Rapidfire 3

Question 1

decerebrate

Answer 1

midbrain is lesioned, arms extended

Question 2

decorticate

Answer 2

red nucleus is intact, arms flex (bring to core)

Question 3

medullary lesions

Answer 3

no eye findings, have abnormal gags

Question 4

dilated unilateral pupil

Answer 4

usually compression of III, herniation (uncal)

Question 5

cheyne-stokes breathing (location)

Answer 5

bilateral hemispheres or bilateral thalami

Question 6

ataxic breathing or apnea

Answer 6

lesion in medulla

Question 7

hyperventilation

Answer 7

lesion in the midbrain

Question 8

MCA stroke symptoms

Answer 8

face and arm weakness greater than leg weakness

Question 9

ACA stroke symptoms

Answer 9

damage to leg homunculus- leg weakness

ipsilateral gaze deviation, intact VOR

Question 10

PCA stroke symptoms

Answer 10

visual loss on opposite side

alexia without agraphia (problems reading, intact writing)

Question 11

L MCA stroke symptom

Answer 11

aphasia

Question 12

R MCA stroke symptoms

Answer 12

neglect, spatial disorientation, homonymous hemianopsia

Question 13

basilar artery supplies

Answer 13

pons and midbrain

Question 14

vertebral arteries supply the

Answer 14

medulla

Question 15

subdural hematoma

Answer 15

crosses suture lines

venous bleed, very slow

Question 16

epidural hematoma

Answer 16

usually due to trauma

middle meningieal arteries

Question 17

fixed dilated pupil, contralateral weakness

Answer 17

uncal herniation

Question 18

weakness in contralateral leg

Answer 18

subfalcine herniation

Question 19

central herniation symptoms

Answer 19

pushes on brainstem, loss of consciousness and death

Question 20

tonsilar herniation symptoms

Answer 20

affects medulla, results in breathing problems

Question 21

intraparenchymal hemorrhage

Answer 21

focal symptoms
VERY high BP and loss of consciousness
usually occurs deep in the brain

Question 22

AVM features

Answer 22

not super high BP, closer to the skull, abnormal vascular lesion

Question 23

amyloid angiopathy

Answer 23

micro bleeds + a more focal bleed

vascular cause

Question 24

thunderclap headache, non-focal symptoms

Answer 24

subarachnoid hemorrhage until proven otherwise

Question 25

dull headache, hypercoagulable state

Answer 25

venous sinus thrombosis