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KYCO 2020 1st Year, Block 5 > Neuro: Gross Brain And Cranial Environment, Spinal Cord And Vertebral Compartment > Flashcards

Neuro: Gross Brain And Cranial Environment, Spinal Cord And Vertebral Compartment Flashcards

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Cerebrum (cerebral hemi)
Cerebelllum ("little brain")
Brain stem (Midbrain, Pons, Medulla)
Spinal Cord & Roots
Pre-Ganglionic Autonomic Neurons
**These are all part of what system?
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Central Nervous System

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Spinal nerves and rami
Somatic nerves (cutaneous and neuromuscular)
Visceral nerves
Autonomic ganglia and post autonomic neurons
**These are all part of what system?

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Peripheral Nervous System

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Parts of CNS from top down

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Telencephalon (Cerebrum)
Diencephalon (Thalamus/hypothalamus)
Brainstem
-Midbrain
-Pons
-Medulla
Spinal Cord
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Cranial nerve to cerebrum; Which lobe, mostly?

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Olfactory Tract (CN1); Temporal Lobe

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Cranial nerve to thalamus

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Optic Tracts (CN2)

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Cranial nerve to/from Brainstem:

Midbrain

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Occipital and Trochlear (CN 3 - CN 4)

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Cranial nerve to/from Brainstem:

Pons

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Trigeminal, Abducens, and Facial (CN 5 - CN 7)

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Cranial nerve to/from Brainstem:

Medulla

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Vestibulocochlear, Glossopharyngeal, Vagus, Spinal Accessory, Hypoglossal (CN 8 - CN 12)

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Crown-like section through the diencephalon

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Coronal Plane

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Empty spaces deep in hemispheres of brain

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Ventricular spaces (ventricles)
**Empty Vents
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What do the brain and spinal cord develop from?

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Growth and Folding of the Fluid-filled Neural Tube, creating the CNS. Inside this neural tube is the ventricular system, containing CSF.

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Wishbone-shaped structure in each cerebral hemisphere

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Lateral Ventricle (contains third and fourth ventricle)

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Where do the ventricles of the brain travel upon leaving the cerebrum?

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They travel down, dorsal and medial to the spinal cord sections, within the central canal

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Directional flow and cycling of CSF from inside the ventricular system to the outside area surrounding the CNS = subarachnoid space

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CSF travels from the choroidal plexus to
Ventricular system to
3 foramen to 
Subarachnoid space to
Veins and sinuses (where it is reabsorbed)
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Where does the central canal dead-end?

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Sacral Spinal Cord

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Axis of the neural tube

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Rostral-caudal axis (head-tail)

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Dorsal-ventral axis is always ____ to rostrum-caudal axis

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Perpendicular

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Which axis is kinked in humans?

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Rostral-caudal axis

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What surface is along the base of the skull?

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Ventral/belly

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What surface is along the surface of the skull/calvarium?

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Dorsal/back surface

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At which junction is the rostral-caudal axis kinked?

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Midbrain-diencephalic junction

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Directional axes that always stay the same, no matter if it kinks or not.

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North = superior
South = inferior
East = posterior
West = anterior
(This is for a person facing the left)
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Plane that cuts through to create a top and a bottom (superior and inferior)

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Horizontal/transverse plane

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Plane that cuts through to create a front and a back (anterior and posterior)

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Coronal plane (coronal crown)

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Plane that cuts through to create a left and a right

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Sagittal plane (left-midline-right) (“midline section”)

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Plane that cuts through to create a left and right side that is lateral to the midline (creates 2 unequal sides)

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Para-sagittal plane

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Plane that cuts through to create a left and a right, that makes two equal halfs

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Mid-sagittal plane

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Overview of brain in cranium (outside to inside)

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Scalp
Skull
Dura
-Meningeal layer
-Periosteal layer
Arachnoid
-Subarachnoid space
Pia mater
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Where is the middle meningeal artery located?

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It ascends while it is embedded in the dura mater

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What do the outer/periosteal and inner/meningeal layers separate to form?

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Dural sinuses (ex: sagittal sinus)

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Layer that is flush against the dura, but has trabeculae extending to the pia mater

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Arachnoid

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Thin, transparent layer that is flush with the surface of the brain and follows the gyro and the sulci

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Pia mater

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Space where the trabeculae are found; contains CSF and vessels

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Subarachnoid space

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Type of hemorrhage that occurs typically from the tearing of bridging veins

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Subdural hemorrhages; bridging veins travel into the sagittal sinus, making them vulnerable to tearing

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Materials located within the subarachnoid space

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Arteries and veins that supply/drain the brain and spinal cord

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Artery and branches that travel through the dura

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Middle meningeal artery

  • frontal branch
  • parietal branch
37
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After removing the dura, what transparent layer is exposed? What does this layer cover?

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Arachnoid layer; covers cerebral veins and arteries

38
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After removing the arachnoid layer, what layer, that goes into the grooves of the brain, is exposed?

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Pia mater

39
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Midline (middle) covering (dural partition) of the cerebrum

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Falx cerebri

40
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Midline (middle) covering (dural partition) of the cerebelllum

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Falx cerebelli

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Dural partition that travels across the horizontal axis

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Tentorium cerebelli

42
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What part of the brainstem comes through the middle of the tentorial notch?

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Midbrain

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Structures located within the supratentorial compartment

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Superior sagittal sinus
Falx cerebri
Cerebrum
-telencephalon
Hypothalamus/Thalamus
-diencephalon
CN 1
CN 2
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Structures located within the infratentorial compartment

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Cerebellum
-Motor coordination
Brainstem
-CN 3-12

45
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Structures located within the vertebral compartment

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Spinal cord
Dorsal and ventral roots
Motor and somatosensory exams
Reflexes

46
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Structures located within the peripheral level

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Nerves
Autonomic
Somatic/visceral nerves
Reflexes

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A single type of herniation can result from what?

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  • A local mass
  • Progressive supratentorial mass
  • Upward transtentorial herniation
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Herniation that goes across the falx cerebri

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Subfalcine herniation

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Herniation that goes down from the middle of the brain

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Central herniation

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Herniation that goes down the tentorium

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Uncal transtentorial herniation

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Herniation that goes from midbrain to the tonsils

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Tonsilar herniation

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What does a herniation affect first?

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Brain tissue is displaced and injured

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After affecting the brain tissue, what does a herniation affect?

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Dural partitions (these can be seen through radiology)

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Type of herniation where the falx cerebri is shifted to one side

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Subfalcine herniation

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When there is a subfalcine herniation, due to a supratentorial mass, what is it called when the gyro and the sulci get “squashed”?

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Gyral/sulcal effacement

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Normal intracranial pressure (average values)

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Less than 20 cm water

Less than 15 cm Hg

57
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Intracranial pressure is measured by what?

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Lumbar puncture (subarachnoid space around the cauda equina)

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Contra-indications for lumbar puncture

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  • Suspected increased supratentorial pressure can cause herniations
  • Infection or mass in the path of the manometer needle insertion
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Origins causing increased mass/volume, to induce increased intracranial pressure

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  • Hydrocephalus (too much CSF/fluid volume)
  • Brain edema (Extra or Intra cellular)
  • Hemorrhage (hematoma)
  • Tumor or other masses (ex: abscess)
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Symptoms of increased intracranial pressure

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  • Headache (dura) - moving, coughing, straining
  • Vomiting and Nausea (Medulla)
  • Impaired consciousness
  • Skull - bulging fontanelles in infants; suture separation in children
  • Increased systemic blood pressure (compensatory mechanism)
  • Bradycardia (Medulla) - slowing of heart rate; can suppress vital signs
  • Papilledema - protrusion of optic disc forward; blurring of optic disc
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What does an increased intracranial pressure do to the optic disc?

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Creates a papilledemic disc = rippling effect (“elevation”) due to congestion and axon swelling

62
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Which cranial nerves (sensory [pain]) innervate the dura, falx, and tentorium?

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Trigeminal (CN 5)

Vagus (CN 10)

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Symptoms of meningeal irritation syndrome

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  • Headache/Pain (Dura; nociceptive [pain] fibers) - diffuse or local = pressure, chemical signals, inflammation
  • Nuchal rigidity/neck stiffness (cervical spinal reflex circuit) - sensory input activates motorneurons and increases muscle tone in neck
  • Impairment/loss of consciousness
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Causes/sources of meningeal irritation syndrome

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  • Inflammation
  • Infection: Meningitis (viral, bacterial, fungal)
  • Pressure (activation of mechanoreceptors)
  • -bleeding (ex: subarachnoid hemorrhage)
  • -growing intracranial mass (ex: tumor)
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What similarity is there between increased intracranial pressure and meningeal irritation syndrome?

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Their symptoms overlap; however, meningeal irritation syndrome can occur without having an increased intracranial pressure

66
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Kernig’s Test and Sign

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Test:
-Passive flexion of hip
-Passive extension of knee
Sign:
-Pain with knee extension
67
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Brudzinski’s Test and Sign

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Test:
-Passive flexion of neck
-Pain in neck
Sign:
-Spontaneous, involuntary hip and knee flexion
-Unconscious compensatory response to reduce dural tension and pain induced by the neck flexion

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Most forms of CNS infection have what kind of anatomical distribution?

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Diffuse

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Types of diffuse neurological signs

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  • Meningeal irritation signs

- Increased intracranial pressure

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Deficits pointing to a focal site of pathology

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Focal neurological signs (typically absent in CNS)

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Exception of focal signs in the CNS

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  • Abscesses
  • Parasitic cysts
  • These can lead to focal or multi-focal lesions and signs
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Diagnostic approaches for CNS infections

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  • History
  • Physical Exam (fever, lymph nodes)
  • Knowledge of microbiology
  • Lab tests
  • Neuroimaging (radiology) can sometimes confirm a suspected diagnosis
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Immunological disorders of the CNS

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Some discussions of auto-immune disorders and pathological inflammation of the CNS; Antibodies that were created to react with tumors or infections cross-link with something good, causing problems

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Baseline immune surveillance of the CNS

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  • Few immune cells (lymphocytes) due to exclusion by blood-brain barriers
  • Specific brain cells act as immune cells and can allow blood-borne immune cells to enter
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Barriers to infection in the CNS

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  • Intracranial environment normally sterile due to specific barriers
  • Infection generally occurs when barriers are disrupted (traumatic injury, immunodeficiency)
  • Some direct and open routes exist
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Entry into cranium or vertebral compartment of CNS

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Bacteria
Viruses
Fungal cells
Parasites
**These all typically enter when normal barriers are breached
77
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Viral entry into CNS via PNS neurons

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  • Viruses enter neurons through axon terminals in target tissues (skin, neuromuscular junction)
  • Transported backwards to cell body (soma) in ganglion, spinal cord, or brain
  • “trans-synaptic” spread = Some viruses can be further transported backwards across synapses and thus spread further
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What are the 3 potential channels for entry

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1) Emissary veins (from scalp, through skull, into superior sagittal sinus)
2) Veins from space to cavernous sinus (and other sinuses)
3) Cribiform plate? (Pathway from olfactory epithelium in nasal mucosa?)

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Infection of dura or arachnoid and pia

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Meningitis (only reaches meninges)

80
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Infection in parenchyma of brain

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Encephalitis (reaches brain)

“cephalitis” = head

81
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What sinus do the emissary veins connect with?

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Superior Sagittal Sinus

82
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What are the facial veins connected with?

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Brain venous sinuses (Cavernous sinus)

83
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Hemorrhages in the epidural meningeal layer involve bleeding from what arteries? Where does the blood accumulate?

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  • Meningeal arteries

- Between skull and dura

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Hemorrhages in the subdural meningeal layer involve bleeding from what arteries? Where does the blood accumulate?

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  • Cerebral veins (bridging veins)

- Between dura and arachnoid

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Hemorrhages in the subarachnoid meningeal layer involve bleeding from between which two layers? Into which space does the blood flow into?

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  • Between arachnoid and pia/brain

- Into CSF space

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Why are there so many chances for epidural hemorrhages?

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The meningeal artery crosses multiple suture lines, allowing for multiple points of potential traumatic injury and epidural hemorrhages

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How do the cerebral veins drain?

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  • Cerebral veins to
  • Bridging veins to
  • Superior sagittal sinus
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What usually cause subdural hemorrhages?

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Tears in bridging veins at the dura-arachnoid interface

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What typically cause subarachnoid hemorrhages?

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  • Aneurysms (most common origin)
  • AVMs (atriovenous malformation) = tangle of arteries and veins
  • Surface vessels
  • Diffuse neurological signs (non-focal)
  • Meningeal irritation signs (MIS)
  • Increased Intracranial Pressure (Inc ICP)
  • Detectable by lumbar puncture and neuroimaging

KYCO 2020 1st Year, Block 5 (5 decks)

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