Nervous system - Dr. Roecker

Question 1

Cerebral ischemia results in infarction (necrosis) of brain tissue, death or disabled

Answer 1

Stroke

Question 2

Rupture of saccular aneurysm.

Answer 2

Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Question 3

Autoimmune demyelinating disease, very common, relapsing-remitting of neurologic deficits, white matter plaques (sclerosis) in brain and cord (multiple), young adult females, accumulation of neurological deficits: ataxia, diplopia, spasticity, bowel/bladder dysfunction.

Answer 3

Multiple sclerosis

Question 4

Loss of spinal cord lower motor neurons, mixed upper and lower motor neuron damage, muscle atrophy, hyperreflexia, rapid progression, spares eyes muscles (Stephen Hawkins), usually death is rapid due to respiratory paralysis.

Answer 4

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Question 5

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis aka?

Answer 5

Lou Gehrig disease

Question 6

MC cause of dementia in elderly, idiopathic, cortical atrophy, beta-amyloid plaque and Tau protein deposition, Neurofibrillary tangles, profound disability (lethal)

Answer 6

Alzheimer disease

Question 7

Damage to dopaminergic neurons of substantial nigra, Lewy body inclusions, “pill rolling” tumor, rigidity, badykinesia (slow movement), loss of facial expression, immobility within 10 years.

Answer 7

Parkinson’s disease

Question 8

Bilateral vestibular schwanommas (MRI), vision or hearing problems

Answer 8

Neurofibromatosis type II

Question 9

Autosomal dominant, progressive, and wide spread cerebral degeneration, caudate nucleus atrophy, hydrocephalus ex vacuo, chorea, sever dementia, lethal w/in 15 years

Answer 9

Huntington disease

Question 10

General term for demyelination due to Schwann cell or myelin cell damage.

Answer 10

Neuropathy.