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Chp 11 - Nervous System Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
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encephal/o

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brain

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cephal/o

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head

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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mening/o

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meninges

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chord/o

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spinal chord

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neur/o

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nerve

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somat/o

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body

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cerebell/o

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cerebellum

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home/o

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same

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-glia

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glue

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frontal lobe

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speech, personality, emotions and problem solving

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insular lobe

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empathy, interpretive awareness and cognition

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temporal lobe

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controls hearing and smell

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parietal lobe

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touch, taste, and spatial perception; internal compass

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occipital lobe

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responsible for vision

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cerebrum

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largest part of the brain; divided into 2 hemispheres

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dura mater

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tough, fibrous outer layer of the meninges

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hemiplegia

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paralysis on one side of body

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syncope

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fainting

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paraplegia

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paralysis of lower limbs and trunk

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quadriplegia

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paralysis of arms, legs, and trunk

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TIA

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Transient Ischemic Attack; temporary loss of blood to the brain that may develop until a full-blow stroke; “Warning Stroke”

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hematoma

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bruise

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Alzheimer’s Disease

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condition characterized by impairment of cognitive function, memory loss, disorientation, progressive dementia

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Parkinson’s Disease

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condition characterized by fine tremors, muscle rigidity, shuffling gait, and bradykinesia

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CVA

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Cerebral Vascular Accident; Stroke; severe TIA

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MS

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Multiple Sclerosis; destruction of the myelin sheaths around the nerves

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MD

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Muscular Dystrophy; progressive atrophy of skeletal muscle w/o neural involvement

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Lumbar Puncture

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Spinal Tap; used to obtain cerebrospinal fluid for analysis

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Nerve Conduction Test

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measures how fast an impulse travels along a nerve after stimulus

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neuron

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nerve cell

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amnesia

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loss of memory

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convulsion

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seizure

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coma

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prolonged unconsciousness

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Bell’s Palsey

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facial paralysis

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EEG

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recording the electrical activity of the brain

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meningitis

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inflammation or infection of the dura mater and/or pia mater

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ALS

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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis aka Lou Gehrig’s disease

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contusion

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bruise of the brain

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vertigo

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dizziness

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migraine

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headache of vascular origin

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transcutaneous

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pertaining to through the skin

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CTS

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; compression injury of the median nerve at the wrist.

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