Neurology Flashcards
Obstruction is within the ventricular system
Ex: tumor in the region of the cerebral aqueduct
Non-communicating hydrocephalus
Obstruction is within the subarachnoid space or arachnoid villi
Communicating hydrocephalus
Enlargement of one or more ventricles (ventriculomegaly) caused by an obstruction of the bulk flow of CSF
Hydrocephalus
Ventriculomegaly that results from a loss of brain tissue (brain atrophy)
Hydrocephalus ex vacuo
Clinical symptoms of increased intracranial pressure
Headache, N/V, papilledema
Mean arterial pressure minus the mean ICP
Cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP)
Causes of increased ICP
Mass lesion, hydrocephalus, diffuse brain edema, obstruction, idiopathic intracranial hypertension
Dilated ipsilateral pupil from compression of parasympathetic fibers in CN III is a clinical sign of what?
Uncal herniation
Increase in brain volume due to an increase in fluid
Brain edema
Causes brain swelling that may produce a mass effect
Type of brain edema that is extracellular edema due to BBB breakdown. Is this mainly found in the gray or white matter?
Vasogenic Brain Edema
Mainly in the white matter
Type of brain edema that is intracellular edema due to an osmotic imbalance between the cell and the extracellular fluid. Is this mainly found in the gray or white matter?
Cytotoxic Brain Edema
Mainly in the gray matter
Type of brain edema that is extracellular edema in periventricular white matter due to the transependymal flow of CSF in hydrocephalus.
Interstitial Brain Edema
Condition where sutures of the skull fuse too early in development. These children will have developmental problems because the brain needs room to grow.
Syndesmosis
Child presents with ataxia, gait disturbance, and unilateral or bilateral abducens nerve palsy
Pontine Glioma
Is Parkinson’s a disease of the pyramidal or extrapyramidal motor system?
Extrapyramidal
Is ALS a disease of the pyramidal or extrapyramidal motor system?
Pyramidal
What is the main structure affected in chronic traumatic encephalopathy?
Septum pellucidum
Comprehension preserved but language output is impaired and non-fluent
Broca’s aphasia
Comprehension is severely impaired, while language is fluent.
Wernicke’s aphasia
Expanded areas in the brain that hold CSF (not ventricles(
Cisterns
Craniorachischisis totalis
Failure of closure of the entire neural tube
Failure of neural tube closure is limited to region of the anterior neuropore
Anencephaly
Failure of neural tube closure is limited to region of posterior neuropore
Myelomeningocele
Large granules in the neuron body from the RER
Nissl substances
Cellular constituents of the neuron
Microtubules, neurofibrils, rough ER, and ribosomes
Nuclei are cell bodies located in the ______ while ganglia are cell bodies located in the ________.
CNS, PNS
Dendritic branches allow one neuron to receive messages from several presynaptic cells at the same time
Convergence
Axon branching allows several target cells to simultaneously receive a message from one neuron
Divergence
Most common structural type of neuron
Multipolar
Which structural type of neuron is specifically for special sensory?
Bipolar
Neuroglia (Glial cells) are ____ to _____ times more numerous than neurons
5, 10
Type of neuroglia that fills the spaces between neurons and surround the blood vessels in the CNS
Astrocytes
Type of neuroglia that deposit myelin within the CNS
Oligodendroglia
Type of neuroglia that remove debris in the CNS (known as the brain macrophages)
Microglia
Type of neuroglia that line the CSF-filled cavities of the CNS and create CSF
Ependymal cells
Glial cells that wrap around and cover axons in the PNS; form and maintain the myelin sheath
Schwann cells
Ability of the CNS to change
Plasticity
By age 3, ____% of synaptic connections have been made
80
During the first 10 years, a child’s brain is _____ as active as the adult brain
Twice
After age _____, growth levels off and pruning begins
10
What is not used is pruned, and what is repeatedly used develops _______ ________
Stronger connections
60% of the nutrition taken in by a baby is used by the ______ during the first year
Brain
Decreases to 30% by age 3
Period when a particular thing is learned better, stronger, faster. If this is missed, developing human may never be able to gain it back
Windows of Learning/Opportunity
Which windows of opportunity are crucial in a child up to 1 year old?
Trust, attachment, cause and effect thinking skills, early sounds
Which windows of opportunity are crucial in a child up to 2 years old?
Motor development, vision, language skills, and vocabulary
Can nerves in the CNS repair?
No
How do nerves in the PNS repair?
Wallerian Degeneration
**only myelinated neurons
In Wallerian Degeneration, which cells are responsible for creating the tube to guide regeneration?
Schwann cells
Excitatory postsynaptic potentials send _________ signals, while inhibitory postsynaptic potentials send _________ signals
Depolarization
Hyperpolarization
The two inhibitory neurotransmitters of the nervous system are:
GABA and Glycine
Always the first signaler on efferent pathways to the PNS
Acetylcholine
Catecholamines such as _________, _________, and _________ are made from the amino acid _________ and are destroyed by ____________
Dopamine, Epinephrine, Norepinephrine
Made from tyrosine
Destroyed by monoamine oxidase (MAO)
Serotonin is made from the amino acid _________, and is more of a modulator than a true transmitter. Almost always is released with another transmitter.
Tryptophan
Serotonin is ______ in muscle pathways, and ________ in sensory pathways
Excitatory, inhibitory
Always acts as the second neurotransmitter in the PNS
Acetylcholine
Second transmitter in the sympathetic SNS
NE or Epi
Neurotransmitter that always acts on skeletal muscles in the somatic NS
Acetylcholine
Region of the brain responsible for “consciousness, control, and motion”
Frontal Lobe
Region of the brain that controls memory for habits and motor activities
Frontal Lobe
Region of the brain that is the emotional control center
Frontal Lobe
Region of the brain responsible for “hearing, memory, association”
Temporal Lobe
Primary and associative olfactory regions are in what region of the brain?
Temporal Lobe
Region of the brain that contains the associative vision regions
Temporal Lobe
Region of the brain that links one’s past and present sensory/emotional experiences into a continuous “self”
Temporal Lobe
Hippocampus is “tucked out of sight” on the medial side of the _______ lobe
Temporal
Which region of the brain is responsible for storing, processing and retrieving memories?
Hippocampus
In autism, patients have a heightened ability to store memories in the _____________
Hippocampus
Region of the brain responsible for “touch” and “sense integration”
Parietal Lobe
Region of the brain that contains the location for touch perception and visual attention
Parietal Lobe
Region of the brain that controls reading
Parietal Lobe
Region of the brain that is the center of visual perception
Occipital Lobe
Region of the brain where many cranial nerves enter and leave brain. Has centers for cough, gag, swallow, sneeze and vomit
Medulla Oblongata
Region of the brain with a cardiac and respiratory center
Medulla Oblongata