Exam 3: Review of Neurological Disease & Conditions

Question 1

Complete spinal cord injury

Answer 1

No motor or sensory function below level of injury

Question 2

Incomplete spinal cord injury

Answer 2

Varied motor or sensory function below level of injury, anal sensation present

Question 3

Symptoms of sci

Answer 3

Autonomic dysreflexia – sudden onset of excessively high BP, life-threatening, common in SCI is at T6 or above

Question 4

Myotomes C5

Answer 4

elbow flexors

Question 5

Myotomes C6

Answer 5

Wrist extensors

Question 6

Myotomes C7

Answer 6

Elbow extensors

Question 7

Myotomes C8

Answer 7

Long finger flexors

Question 8

Myotomes T1

Answer 8

Finger ABDuctors

Question 9

Spinal cord injury C3

Answer 9

Breathing can no longer occur spontaneously

Question 10

Poliomyelitis

Answer 10

Viral disease, highly contagious, weakness in LEs

Question 11

Diabetic neuropathy

Answer 11

Direct effects of chronic high blood close on peripheral axons

Question 12

Brachial plexus injuries

Answer 12

Brachial plexus originates C5– T1,

Erb’s Palsy

Question 13

Peripheral nerve compression like carpal tunnel syndrome

Answer 13

Touch, pressure, and vibration sensations are reduced/ lost 1st

Question 14

Bells palsy

Answer 14

Facial nerve (cranial nerve seven)

Question 15

Multiple sclerosis

Answer 15

Autoimmune disease that causes demyelination of CNS neurons

Question 16

Parkinson’s disease

Answer 16

Destruction of substantia nigra:
Small shuffle gait
“Pill rolling”
“Cogwheel” rigidity

Question 17

Tourette syndrome

Answer 17

Genetic, hyper sensitive dopamine receptors

Question 18

Locked in syndrome

Answer 18

Complete paralysis of all four extremities, diaphragm and face

Question 19

Cerebral palsy 1

Answer 19

Spastic CP – one side of body

Question 20

Cerebral palsy 2

Answer 20

Athetoid CP – writhing movements

Question 21

Cerebral palsy three

Answer 21

Ataxic CP – poorly coordinated movements

Question 22

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Answer 22

Mixture of flaccid and spastic paralysis, progressive disease eventually paralysis resp. muscles and will be fatal w/o mechanical ventilation

Question 23

Huntington disease

Answer 23

Genetic:
Involuntary dyskinetic movements
Progressive and fatal

Question 24

Complex regional pain syndrome

Answer 24

Abnormal response of sympathetic nervous system to injury

Sweating, edema, red shiny skin

Question 25

Macular degeneration

Answer 25

Loss of centre field of vision

Question 26

Hemianopsia

Answer 26

Loss of vision in one visual field (right or left)

Question 27

Tunnel vision

Answer 27

Very narrow, centralised visual field