Neuro Flashcards
Is a stroke an upper or lower motor neuron lesion
Upper
Is a brain/spinal cord injury an upper or lower motor neuron lesion
Upper
Is Guillain Barre an upper or lower motor neuron lesion
Lower
Is cerebral palsy an upper or lower motor neuron lesion
Upper
Is botulism an upper or lower motor neuron lesion
Lower
Is cauda equina an upper or lower motor neuron lesion
Lower
Is polio an upper or lower motor neuron lesion
Lower
Is MS an upper or lower motor neuron lesion
Upper
Is bell palsy an upper or lower motor neuron lesion
Lower
What kind of paralysis does an UMN lesion cause
What are reflexes
Spastic (hypertonia)
Increased DTR
What kind of paralysis does a LMN lesion cause
What are reflexes
Flaccid (hypotonia)
Decreased DTR
Which type of motor neuron lesion will have fasiculations
Lower
Describe what happens with the Babinski reflex for upper and lower MN lesions
Upper: upward
Lower: downward
Which motor neuron lesion causes muscle atrophy
Lower
Pt has contralateral sensory/motor loss / hemiparesis greater in the face and arm
Gaze preference to ipsilateral side
Which artery
Middle cerebral artery
Wernickes v Brocas: superior MCA or inferior MCA
Brocas = superior Wernickes = inferior
Are wernickes/ brocas left side or right side dominant
L side dominant
Pt with contralateral sensory/motor loss / hemiparesis in leg/foot with abnormal gait
Normal face and speech
Personality changes
May have incontinence
Which artery
Anterior cerebral artery
Pt with visual hallucinations
ipsilateral CN deficits and contralateral muscle weakness - “contralateral homonymous hemianopsia “
May have vertigo, nystagmus, diplopia
Posterior infarction
(Posterior cerebral artery
Basilar artery
Vertebral artery)