CNS Flashcards
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What are the causes of cerebral tremor?
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Lesions that damage to cerebellum
- Stroke
- Lesions
- MS
- Chronic alcoholism
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What is a cerebral tremor?
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Slow broad tremor of extremities that occur at the end of purposeful movement
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What is cerebellar tremor accompanied by?
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- Dysarthria
- Nystagmus
- Gait problems
- Postural tremor of trunk and neck
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Q
What is a positive babinski?
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Lesion in pyramidal tract
4
Q
Signs of raised ICP?
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- Nausea
2. Vomiting
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Unilateral parietal lobe lesion
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- Contralateral hemihypersthesia
- Mild hemiparesis
- Parietal ataxia
- Homonymous hemianiopia or inferior quadrantopia
Left (usually dominant) - Sensory aphasia
- Gerstmann syndrome (dysgraphia, dyscalculia, finger agnosia, left right disorientation)
Right (usually non dominant) - Left extinction phenomenon
- Left visual field neglect
- Neglect on the left side of the body
- Anosognosia
- Impaired special processing
- Dressing apraxia
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Occipital lobe lesion
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- Contralateral homonymous hemianopia or quadrantanopsia
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Temporal lobe lesions
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Homonymous superior quadrantanopsia
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Extra pyramidal symptoms - basal ganglia
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- Tremor
- Brwdykinesia/akinesia
- Rigidity
- Festinant gait
