Neuro MSK Diagnosis - Diseases

Question 1

Which disease is associated with an ascending paralysis and sensory symptoms

Answer 1

Guillain-Barre

Question 2

Snuff box pain

Answer 2

DeQuervain’s Tenosynovitis

Question 3

Which disease is associated with cogwheel/lead pipe rigidity?

Answer 3

Parkinson’s

Question 4

Which nerve and muscle is associated with scapular winging?

Answer 4

Serratus Anterior muscle

Long Thoracic nerve

Question 5

Which part of the spine is responsible for balance of the reflexes and postural muscles

Answer 5

Vestibulospinal Tract

Question 6

Which disease is a patholgical longitudinal cyst of the central canal of the spinal cord and presents with a loss of pain and temp in a “cape-like” distribution?

Answer 6

Syringomyelia

Question 7

Which disease is a clinical condition of tertiary syphilis, wasting away of the posterior columns?

Answer 7

Tabes Dorsalis

Question 8

Which nerve is involved with Anterior Compartment Syndrome of the leg?

Answer 8

Deep Peroneal

Question 9

Which disease is a sex-linked recessive disorder, affecting boys age 3 - 7 years old?

Answer 9

Muscular Dystrophy (MD)

Question 10

Which disease is associated with a waddling gait?

Answer 10

Muscular Dystrophy

Question 11

Which part of the gait cycle is slappage gait noted?

Answer 11

Stance Phase at foot flat

Question 12

Which part of the spine is responsible for muscle tone and synergy of the voluntary extensors?

Answer 12

Reticulospinal tract

Question 13

Which disease presents with a wide based gait?

Answer 13

Alcohol

Question 14

Which disease presents with LMNLs in the arms and UMNLs in the legs?

Answer 14

ALS (Lou Gehrig’s)

Question 15

Which disease is inflammatory polyneuropathy of the PNS linked to recent immunizations or seen after recent illness?

Answer 15

Guillain-Barre (GB)

Question 16

Which cells are responsible for myelinization of the CNS?

Answer 16

Oligodendrocytes

Question 17

Which nerve is involved in meralgia paresthetica?

Answer 17

Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve

Question 18

Which disease is associated with steppage gait?

Answer 18

Anterior Compartment Syndrome

Question 19

Which disease makes antibodies against acetylcholine receptors?

Answer 19

Myasthenia Gravis (MG)

Question 20

Which part of the spine is responsible for pain and temp?

Answer 20

Lateral Spinothalamic Tract

Question 21

Which disease produces dymelination of the spinal cord and later the brain, with plaques presenting on MRI?

Answer 21

MS

Question 22

Which disease is associated with a festinating gait?

Answer 22

Parkinson’s

Question 23

Which disease is associated with mental deterioration, amnesia, depression, anxiety and rigidity?

Answer 23

Alzheimer’s

Question 24

Which nerve is associated with Wrist Drop?

Answer 24

DR CUMA

Drop = Radial nerve

Question 25

Which part of the spine is responsible for Flexors of the trunk?

Answer 25

Ventral Corticospinal Tract

Question 26

Which disease presents as an ipsilateral loss of motor function and dorsal columns AND contra loss of pain and temp?

Answer 26

Brown Sequard

Question 27

Wasting hypothenar eminence. Flexion of digits 4 & 5.

Answer 27

Bishop's hand | (Median N palsy)

Question 28

Which disease is associated with foot drop and a high-stepped gait?

Answer 28

Charcot Marie Tooth

Question 29

Which disease presents with a circumduction/hemiplegic gait?

Answer 29

Stroke

Question 30

Which disease is a hemisection of the spinal cord usually caused by an injury?

Answer 30

Brown Sequard

Question 31

Which nerve is involved in Pronator Teres syndrome?

Answer 31

Anterior Interosseous Nerve | (branch of Median N.)

Question 32

Which disease is a neurodegenerative genetic disorder that affects muscle coordination, cognitive decline & dementia?

Answer 32

Huntington's Chorea

Question 33

Which disease is associated with a slappage gait?

Answer 33

Tabes Dorsalis

Question 34

Burning paresthesia on soles of the feet aggravated by walking or standing

Answer 34

Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome

Question 35

Which nerve is involved in piriformis syndrome?

Answer 35

Sciatic nerve

Question 36

Pain in the dorsum of the foot and the toes. Squeezing the metatarsals is painful.

Answer 36

Morton's Neuroma

Question 37

Which part of the spine is responsible for Voluntary Motor Flexors of the hands and feet?

Answer 37

Lateral Corticospinal Tracts (Pyramids)

Question 38

Which disease is a chronic, progressive condition associated with loss of dopamine in the substantia nigra causing basal ganglia dysfunction?

Answer 38

Parkinson's

Question 39

Which disease is a non-progressive motor condition of the cerebral cortex due to anoxia of the brain prenatally or during birth trauma

Answer 39

Cerebal Palsy

Question 40

Which part of the spine is responsible for muscle tone and synergy of the proximal flexors of the extremities

Answer 40

Rubrospinal Tract

Question 41

Which disease is associated with scissors gait?

Answer 41

Cerebal Palsy

Question 42

Which part of the spine is responsible for 2-pt discrimination, vibration, and jt position sense?

Answer 42

Posterior Columns

Question 43

Finger locked in a bent position

Answer 43

Trigger finger

Question 44

Which disease is associated with a glove and stocking paresthesia?

Answer 44

PLS

Question 45

Pain at lateral aspect of the leg. Foot Drop. Which nerve is involved?

Answer 45

Common peroneal

Question 46

Which disease is hereditary condition that affects both motor (atrophy of the peroneals) and sensory nerves?

Answer 46

Charcot Marie Tooth

Question 47

Which nerve is associated for Ape Hand?

Answer 47

DR CUMA Median Nerve = Ape Hand

Question 48

Permanent Flexion of hand.

Answer 48

Volkmann's

Question 49

Abnormal thickening underneath the skin of the palm and fingers. Causes the last 2 fingers to curl into the palm.

Answer 49

Dupuytren's Contracture

Question 50

Flaring of the scapula involves which muscles and nerves?

Answer 50

Rhomboids Dorsal Scapular N

Question 51

Which disease is a degeneration of the posterior columns and the corticospinal tracts as a result of a B12 deficiency?

Answer 51

PLS (posterolateral sclerosis)

Question 52

Which part of the gait cycle is a steppage gait noted?

Answer 52

Swing Phase at Mid Swing

Question 53

Which disease is associated with Gower's sign?

Answer 53

Muscular Dystrophy

Question 54

Which disease presents with a spastic gait?

Answer 54

Any UMNL disease

Question 55

Which nerve is associated with Claw Hand?

Answer 55

DR CUMA Claw = Ulnar