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NRSRGRY 1 Flashcards

1
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Part of brain involved in executive function, decision-making and restraint of emotions

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Frontal areas

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2
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How is the homonculus oriented along the precentral gyrus?

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head inferior and lateral to the lower extremities superiorly and medially

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3
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Where is the motor speech area (broca’s area) in most patients?

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L Posterior inferior frontal lobe

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4
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Lobe responsible for Awareness of one’s body in space and relative to the immediate environment, body orientation and spatial relationships

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Parietal lobe

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5
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Visual cortex is arrayed along the apposing medial surfaces of this lobe

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Occipital lobe

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6
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Left occipital lobe receives and integrates data from which half of the retina?

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Left half of the retina

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7
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What is the structure above the temporal lobe which divides it from the parietal lobe?

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Sylvian fissure

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8
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Memory

a. hippocampus
b. amygdala
c. Meyer’s loops
d. Wernicke’s area

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A

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9
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Receptive speech area

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Wernicke’s

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10
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Involved with modulation of movement via inhibition of motor pathways

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Basal ganglia

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11
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Parts of diencephalon

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Thalamus

Hypothalamus

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12
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Key processor and relay circuit for most motor and sensory information going to or coming from the cortex

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Thalamus

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13
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Key regulator of homeostasis via the autonomic and neuroendocrine systems

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Hypothalamus

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14
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Sensory

a. medial lemniscus
b. corticospinal tract
c. spinothalamic tract

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A and C

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15
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These cranial nerves have nuclei at the brain stem

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III-XII

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16
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integrates somatosensory, vestibular, and motor information for coordination and timing of movement

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Cerebellum

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17
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Lesions on the cerebellar vermis leads to

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truncal ataxia

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18
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lateral lesions to the cerebellum lead to

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termor and dyscoordination in the extremities

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19
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T/F the ventricular system is continuous with the subarachnoid space outside the brain.

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T

20
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Communication between lateral ventricles and 3rd ventricle is via the

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foramen of monroe

21
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communication between third ventricle to fourth ventricle is via the

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Aqueduct of Sylvius

22
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passageway of CSF from 4th ventricle to subarachnoid space

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foramen of Magendie and paired foramina of Luschka

23
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What creates CSF?

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Choroid plexus

24
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What is the average CSF volume of an adult?

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150mL

25
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How much CSF fluid is made in an adult per day?

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500mL per day

26
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The spinal cord ends at what vertebral level?

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L1

27
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motor tracts continue from the brain stem down via the _______ to ______ then exit via ventral nerve roots.

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anterior and lateral corticospial tracts, anterior horn cells

28
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sensory information enters via _____, travels up the dorsal column or _____ into the brain stem

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dorsal nerve roots

spinothalamic tract

29
Q

Menta status

will follow commands and answer questions but return to sleep

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lethargic

30
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Mental status

difficult to arouse

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stupurous

31
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Mental status

no purposeful response to voice or pain

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comatose

32
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motor strength

no muscle movement

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0/5

33
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Motor strength

movement against gravity but not against resistance

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3/5

34
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Motor strength

normal strength against gravity and resistance

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5/5

35
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Motor strength

Movement at the joint but not against gravity

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2/5

36
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Motor strength

Movement against gravity but less than normal resistance

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4/5

37
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Motor strength

visible muscle movement but no movement on the joint

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1/5

38
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GCS

Eye opening max score

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4

39
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GCS Motor response max score

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6

40
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GCS Verbal response max score

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5

41
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Imaging for: Fractures, osteolytic or osteoblastic lesions, pneumocephalus, and to assess for evidence of bony trauma or soft tissue swelling suggesting fracture?

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Plain films

42
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Externally useful diagnostic tool in the setting of new focal neurologic deficit, decreased mental status or trauma. Rapid and almost universally available.

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CT

43
Q

Excellent imaging of soft tissues structures in the head and spine

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MRI

44
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Gold standard for evaluation of vascular pathology of the brain and spine

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Angiography (digital subtraction angiography)

45
Q

Assess the function of peripheral nerves

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EMG-NCS

46
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records muscle activity in response to a proximal stimulation of the motor nerve

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EMG

47
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Record the velocity and amplitude of the nerve action potential

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NCS

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