Neurosurgery Flashcards
NAME THE 2 DIVISIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
CNS - CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
PNS - PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
FIGHT OR FLIGHT
SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
CALMS YOU DOWN WHEN THE EMERGENCY IS OVER
PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
MIDDLE MEMBRANCE OF THE MENINGES THAT ENCLOSES THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
ARACHNOID TISSUE
PORTION OF THE BRAIN INVOLVED IN CONTROL OF SKELETAL MUSCLES, BALANCE, AND FINE VOLUNTARY MOVEMENTS
CEREBELLUM
A WATER CUSHION PROTECTING THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD FROM PHYSICAL IMPACT
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
LARGEST PART OF THE BRAIN, CONSISTING OF 2 HEMISPHERES DIVIDED INOT THE FRONTAL, PARIETAL, OCCIPITAL, AND TEMPORAL LOBES
CEREBRUM
OUTERMOST MEMBRANCE OF THE MENINGES COVERING THE SPINLA CORD AND BRAIN
DURA MATER
OPENING IN THE OCCIPITAL BONE THROUGH WHICH THE SPINAL CORD PASSES
FORAMEN MAGNUM
THE FLATTENED PART OF EITHER SIDE OF THE ARCH OF A VERTEBRA; FORMS THE DORSAL PORTION OF THE VEREBRAL ARCH
LAMINA
A COMBINED MOTOR AND SENSORY NERVE OF THE ARM; DISTRIBUTION INCLUDES SKIN OF THE PALM AND THE FIRST FOUR FINGERS
MEDIAN NERVE
THE LOWER PART OF THE BRAINSTEM CONTINUOUS WITH THE SPINAL CORD; REGULATES HEART RATE, BREATHIN, BLOOD PRESSUE, AND OTHER REFLEXES
MEDULLA OBLONGATA
3 MEMBRANCE COVERING THE SPINAL CORD AND BRAIN
DURA MATER (EXTERNAL)
ARACHNOID (MIDDLE)
PIA MATER (INTERNAL)
THE INNER PORTION OR CENTER OF THE TISSUE THAT CUSHIONS VERTEBRAL DISKS
NUCLEUS PULPOSUS
THE MOST COMMON PEDIATRIC SKULL DEFORMITY, RESULTS FROM A PREMATURE CLOSUE OF THE CRANIAL SUTURE LINES
CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS
SURGICAL PROCEDURE TO REPAIR CRANIAL DEFECTS
CRANIOPLASTY
3 PARTS OF THE BRAIN
FOREBRAIN
MIDBRAIN
HINDBRAIN
WHERE THE THALMUS AND HYPOTHALAMUS ARE LOCATED
DIENCEPHALON
BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE BRAIN
CAROTIDS
CERTEBRAL ARTERIES
BASILAR ARTERIES
CAVITIES WITHIN THE BRAIN FILLED WITH CSF
VENTRICLES
MOST COMMON OF ALL BRAIN TUMORS
ASTROCYTOMA
TUMORS OF THE MENINGES
MENINGIOMAS
INCOMPLETE CLOSURE OF THE VERTEBRAL ARCHES IN THE SPINE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE SPIN AND NERVES
SPINA BIFIDA
CONDITION WHERE AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF CSF IN THE BRAIN
HYDROCEPHALUS
SHUNT PLACED IN THE LATERAL VENTRICLES OF THE BRAIN TO THE PERITONEAL CAVITY
VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT
INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE CSF
MANOMETER
WEAKENING IN THE ARTERIAL WALL OF A CEREBRAL VESSEL
ANEURYSMS
HEMATOMA BETWEEN TEH SKULL AND DURA
EPIDURAL HEMATOMA
HEMATOMA BLEEDING IN THE SPACE BETWEEN TEH DURA AND THE BRAIN
SUBDURAL HEMATOMAS
SURGICAL PROCEDURE TO MOVE THE ULNAR NERVE FROM BEHIND THE MEDIAL EPICONDYLE TO A BETTER POSITION TO PREVENT NERVE IMPINGEMENT
ULNAR NERVE TRANSPOSITION
CONTRAST MEDIA IS INJECTED INTO THE SUBARACHNOID SPACE IN TEH SPINE AND FLURO IS USED TO VIEW THE SPINAL CORD, NERVE ROOTS, AND SPINAL COLUMN
MYELOGRAPHY
SELF-RETAINING RETRACTOR FOR BRAIN TISSUE
LEYLA-YASARGIL
COMPRESSION OF THE MEDIAN NERVE
CARPEL TUNNEL SYNDROME
CRANIAL NERVE THAT CONTROLS THE SENSATION OF THE FACE, FOREHEAD, MOUTH, NOSE, TOP OF THE HEAD AND CHEWING
CN #4
TRIGEMINAL
CRANIAL NERVE THE CONTROLS TEH SENSE OF TASTE AND PHARYNGEAL MOVEMENT, AS WELL AS THE PAROTID GLAND AND CALIVATION
CN #9
VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR
CAVITIES WITHIN THE BRAIN THAT ARE FILLED WITH CSF
VENTRICLES
CIRCULAR CONNECTION OF ARERIES THAT SUPPLIES BLOOD TO THE BRAIN
CIRCLE OF WILLIS
CRANIAL NERVE RESPONSIBLE FOR VISUAL INFORMATION TO THE BRAIN (RETINA TO BRAIN)
CN #2
OPTIC
CONNECTS THE THIRD AND FOURTH VENTRICLE
AQUEDUCT OF SYLVIUS
INTERCRANIAL TUMOR THAT IS CANCEROUS AND FAST GROWING
GLIOBLASTOMA
CRANIAL DEFECT CAUSING A SAC LIKE PROTRUSION THROUGH THE SKULL THAT CONTAINS CSF, MENINGES, AND BRAIN TISSUE
ENCEPHALOCELE
BONE OF THE SKULL WHICH JOINS THE FRONTAL AND PARIETAL BONES
CORONAL SUTURE
PROCEDURE THAT CUTS THE LATERAL PATHWAYS OF THE SPINAL CORD TO RELIEVE PAIN
CORDOTOMY
TOWARD THE TAIL
CAUDAL
MENINGEAL LAYER LOCATED PROXIMMAL TO THE BRAIN
PIA MATER
DIAGNOSTIC TEST USED TO MEASURE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE BRAIN
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY
AREA OF CEREBRAL CIRCULATIONS WHERE THE BASILIAR ARTERIES FEED INTO
CIRCLE OF WILLIS
HEMOSTATIC SCALP CLIPS
RANEY CLIPS
MEDICATION USED TO PREVENT INCREASED INTRACRANIAL PRESSUE AND TO REDUCE EDEMA
MANNITOL
SURGICAL PROCEDURE THAT USES A BALLOON WHICH IS INSERTED IN BETWEEN THE VERTEBRA AND INFUSED WITH BONE CEMENT
KYPHOPLASTY
LARGEST PART OF THE BRAIN
CEREBRUM
INSTRUMENT USED FOR PRECISE DISSECTION, IRRIGATION, AND ASPIRATION OF BRAIN TUMORS
CUSA
TECHNIQUE THAT USES GEOMETRIC COORDINATES TO PROVIDE A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PICTURE OF THE BRAIN
STEREOTACTIC
WHAT PORTION OF THE SPINE DOES SCOLOSIS EFFECT
THORACIC
HOW MANY VERTEBRAE MAKE UP THE SPINE
33
ADULTS ONLY HAVE 26 VERTEBRAE BECAUSE BONES FUSE TOGETHER AS WE AGE
NUMBER OF CRANIAL NERVES
12
SECOND CERVICAL VERTEBRAE
AXIS
SURGICAL PROCEDURE TO TREAT CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS
CRANIOPLASTY
INSTRUMENT USED TO REMOVE A HERNIATED NUCLEUS PULPOSUS (DISK)
PITUITARY RONGEUR
SHUNTS PLACED FOR HYDROCEPHALUS COMMONLY DRAIN INTO WHAT STRUCTURES
PERITONEUM AND RIGHT ATRIUM
USED TO TAG DURAL TRACTION SUTURES
BULLDOGS
TISSUE/STRUCTURE FOUND IN THE SELLA TURCICA
PITUITARY GLAND
MENINGEAL LAYER WHERE BLEEDING MOST COMMONLY OCCURS FOLLOWING TRAUMA
SUBDURAL SPACE
SHALLOW GROOVE ON THE BRAIN
SULCUS
SURGICAL RESECTION OF THE DORSAL ROOT OF A SPINE NERVE TO RELIEVE PAIN
RHIZOTOMY
APPROACHES FOR CRANIOTOMY
FRONTAL
FRONTOTEMPORAL
BIFRONTAL
PART OF THE BRAIN AT THE BACK OF THE SKULL. IT’S FUNCTION IS TO COORDINATE AND REGULATE MUSCULAR ACTIVITY; SECOND LARGEST STRUTURE OF THE BRAIN
CEREBELLUM
USED FOR SPONGING AROUND THE SPINAL CORD
COTTONOIDS
DEEP GROOVE IN TEH BRAIN
FISSURE
STRUCTURE DEEP WITHIN THE BRAIN, MAIN LINK BETWEEN THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM AND AUTOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
HYPOTHALAMUS
TIC DOULOUREUX (TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA) IS ASSOCIATED WITH WHICH CN
5TH
MENIERE’S SYNDROME (BUILD UP OF FLUID IN THE INNER EAR) IS ASSOCIATED WITH WHICH CN
8TH
