Path 5 final review

Question 1

(UMN)

Answer 1

Upper Motor Neuron Lesion

Question 2

central nervous system injury

Answer 2

-

Question 3

Increased DTR

Answer 3

Hyperreflexia

Question 4

spasticity and increased muscle tone

Answer 4

(spastic paralysis)

Question 5

Spina Bifida

Answer 5

-

Question 6

Defective closure of the vertebral column. It is a neural tube defect, due to either a ____ deficiency or genetic factor

Answer 6

folate

Question 7

____ is the most common

Answer 7

meningomyelocele

Question 8

Paralysis usually affects the ____ and ____, eventually leading to severely damaged kidneys

Answer 8

bladder; rectal function

Question 9

diagnosed prenatally, where an increase in _____ in the maternal serum andamniotic fluid is a positive sign

Answer 9

alpha-feto protein

Question 10

a rare, fluid-filled neuroglial cavity within the spinal cord or in the brain stem (syringobulbia).

Answer 10

Syringomyelia

Question 11

A cape like sensory deficit over the shoulders and back is common.

Answer 11

-

Question 12

Possible cause of disruption of sympatric activity to the eye.

Answer 12

-

Question 13

Draining the ____or surgery are the two main forms of treatment.

Answer 13

syringe (cyst)

Question 14

Arnold-Chiari (chiari) Malformations

Answer 14

-

Question 15

chiari malformations (CM’s) are structural defects in the _____, the part of the brain that controls balance

Answer 15

cerebellum

Question 16

Normally the cerebellum and parts of the brain stem sit in an indented space at the lower rear of the skull, above the foramen magnum

Answer 16

(a funnel-like opening to the spinal canal). When part of the cerebellum is located be