Neuro Part 2

Question 1

Inflammation of leptomeninges, caused by pyogenic bacteria

Answer 1

Acute bacterial meningitis

Question 2

Brain abscesses can be

Answer 2

fungal or bacterial-could be caused by dental root or ear infection

Question 3

Most common cause of encephalitis

Answer 3

Herpes viruses

Question 4

Irregular areas of demyelination in oligodendrocytes

Answer 4

MS plaques

Question 5

Neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques cause

Answer 5

Alzheimer’s disease

Question 6

Degeneration of dopamine secreting pigmented neurons of substantia nigra

Answer 6

Parkinson disease

Question 7

Hereditary, chorea and dementia, AD gene located in chromosome 4

Answer 7

Huntington’s disease

Question 8

Primary CNS tumors arise from

Answer 8

cells of the brain, spinal cord or their coverings

Question 9

Secondary CNS tumors arise from

Answer 9

metastatic, lung, breast, prostate etc

Question 10

Most common type of adult brain tumors

Answer 10

Astrocytomas

Question 11

Best case brain tumors

Answer 11

meningiomas

Question 12

Children usually have tumors in what part of their brains

Answer 12

Lower posterior parts

Question 13

Adults usually have tumors in what part of their brains

Answer 13

Anterior/superior parts