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Neuropath Lecture 1 Flashcards

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what is the calvarium?

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the convex dome shaped part of the skull that protects soft tissues and the brain

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what is the tentorium cerebelli?

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an invagination of dura mater divides the brain cranial and caudal; ossified in cats

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what is the falx cerebri?

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sickle shaped fold of dura mater that separates the brain into left and right

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be able to label all the anatomy in this ppt! including the layers of the cerebellar cortex

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do it!

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what is in the cerebral cortex?

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gray matter; made up of neuron and neuropil

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what is in the corona radiata?

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white matter made up of myelin and axons

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what are the 4 layers of the cerebellar cortex?

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  1. molecular layer
  2. purkinje cell layer
  3. internal granular layer
  4. cerebellar white matter
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what is a lesion of the cerebral cortex called? what about the corona radiata?

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cerebral cortex: polioencephalopathy

corona radiata: leukoencephalopathy

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what is malacia?

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softening and liquefactive necrosis of the neuroparenchyma

can have poliomyelomalacia or leukoencephalomalacia or any combo if in brain or spinal cord

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what are the 4 factors considered when assigning a morphological diagnosis to a neurological lesion?

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  1. focal versus diffuse
  2. symmetrical versus asymmetrical
  3. root for brain part
  4. process

ex. focal symmetrical encephalomalacia

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describe the choroid plexus; give function, possible pathologies, and what inflammation of this region is called

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function: produce CSF

pathologies: bacterial or viral disease may start here and then spread

inflammation: choroid plexitis or choroiditis

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describe hydrocephalus (3) what might a dog with hydrocephalus also have?

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  1. dilated lateral ventricles
  2. atrophy of surrounding neuroparynchema
  3. loss of septum pellucidum

might also have hydromelia

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what is ependyma?

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single layer of epithelium lining the ventricular system and central canal of spinal cord; keeps CSF in

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what can ependymitis result in?

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obstructive hydrocephalus; exudate in aqueduct, surface is irregular and no longer smooth due to inflammation and necrosis of the ependymal lining

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what covers the CNS?

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the meninges!

  1. dura mater: attached to cranial vault; loose in the spinal column
    -inflammation = pacymeningitis
  2. arachnoid: avascular
  3. pia mater: where the vessels are

leptomeninges: arachnoid + pia
-inflammation = leptomeningitis

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what are the 2 types of cells in the CNS?

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  1. neurons with dendrites and axons
  2. glial cells:
    -oligodendrocytes
    -astrocytes
    -microglia
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describe normal neurons (4)

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  1. large nucleus with nucleolus
  2. visible cytoplasm
  3. axon and dendrites
  4. nissl substance outside
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describe chromatolysis

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  1. degenerative change usually associated with axonal injury
  2. results in neurons with swollen cells bodies and loss of Nissl substance
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describe ischemic neuronal necrosis

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  1. neurons look shrunken, eosinophilic, and angular
  2. in the CNS, neurons are most sensitive to hypoxia but this varies by location
20
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describe neuronophagia

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  1. piecemeal fragmentation and phagocytosis of dead neurons
  2. due to neuronal infection: viruses or listeria
21
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describe lysosomal storage disease

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  1. cytoplasmic vacuolation
  2. mannosidosis in cattle with locoweed toxicosis
22
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how can rabies alter neurons? what about prions?

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rabies: intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies

prions: cytoplasmic vacuolation

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describe axons

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  1. many surrounded by myelin sheath that is produced by:
    -oligodendrocytes in the CNS or
    -Schwann cells in PNS
  2. reaction to injury:
    -spheroids: swollen axons
    -wallerian degeneration: interruption of axon causes dissolution and loss of axon distal to damage, resulting in myelin removed by phagocytosis in digestion chambers
    -astrocytosis: increase in number (hyperplasia)
    -astrogliosis: increase in cell processes (hypertrophy)
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what do axons do? (3)

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  1. structural support: brain glue
  2. repair: CNS fibroblasts
  3. blood-brain barrier
25
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what are gemistocytes?

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reactive astrocytes with visible eosinophilic cytoplasm

26
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what are alzheimer type II cells?

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astrocytes with clear, swollen nuclei seen in hepatic and renal encepholapathies (no relation to alzheimers disease)

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what do oligodendrocytes do?; describe demyelination

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myelin formation

loss of myelin, seen as holes

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describe status spongiosus

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vacuolation of neuroparenchyma due to
1. demyelination (white matter)
2. edema
3. prion diseases
4. artifact

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what are microglia?

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  1. macrophages in the brain
  2. phagocytic
  3. immune defenders of the brain
30
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describe microgliosis

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  1. diffuse or focal proliferation of microglia
  2. glial nodule: hallmark of viral encephalitis
31
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what are gitter cells?

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  1. foamy, lipid-laden macrophages bc they ingested a lot of brain stuff (lipid)
  2. two sources:
    -circulating monocytes: primary source
    -resident microglia

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