The Brain/Neurological Assessment - Unit 3 Flashcards
The Brain - basic building block is the ___.
Neuron.
A ___th of our brain is visual processing.
4th.
Brain - __% tissue, CSF ___%, Blood __%.
Tissue 80%
CSF 10%
Blood 10%
What do the meninges do?
Cover the skull/parts of brain
Glucose - what does it do in the brain?
It is brain food!
What is autoregulation in the brain?
It’s when the brain changes the diameter of the vessels because it needs to.
How much CSF do we produce in an hour?
About 20 mL/hour.
Hyperventilation - what does it do?
Protects us - CO2 dilates vessels in brain, so hyperventilation gets rid of CO2.
LOC - most sensitive neuro test. T/F?
True!
What are parts of the neuro exam?
Mental status, cranial nerves, motor system, reflexes, sensory system, coordination, station and gait.
When testing for pain/stimulation, should we test centrally?
Yes!
Stereogenesis - what is it?
Can’t understand what you’re feeling without looking at it.
What’s the Romberg test?
Close your eyes - if you can stand in one place and not move around, you’re good!
Glasgow Coma Scale - Scoring - Eye Opening
Spontaneous - 4
To speech - 3
To pain - 2
None - 1
Glasgow Coma Scale - Scoring - Verbal Response
Oriented - 5 Confused conversation - 4 Words (inappropriate) - 3 Sounds (incomprehensible) - 2 None - 1