Chapter 6 Part 2

Question 1

Chorea is closely related to what disease?

Answer 1

Huntington’s

Question 2

What are some symptoms of Parkinson’s?

Answer 2

Muscle rigidity, dyskinesia, resting and pill rolling tremors flat affect, weak voice, dysarthria, dysphagia, small, shuffling gait, mild cognitive impairment

Question 3

Not a lot of facial movements, reduced movement

Answer 3

Flat affect

Question 4

What 2 treatments are used for Parkinson’s?

Answer 4

Deep brain stimulation, pallidotomy/thalamotomy

Question 5

Surgical insertion of a brain pacemaker that stimulates the basal ganglia, reducing Parkinsonian symptoms

Answer 5

Deep brain stimulation

Question 6

Cells in the globus pallidus are selectively destroyed using a heated probe

Answer 6

Pallidotomy

Question 7

Portion of the thalamus is removed

Answer 7

Thalamotomy

Question 8

Fluid filled spaces in the brain

Answer 8

Ventricles

Question 9

What are the 4 ventricles?

Answer 9

Right lateral, left lateral, third ventricle, fourth ventricle

Question 10

Produces CSF

Answer 10

Choroid plexus

Question 11

Where is CSF found in?

Answer 11

Brain ventricles, subarachnoid space, spinal cord

Question 12

What are the functions of the CSF (4)?

Answer 12

Protection, transports nutrients and hormones, removes waste, buoyancy

Question 13

Accumulation of CSF which arises from an imbalance in the production and drainage of the CSF; results in a large head

Answer 13

Hydrocephalus