Nervous System ll Word Associations Flashcards by Thomas Etue

Q

TORCH syndrome

A

fetus/newborn

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viral infection

A

lymphocytes

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fungi/mycobacterial infections

A

granulomatous

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H. influenzae (gram negative)

A

bacterial meningitis

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purulent exudates

A

cerebrum

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edema and increased intracranial pressure

A

meningitis

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brain abscess or subdural abscess

A

meningitis

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chronic granulomatous inflammation

A

tuberculous meningitis

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spinal cord compression

A

Pott disease

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most common CNS disease

A

viral meningitis (kids)

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poliomyelitis

A

spinal and brainstem motor neurons

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CNS viral infections

A

perivascular infiltration

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neutrophil infiltration, fallowed by lymphocytes

A

poliomyelitis

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Negri bodies

A

Rabies

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difficulty swallowing and hydrophobia

A

rabies

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herpes zoster latent in

A

dorsal root ganglia

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brain infection from measles virus

A

sub-acute sclerosing-panencephalitis

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progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)

A

JC virus

Q

direct inoculation transmission

A

prion disease - rapid ataxia and dementia

Q

most common fungal meningitis

A

cryptococcal meningitis

Q

“soap bubble” abscesses

A

fungal meningitis

Q

opportunistic fungus

A

aspergillus

Q

meninge thickening

A

meningiovasculitis

Q

rod cell formation of microglial

A

general paresis

Q

impairment of spinal dorsal column

A

tabes dorsalis

Q

childhood brain tumors

A

medulloblastoma and pilocytic astrocytoma

Q

arachnoid matter cells

A

meningiomoa

Q

psammoma bodies

A

meningioma

Q

frequent seizures

A

meningiomoa

Q

foramen magnum

A

meningioma

Q

most common primary brain tumor

A

astrocytoma

Q

most malignant astrocytic tumor

A

glioblastoma

Q

circumscribed gliomas

A

pilocytic astrocytoma

Q

obstructive hydrocephalus

A

sub ependymal giant cell astroctoma

Q

elevated hCG

A

Down Syndrome