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Final Exam - Section 5 (12/8/16) Flashcards

1
Q

Cerebral vascular disorders:

Prevention-

  • _________ drugs to prevent clot – low dose aspirin
A

Antiplatelet

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Cerebral vascular disorders:

Prevention-

  • Prevent obesity, _________, hypertension
  • Exercise
  • Stop _________
  • Healthy diet
A
  • diabetes

- smoking

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Cerebral vascular disorders:

Cerebral vascular disorders:

Prevention-

  • Antiplatelet drugs to prevent clot – low dose _________
A

aspirin

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4
Q

-Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-

More than 250,000 TBI injuries as a result of _________ in Iraq and Afghanistan

A

wars

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5
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  • Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-

- Blow to head most common form of _________ in younger people (< age 40)

A

brain damage

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6
Q

-Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-

_________ - most common form of brain damage in younger people (< age 40)

A
  • Blow to head
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7
Q

-Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-

_________ = 20% of TBIs

A

Sports

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8
Q

-Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-

TBI’s are more common in _________

A

Males

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9
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-Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-

Damage from _________, increased intracranial pressure, direct damage to _________

A
  • bleeding

- tissue

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10
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Long-term _________ in neural activity after _________

A
  • decrease

- TBI

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11
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_________ can be almost as bad as severe TBI

A

Concussion

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12
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Migraine-like headaches for up to a _________ after concussion

A

year

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13
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-Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-

_________ head injuries

  • Skull is penetrated
  • Pieces of skull damage brain
A

Open

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14
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-Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-

open head injuries-

  • Skull is _________
  • Pieces of _________ damage brain
A
  • penetrated

- skull

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15
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-Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-

_________ head injuries

-Symptoms resemble surgical removal of areas of cortex

A

Open

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16
Q

-Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-

Open head injuries-

  • Gabrielle Giffords-
  • _________ - problems speaking
  • Paralysis on _________ side
A
  • Aphasia

- right

17
Q

-Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-

_________ head injuries-

Bruise (coup) at site of blow – skull pushed against brain

18
Q

-Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-

Closed head injuries-

Bruise (_________) at site of blow – skull pushed against _________

A
  • coup

- brain

19
Q

-Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-

Closed head injuries-

_________ occurs opposite coup

A

Contrecoup

20
Q

-Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-

Closed head injuries-

Shearing of neurons causes microscopic _________ throughout brain

21
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-Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-

Closed head injuries-

Shearing of neurons causes microscopic lesions throughout brain

-Damage to frontal and temporal lobes, _________ callosum, anterior _________

A
  • corpus

- commissure

22
Q

-Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-

Closed head injuries-

Damage often to _________ and _________ lobes

A
  • frontal

- temporal

23
Q

-Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-

_________ head injuries-

Hematoma – blood inside skull – puts pressure on brain

24
Q

-Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-

Closed head injuries-

_________ – blood inside skull – puts _________ on brain

A
  • Hematoma

- pressure

25
Q

-Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-

Closed head injuries-

_________ – swelling – puts pressure on brain

26
Q

-Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-

_________ head injuries-

Edema – swelling – puts pressure on brain

27
Q

-Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-

Closed head injuries-

Traffic accident injuries can result in _________ brain injury and enlarged _________, prolonged coma

A
  • diffuse

- ventricles

28
Q

-Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-

Closed head injuries often produce _________

29
Q

-Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-

Closed head injuries-

Diffuse and localized damage

  • Localized damage often _________ and temporal lobes
  • -Affects personality and social _________
A
  • frontal

- behavior

30
Q

-Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-

Closed head injuries-

Boxers – dementia _________ (punch-drunk) – due to repeated concussions

A

pugilistica

31
Q

-Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-

Closed head injuries-

dementia pugilistica (punch-drunk) – due to repeated _________

A

concussions

32
Q

-Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-

Closed head injuries-

Football – ___% of those with repeated concussions show dementia with damage to frontal and temporal lobes – chronic traumatic _________

A
  • 10

- encephalopathy

33
Q

Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-
Assessment of head injury
_________

A

Glasgow coma scale

34
Q

Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-

Glasgow coma scale-

Length of _________ also indicative of extent of head injury

35
Q

Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-

Glasgow coma scale-

Increased duration of amnesia predicts _________ memory problems

36
Q

Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-

Most recovery in _____ months but can take years

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