PTA 11 Lecture 1- Neuro Rehab

Question 1

What is the Standard of Supervision Practice 18

Answer 1

What can and can’t be assigned by your supervising therapist

Question 2

What is the most effective and commonly used tool in neuro rehab?-

Answer 2

The hands

Question 3

What elements create the electrical charge across the axon

Answer 3

sodium and potassium

Question 4

Grey matter is?

Answer 4

Body of the neuron with dendrites

Question 5

White matter is?

Answer 5

The long tail covered with fat called myelin

Question 6

Is the nervous system able to adapt?

Answer 6

The nervous system is “plastic” and is likely to adapt

Question 7

What is the amygdala responsible for?

Answer 7

Fight or flight- rage and aggression

Question 8

What is the hippocampus responsible for?

Answer 8

short term to long term memory conversion-

Question 9

Hypothalamus responsible for?

Answer 9

thirst, hunger, sex drive- vital bodily function

Question 10

Putamen responsible for?

Answer 10

regulates movement: anticipation, readiness, execution

Question 11

Substantia nigra responsible for?

Answer 11

produces dopamine which regulates TONE- Parkinsons Disease

Question 12

How many spinal nerve roots are in the neck?

Answer 12

8