Exam 1 Part 16

Question 1

What are the 3 onset symptoms of hemorrhagic strokes?

Answer 1

Headache, nausea, vommiting

Question 2

What are the 3 mechanisms of damage in hemorrhagic strokes?

Answer 2

Blood supply to a portion of the brain has been interrupted due to a burst/broken blood vessel, blood spilling out into brain tissue, intracranial pressure increases

Question 3

Abnormal stretching or ballooning out of the wall of a blood vessel due to disease/hereditary factors and hypertension and atherosclerosis

Answer 3

Aneurysm

Question 4

Where do brain aneurysms occur?

Answer 4

Circle of Willis

Question 5

What are some symptoms of aneurysms?

Answer 5

Severe headache, nausea, vomiting, blurred vision, sensitivity to light, seizures, loss of consciousness

Question 6

Brain damage caused by an external or forceful event

Answer 6

TBI

Question 7

What are some causes of TBI?

Answer 7

Falls, motor vehicle accidents, violent attacks, being hit by an object

Question 8

Common for children ages _ years and under to sustain a TBI

Answer 8

4

Question 9

Abnormal growth of cells in the brain that serves no purpose

Answer 9

Neoplasm

Question 10

Brain tumor that originates in the brain

Answer 10

Primary tumor

Question 11

Cancerous tumor that spreads from another part of the body to the brain

Answer 11

Secondary tumor

Question 12

Surgery to remove a piece of tissue for testing

Answer 12

Biopsy

Question 13

Acute infection and inflammation of brain or spinal cord

caused by viral or bacterial infection

Answer 13

Encephalitis

Question 14

Sudden, often periodic, abnormal levels of electrical discharge occurring in the brain caused by stroke, TBI, epilepsy, surgical trauma, infection

Answer 14

Seizure

Question 15

_______ seizures can produce a slowly accumulating level of brain damage to the affected areas over time

Answer 15

Mild-moderate