KCP: Stroke and Movement Disorder

Question 1

What part of the brain is this?

Answer 1

Question 2

What part of the brain is this?

Answer 2

Question 3

What part of the brain is this?

Answer 3

Question 4

What part of the brain is this?

Answer 4

Question 5

What part fo the barin is this?

Answer 5

Question 6

What are most of the neurons found?

Answer 6

Found in the grey matter, this is only a few mm thick but covers the surface of the cerebral cortext.

Question 7

Function of brain wrinkles?

Answer 7

Increases surface area of the cerebral cortex and thertefor the ammount of grey matter

Question 8

What is this green part and what is it’s function?

Answer 8

This is the precentral gyrus and is the primary somatic motor area

Question 9

What is this green part and what is it’s function?

Answer 9

This is the postcentral gyrus and is the primary somatic sensory area

Question 10

Here is a right lateral view of the head and neck. Can you identify the common carotid artery, the external carotid artery, the internal carotid artery and the vertibral artery. What are the main functions?

Answer 10

The vertibral artery provides most of the blood supply to the posterior of the brain

The internal carotid artery provides most of the blood supply to the anterior of the brain

Question 11

Here is a sort of anterior (diagramatic) view of the head and neck arteries.

Can you identify the common carotid artery (right and left), the internal carotid artery (right and left), the vertibral artery (right and left) and the basila artery.

What are the main functions?

Answer 11

The vertibral artery joins into the basila artery and provides most of the blood supply to the posterior of the brain

The internal carotid artery proveds most of the blood supply to the anterior of the brain

Question 12

Difference between a stroke and a TIA (transient ischaemic attack)

Answer 12

A TIA is defined as any loss of blood to the brain lasting <24h however 90% last for <90min. A stroke is any loss of blood to the brain lasting for >24h.

Both have to have no apparent cause other than vascular

Question 13

Common symtoms

Answer 13

F facial weakness
A arm weakness
S speech problems
T time to call 999

Question 14

Modifiable risk factors of a stroke

Answer 14

Hypertension
Smoking
Hyperlipidaemia
Diabetes mellitus
Excessive alcohol intake
Atrial fibrillation (atriums flutter and beat irregularly)

Question 15

How can you treat a stroke?

Answer 15

Can opperate and pull the clot out

Can give aspirin to reduce the clots