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Neuro Disorders Flashcards

1
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What is diplopia

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Double vision

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What is hemiplagia

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Weakness and lack of control down one side of the body

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What is dysphagia

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Difficulty or discomfort in swallowing

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What is a TIA

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Transient ischaemia attack

When brains blood supply is briefly interrupted

Effects last no longer than 24 hours from onset, or symptoms start to resolve within 1-20 mins

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Symptoms of TIA

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Upper extremity clumsiness

Weakness

Parasthesias, visual field cuts

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What is concussion

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Disruption of brain function without actual physical brain injury

Typically follows blow to head

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Symptoms of concussion

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Headache, nausea, dizziness, amnesias, disorientation, vertigo, photophobia

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What is cerebral confusion

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Bruising of brain tissue

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Symptoms of cerebral contusion

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Headache, variable loss of consciousness, potentially coma with hemiparesis

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What is agnosia

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Inability to interpret sensations/ recognise things

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What is apraxia

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Inability to perform particular purposive actions

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What is aphasia

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Inability or impaired ability to understand or produce speech

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Agraphia

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Inability to write

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What is alexia

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Inability to recognise or read written words

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15
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What infections of the CNS are there

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Acute bacterial meningitis

Aetiology

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What is acute bacterial meningitis

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Acute inflammation and infection of the meninges

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What is the most severe type of infections

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Bacterial - such as strep

18
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Signs and symptoms of acute bacterial meningitis

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Headache, nausea, vomiting, seizure, photophobia, drowsiness, coma

19
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Where is a brain abscess most common in

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Cerebellum

Frontal or temporal lobes of cerebrum

20
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What is the cause of a brain infection

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Spread from some other nearby or distant infection

21
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What is the spinal cord

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Continuation of the brain stem

Lies in the vertebrae canal of the vertebral column

22
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How long is the spinal cord, where does it start and end

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45cm (1.5ft)

Starts at medulla oblongata, ends at lumbar oblongata

23
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What do sensory nerves do

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Carry impulses from outside the body, travel to spinal cord and travel upward to brain for interpretation

24
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What is a disease of the peripheral nervous system called

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Peripheral neuritis (peripheral neuropathy)

25
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What is the Myelin sheath

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Large axon on the PNS surrounded by myelin sheath

26
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What does the Frontal lobe control

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Motor
Problem solving
Speech production

‘Front is you. You control your mouth, your thoughts and your speech’

27
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What does the parietal lobe do

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Touch perception
Body orientation

‘Parietal is your parents. They touch to comfort you and carried you in their bodies’

28
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What does the occipital lobe do

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Sight

29
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What does the cerebellum control

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Balance and co-ordination

‘Balance = bellum’

30
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What does the brain stem control

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Involuntary responses

31
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What does the temporal lobe control

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Language
Hearing
Memory

‘Temporary memories. Language in France, hearing I love you, all memories’

32
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How many cervical nerves are there

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8.

C1-C8

33
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How many thoracic nerves are there

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12.

T1-T12

34
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How many lumbar nerves are there

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5.

L1-L5

35
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How many sacral nerves are there

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5

S1-S5

36
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How many coccygeal nerves are there

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1.

Coc 1

37
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How to remember spinal nerves

A

Think of st Mary’s classes

8C, 12T, 5 losers, 5 saddos and 1 cock.

38
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Where are Schwann cells located

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Surround all nerve fibres in the peripheral nervous system

39
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What cells are most common in CNS

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Glial cells

40
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How does cocaine affect CNS

A

Blocks reuptake of neurotransmitters in the neuronal synapses.
Binds to dopamine, blocks normal recycling process, build up of dopamine

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