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Chapter 18 - Nervous System Flashcards

1
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Cerebrovascular disease is ___ leading cause of death in US

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3rd

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Mental status exam evaluates:

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  • Level of consciousness
  • Speech
  • Orientation
  • Knowledge of current events
  • Judgment
  • Abstraction
  • Vocab
  • Emotional responses
  • Memory
  • Calculation ability
  • Object recognition
  • Praxis
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3
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Describe patients in a coma

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  • Completely unconscious

- Cannot be roused even by painful stimuli

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4
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How to assess level of consciousness

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Awake? Alert? Responsive?

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How to evaluate a patient’s speech

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Recite a short phrase like “no ifs, ands, or buts”

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6
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Define dysarthria

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Difficulty in articulation

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Define dysphonia

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Difficulty in phonation (resulting in alteration in volume and tone of voice)

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Lesions of the ____ are responsible for dysarthria

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Tongue and palate

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9
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Lesions of the ____ are responsible for dysphonia

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Palate and vocal cords

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10
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Define dysphasia

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Difficulty comprehending or speaking

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What causes dysphasia?

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Cerebral dysfunction

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12
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Define aphasia

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Total loss of speech

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13
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How to evaluate orientation

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Patient’s awareness of self in relation to person, place, time

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14
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An abnormality in recent memory may be caused by a lesion where?

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Temporal lobe

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15
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The ability to calculate depends on the integrity of what?

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Dominant cerebral hemisphere AND patient’s intelligence

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16
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Define agnosia

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Failure to recognize a sensory stimulus despite normal primary sensation

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17
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Define visual agnosia

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Patient has normal vision and fails to recognize an object

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18
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Define tactile agnosia

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Inability to recognize an object by palpation (w/o a sensory defect)

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19
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A lesion located in the ___ can cause tactile agnosia

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Non-dominant parietal lobe

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20
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Define autotopagnosia

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Patient’s inability to recognize his or her own body part

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21
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Define praxis

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Ability to perform a motor activity

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22
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Define apraxia

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Inability to perform a voluntary movement (w/o deficits in motor strength, sensation, or coordination)

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23
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Define dyspraxia

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Decreased ability to perform a motor activity

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24
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Define constructional apraxia

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Patient is unable to construct or draw simple designs (e.g. face of a clock)

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25
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A lesion in the ____ causes dyspraxia

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Deep frontal lobe

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26
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A lesion in the ___ causes constructional apraxia

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Posterior parietal lobe

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27
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CN 1 name and function

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Olfactory - Smell

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28
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CN 2 name and function

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Optic - Vision

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29
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CN 3 name and function

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Oculomotor - eye movements, pupillary constriction, accommodation

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30
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CN 4 name and function

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Trochlear - eye movements

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31
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CN 5 name and function

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Trigeminal - general sensation of face/scalp/teeth, chewing movements

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CN 6 name and function

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Abducens - eye movements

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33
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CN 7 name and function

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Facial - expressions, taste, general sensation of palate/external ear, salivary gland secretion

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34
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CN 8 name and function

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Vestibulocochlear - hearing and equilibrium

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35
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CN 9 name and function

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Glossopharyngeal - taste, elevation of palate, parotid gland secretion, general sensation of pharynx and ear

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CN 10 name and function

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Vagus - taste, swallowing, phonation, parasympathetic innervation of heart and abdominal viscera, general sensation of pharynx, larynx, ear

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37
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CN 11 name and function

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Spinal accessory - phonation, head/neck/shoulder movements

38
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CN 12 name and function

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Hypoglossal - tongue movements

39
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When should CN 1 be tested?

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Suspected frontal lobe disorder

40
Q

Divisions of trigeminal nerve

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Ophthalmic
Maxillary
Mandibular

41
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Unilateral weakness of CN 5 (motor) causes what to happen when patient chews?

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Jaw deviates TOWARD side of lesion

42
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How do upper motor neuron lesions affect the face?

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Contralateral weakness of lower face but SPARES forehead (e.g. stroke)

43
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How do lower motor neuron lesions affect the face?

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Total paralysis of ipsilateral face, does NOT spare forehead

e.g. Bells palsy

44
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Fasciculations are indicative of a ___ lower motor neuron lesion

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Hypoglossal

45
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The motor system is evaluated for:

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Muscle bulk, strength, tone

46
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Proximal muscle weakness is related to:

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Muscle disease

47
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Distal muscle weakness is related to:

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Neurologic disease

48
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Define muscle tone

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Slight residual tension in a voluntarily relaxed muscle

49
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How is muscle tone assessed?

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Resistance to passive movement

50
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What clinical features do upper motor neuron lesions produce?

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Hyperreflexia
Babinski’s sign
Clonus
Spasticity

51
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What clinical features do lower motor neuron lesions produce?

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Hyporeflexia
Fasciculations
Atrophy
Decreased tone

52
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How can you make fasciculations more apparent?

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Gently tap muscle with reflex hammer

53
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Define cogwheeling

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Ratchety jerkiness to motion

54
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Hyperactive reflexes are characteristic of what type of disease?

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Pyramidal tract

electrolyte abnormalities, hyperthyroid

55
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Diminished reflexes are characteristic of what type of disease?

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Anterior horn cell disorders and myopathies

56
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What is a hung reflex?

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  • Decreased relaxation after a DTR

- Occurs with hypothyroidism pts

57
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Describe reinforcement with DTRs

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  • When someone has decreased DTRs, try reinforcement

- Isometric contraction of other muscles (clenching teeth, push down on bed with thighs)

58
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What is Jendrassik’s maneuver?

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  • A form of reinforcement to try to elicit LE DTRs

- Patient locks fingers and tries to pull them apart

59
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What DTRs are routinely tested?

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Biceps
Triceps
Brachioradialis
Patellar
Achilles
60
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What are the superficial reflexes?

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  • Abdominal (umbilicus moves toward stimulus)

- Cremasteric (men only, ipsilateral testicle raises)

61
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The superficial abdominal reflex is frequently NOT seen in which patients?

62
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What is the clinical significance of superficial reflexes?

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LITTLE significance

63
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What is Chaddock’s sign?

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  • Abnormal reflex a/w pyramidal disease

- Lateral aspect of foot is stroked and big toe dorsiflexes

64
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What is Oppenheim’s sign?

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  • Abnormal reflex a/w pyramidal disease

- Downward pressure along the shin causes big toe to dorsiflex

65
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What is Hoffmann’s sign?

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  • Abnormal reflex a/w pyramidal disease
  • Flick fingernail of middle finger
  • Positive response is adduction and flexion of thumb (the ok symbol)
66
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Sensory exam consists of:

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  • Light touch
  • Pain sensation
  • Vibration sense
  • Proprioception
  • Tactile localization
  • Discriminative sensations (2 point, stereognosis, graphesthesia)
67
Q

Vibration sense is tested using what?

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128-Hz tuning fork

68
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How is proprioception tested?

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Moving distal phalanx subtly (hold the sides of the digit)

69
Q

Stereognosis is the integrative function of which lobes?

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Parietal and occipital

70
Q

How is cerebellar function tested?

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FNF (finger nose finger)
HKS (heel knee shin)
Rapid alternating movement
Romberg
Gait
71
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Define past pointing

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Patients with cerebellar disease persistently overshoot the target in FNF testing

72
Q

Define diadochokinesia

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Ability to perform rapid alternating movements

73
Q

Pronator drift is seen in patients with:

A

Mild hemiparesis

74
Q

What is the Romberg test examining?

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Posterior columns (rather than actual cerebellar function)

75
Q

A patient with ____ tends to drag or circumduct a weak and spastic leg

A

Hemiplegia

76
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A patient with ____ tends to shuffle with short, hurried steps

A

Parkinson’s

77
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A patient with ____ walks with a wide based gait

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Cerebellar ataxia

78
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A patient with ____ has a slapping gait resulting from weakness of the ankle dorsiflexors

79
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A patient with ____ has a high stepping gait in which the feet are slapped down firmly

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Sensory ataxia

80
Q

Decorticate posture - which abnormalities/lesions?

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Cerebral hemispheric dysfunction OR destructive lesion of pyramidal tracts

81
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Decerebrate posture - which abnormalities/lesions?

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Midbrain or pons lesion

82
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What does decorticate posture look like?

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Arms adducted
Elbows/wrists/fingers flexed
Legs internally rotated
Feet plantarflexed

83
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What does decerebrate posture look like?

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Arms adducted
Elbows extended, forearms pronated
Wrists/fingers flexed
Feet plantarflexed

84
Q

Central neurogenic hyperventilation is see in lesions of:

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Midbrain or pons

85
Q

Describe Cheyne-Stokes breathing

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Rapid breathing separated by apnea episodes

A/w brainstem compression or bilateral cerebral dysfunction

86
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Brainstem lesion and doll’s eyes reflex

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Doll’s eyes reflex is ABSENT with a brainstem lesion

87
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Doll’s eye reflex

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  • Turning a comatose pt’s head rapidly to one side while eyelids are held open
  • Eyes SHOULD move conjugately to the other side
88
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Why can doll’s eyes reflex only be elicited in a comatose patient?

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Alert individuals will fixate on an object and override the reflex

89
Q

What is caloric stimulation and what is it used for?

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  • Head flexed at 30 degrees, syringe of ice water is squeezed into one of the external auditory canals
  • NORMAL response is nystagmus away from irrigation (warm water would cause nystagmus toward irrigation)
  • Used to enhance doll’s eyes reflex or to test movements in a person with fractured cervical spine
90
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How to remember caloric stimulation?

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COWS - Cold Opposite, Warm Same

  • Cold water causes nystagmus to other side of irrigation
  • Warm water causes nystagmus to same side of irrigation
91
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Extrapyramidal system is composed of:

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Basal ganglia
Nuclei of midbrain and reticular formation
Cerebellum

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