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1
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What do epidural and subdural hematomas look like on MRI? What vessels are disrupted in each?

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Epidural: biconvex lens shape, the meningeal arteries SUdural: crescent shaped, the bridging veins

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What is the order of meningeal coverings and spaces

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Skull Epidural (potential) space Periosteal dura Meningeal dura Subdural (potential) space Arachnoid Subararachnoid (real) space Pia mater Cerebral cortex

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What level does the spinal cord end? Where does filium terminale attach?

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L1/L2 to the cocyx

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What are the “wrappings” of a peripheral nerve fascicle?

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epineurium perineurium (blood nerve barrier is between peri and endo) endoneurium

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What is the CNS equivalent of a “nerve”?

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A tract

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How to classify peripheral nerves and which ones are important to know (A-alpha, 1a, 2b, 2, A-delta)? What happens to C-fibers in demyelinationg disorders?

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  • Based on conduction velocity (A,B,C)
  • Based on diameter (I, II, II,IV) (this scheme used only for sensory)
  • C-fibers are thin and unmyelinated and carry dull pain information- they will remain intact in demyelination disorders.
  • A-alpha carry motor to muscle
  • 1a carry sensory from spindle
  • 2b carry sensory from golgi
  • 2 carry sensory from skin
  • A-delta: carry sharp pain
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What are the two kinds of schwann cells?

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ensheathing and myelinating

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Define neuropraxia, axonotmesis, neurotmesis

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Neuropraxia: lost myelin Axonotmesis: the axon is lost, but at least the epineurium is still intact Neurotmesis: transection

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What is the function of myelin for neuronal transmission (x3)

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Insulates reduces capacitance increases rate of change at the membrane

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What is Nissl substance?

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A histologic identifying feature….it is RER of nerves

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What do these cells do: astroglia oligodendrocytes Schwann cells Polydendrocytes Ependyma Microglia

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astroglia: support oligodendrocytes: central myelination Schwann cells: peripheral myelination Polydendrocytes: stem cells Ependyma: line ventricles, make CSF Microglia: macrophages

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What are the 3 types of white matter tracts in the CNS

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commisural (between hemispheres) association (within hemispheres) projection (in and out of the CNS)

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What the four components of a sensory experience? What does duration refer to?

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1) Modality (dictated by what type of receptor: pressure, temp, taste, photo)
2) Intensity (encoded either by frequency coding (how often a neuron fires) or population coding (how many neurons are firing)
3) Location (where the fibre terminates on the somatosensory cortex. 2 point discrimination)
4) Duration: relationship between the perceived intensity and the actual intensity. depends on adaptation, each receptor has a different rate of adaptation.

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What does 2 point discrimination depend on ?

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  • receptor density -receptive field - need to have at least one unactivated neuron between the two points to discriminate -depends on lateral inhibition
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Where are the following sensory components and what do they each detect? Meissner’s corpuscles Pacinian Ruffini endings Merkel Free nerve endings in skin

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Meissner’s corpuscles: papillary dermis; light touch Pacinian: reticular dermis; deep pressure and vibration (espcially the change in pressure because they are warpped in a gelatinous material) Ruffini endings: dermal blood vessels, stretch Merkel: stratum basale; vibration Free nerve endings: touch, pressure, stretch and pain

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How to photoreceptors differ in terms of signal transduction from other sensory receptors?

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They have tonically high cGMP and tonically release glutamate. In the light rhodopsin absorbs photons and causes a decrease in cGMP and decrease in glutamate release.

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What are the names of muscle fibers, sensory fibers and motor fibers that belong to the muscle spindle? What is the point fo alpha-gamma coactivation?

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Muscle: bag1, bag2, chain

Sensory: 1a (length and velocity info), 2 (length info)

Motor: gamma-static and gamma-dynamic

Alpha-gamma coactivation means that the muscle spindle shortens with the extrafusal fibers so that the stretch information remains accurate. Gamma fibers allow fro tunability.

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What is the Hoffman reflex?

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The electrical analog to the stretch reflex

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Where in the body is the density of muscle spindles highest?

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Places involved in fine manipulative tasks (e.g. hands and neck)

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What is the role of the 1a inhibitory interneuron in the myotactic reflex?

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Mediates the reflex, recieves descending input as well. Probably why Jindrassik maneouvres work?

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What are the viscoelastic properties of nerves (generally) and how can these influence peripheral nerve injury?

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Nerves have a bit of give- they are always a bit tense, but can stretch and recoil. Stretching compresses vessels leading to axon disruption

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How does nerve compression lead to injury?

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Compression causes ischemia and separation of myelin from the axon. There will be a swelling of axoplasm upstream of the compression.

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What is the time limit to reinnervate after motor loss? After sensory loss? Is a more distal or more proximal laceration more likely to heal better?

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Motor: 12 months

Sensory: less time sensitive

A more distal laceration has better outcome because the proximal growth cone has less far to grow

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What is a neuroma?

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A growth of nerve tissue. Happens after nerve injury/part of wallerian degeneration

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What is Wallerian degeneration?

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Basically the breakdown of the distal stump after axonal injury. The myelin breaks down, the basal lamina sends out lost of trophic factors for teh proximal stump to find it again, lots of macrophages.

The proximal stump starts sending out growth cones right away. Schwann cells are important in the regeneration process and divide like crazy.

All this happens within minutes of injury, so it is important to repair a lacerated nerve as soon as possible.

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What is an EMG and what can it tell you? What is the M wave from? What is the H-wave from? What does spontaneous electrical activity mean?

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electromyography. Pathology includes changes in latency and changes in amplitude changes in synchrony of firing (seen as a decreased amplitude…)

M-wave is from orthodromic activation of alpha-motor neurons.

H-wave is slower and is the from activation of 1a sensory muscle spindle fibres

Spontaneous electrical activity means active denervation

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What would a pattern of axonal loss vs. demyelination look like? What are examples of each?

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Axonal loss (e.g. diabetic neuropathy)

  • longer axons go first, so you get a stockings and gloves pattern
  • slowly progressive
  • sensory Sx > motor sx
  • loss of ankle jerks

Demyelination (e.g. Guillain-Barre)

  • usually rapidly progressive
  • arms and legs
  • both sensory and motor sx
  • areflexic
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What are the distinguishing features of UMN and LMN lesions?

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LMN:

  • hyporeflexia
  • absence of cutaneous reflexes
  • decreased tone
  • fasciculations
  • muscle atrophy

UMN:

  • hyperreflexia (incl. clonus)
    • babinski
  • spastiscity
  • increased tone
  • no muscle atrophy
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What is the etiology of spina bifida? How can it be detected in utero?

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Etiology is multifactorial.

Can be detected by US or with AFP (alpha fetoprotein)

Prevented with 0.4 mg of folic acid

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Define neurulation and give brief description of how it happens.

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Neurulation: formation and closure of the neural tube. The ectoderm is induced into the neural tube by underlying notochord cells somehow involving sonic the hedgehog.

The tube zips up, starting cervically. The anterior and posterior neuropores are the last to close

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What are neural crest cells? What do they do?

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Neural crest cells are pluripotent, migratory cells that form cranial (e.g. leptomeninges (=pia and arachnoid) and trunk (unipolar neurons, melanocytes, schwann cells, adrenal medulla) derivatives

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What are defects of failure of the posterior neuropore to close?

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33
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What are some problems associated with spina bifida?

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skeletal muscle paralysis

saddle anesthesia

anal/urethral problems

34
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Describe the basic organization of the CNS before it folds

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Alar plate becomes sensory (feel the wind beneath my wings…) and is lateral

Basal plate becomes motor and is medial

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What are the primary and secondary brain vesicles?

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What are the derivatives of the secondary brain vesicles?

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What are the three CNS flexures and what do they demarcate?

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  1. cervical (brain and spinal cord)
  2. midbrain (forebrain and midbrain)
  3. pontine (midbrain and hindbrain…this one is a result of unequal growth of the first two parts)
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What does the homunculus look like?

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