

39
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A larger seizure where you lose consciousness for a few minutes. May result in cyanosis and you will turn blue some

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Grand mal Seizure

40
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Progressive and fatal brain disease due to formation of protein plaques or tangles of nerve fibers that interfere with communication between nerve cells in the brain

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Alzheimers

41
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Most common form of dementia?

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Alzheimers

42
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The most common symptom of Alzheimers?

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Amnesia (Short term memory loss)

43
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External surface of the brain with widened sulci and narrowed gyri mostly over frontal and parietal regions

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Cerebral Atrophy

44
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Lou Gehrigs Disease; Caused by destruction of both upper and lower motor neurons

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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; ALS

45
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Degenerative disorder of the central nervous system basal ganglia causing faulty nerve signal transmission

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Parkinson’s Disease

46
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What is the cause of Parkinson’s disease?

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Insufficient dopamine

47
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Disease of the nervous system; remissions and relapse Hardening or sclerosis scattered throughout the grey and white matters of the brain stem and the spinal cord

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Multiple Sclerosis

48
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What gets attacked in Multiple Sclerosis?

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Attacks its own Myelin

49
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The main symptom of Multiple Sclerosis?

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Loss of coordination

50
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Rare, degenerative brain disorder where the protein Prion is folded abnormally

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Creutzfeldt -Jakob Disease

51
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Motor disturbance present at birth, usually due to a congenital birth defect or trauma

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Cerebral Palsy

52
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Excessive accumulation of CSF in the ventricles of the brain

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Hydrocephalus

53
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Brain and spinal cord tumor

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Neoplasms

54
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Tumors that originate in the neuroglia of the brain

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Gliomas

55
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Type of Glioma; Astrocytes in the brain or spinal cord

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Astrocytomas

56
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Tumor of meninges

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Meningioma

57
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Malignant tumor of one or both eyes

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Retinoblastoma

58
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Renal Calculus or gravel

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Nephrolithiasis

59
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Prefix meaning kidney

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Nephr

60
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Suffix meaning pain

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Odynia

61
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Suffix meaning like

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Oid

62
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Prefix meaning few

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Oligo

63
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Diminished amount of urine production

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Oliguria

64
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Suffix meaning tumor

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Oma

65
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Inflammation of an ovary

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Oophoritis

66
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A condition or disease in which there is a change in anatomy

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Organic

67
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Suffix meaning full of

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Osis

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