Unit 4 Neuro in class cumulative quiz Flashcards
Area responsible for motor aspects of speech
Broca
72-year old with L-sided weakness of upper and lower extremities. Symptoms lasted less than 1hr and resolved with no evidence of infarction. This is _____
transient ischemic attack
Pt with DBI is at increased risk for which complication
acute brain swelling
Cushing and Addison disease can manifest with elevated levels of…
ACTH
Manifests with chorea, abnormal movement that begins in face and arms and eventually affects entire body. There’s a progressive dysfxn of intellectual and thought processes.
Huntington disease
Refers to a herniation/protrusion of the brain and meninges through a defect in the occipital region of the skull, resulting in a saclike structure
encephalocele
Most common cause of bacterial meningitis in children under 4
Neisseria meningitidis
Normal ICP is ____ @ 24mm Hg, it’d be considered?
1-15mmHg. Higher than normal.
injury at sight of impact
coup
injury from brain rebounding and hitting opp side of skull
contrecoup
Prostaglandin production is related to the sensation of
pain
_____ will interrupt the prostaglandin pathway and inhibit pain sensations
aspirin
________ are one of the more potent mediators that cause increased blood flow, chemotaxis, and subsequent dysfxn of tissues and organs
prostaglandins
What change in the EXC matrix would support the diagnosis of metastatic cancer?
decreased fibronectin, as this allows some cancer cells to metastasize
Bacterial meningitis can occur secondary to _______ and is manifested by fever, tachy, chills, and petechial rash with a severe throbbing headache, severe photophobia, and nuchal rigidity.
sinusitis
11-year old with newly diagnosed type 1 DM, which classic symptoms should nurse assess?
3P’s and weight loss
Dehydration is a risk factor for _______ stroke because it increases blood viscosity and decreases cerebral perfusion
thrombotic
Which conditions can lead to hypokalemia?
diarrhea, renal disorders, laxative overuse, surgical tubes implanted from GI tract.
Earliest manifestation of diabetes-induced kidney dysfxn?
microalbuminuria
depletion of dopamine is related to
Parkinson disease
Pt in ER for tx of injuries received in a motor vehicle accident. An MRI reveals spinal cord injury, and his body temp fluctuates. Explanation:
his sympathetic nervous system has been damaged
a condition of deep sleep/unresponsiveness from which a person may be aroused or caused to open his/her eyes only by vigorous and repeated stimulation
Stupor
Pt diagnosed with spinal cord injury experienced spinal shock lasting 15 days. Pt now had an uncompensated CV response to sympathetic stimulation. What may have caused it?
autonomic hyperreflexia d/t Istended bladder/rectum
Which grade would a subarachnoid hemorrhage be at if the pt experiences drowsiness and confusion with or without focal neurologic deficits and pronounced meningeal signs?
Stage III
