Exam study

Question 1

central cord injuiry

Answer 1

cervical hyperextension/flexion
upper limb motor weakness
loss of touch, pain, temp, and pressure below lesion

Question 2

anterior cord injuiry

Answer 2

fractures or dislocations resulting in ischaemia
loss of motor, pain, temp below lession
- not touch and proprioception

Question 3

brown sequard

Answer 3

rare hemi section of cord
pentrating trauma, tumour and bony injuiry
ipsilateral loss of motor, touch and proproception
contralateral loss of pain and temp

Question 4

cuadua equina

Answer 4

low back pain
herniated disk, direct trauma, malignancy
saddle paraesthesia, facael incontinence, sciatic pain
MEDICAL EMERGENCY!

Question 5

autonomic dysreflexia

Answer 5

Stimulus below t6
hyper-reactive spinal reflexes activates
un-opposed peripheral sympathetic response
- massive vasoconstriction
- hypertension
-bradycardia

Question 6

what type of shock is neurogenic shoc

Answer 6

distributive

Question 7

ganglia

Answer 7

ganglia are clusters of nerve cell bodies found throughout the body, part of the PNS and carry signals to and from the CNS

Question 8

glial cells function

Answer 8

They surround the neurons of the CNS providing structural and physiologial support

Question 9

sympathetic inervation effect on blood vessels in the brain

Answer 9

dilation of blood vessels in the brain

Question 10

PNES

Answer 10

not caused by abormal electrical discharges, rather physicological disturbances