Neuro

Front 1

Tell me about microglia

Back 1

Phagocytes
CNS
Mesoderm
not on Nissl stains

Front 2

Pacinian corpuscles

Back 2

Deep skin layers, ligaments, joints
vibration, pressure

Front 3

Hypothalamus is responsible for what functions?

Back 3

TAN HATS
Thirst, Adenohypophysis, Neurohypophysis, hunger, autonomic regulation, Temp, sexual urges

Front 4

What are the functions of the limbic system?

Back 4

Fleeing, fighting, feeding, feeling, FUCKING

Front 5

What part of the brain is associated with voluntary movements and making postural adjustmants?

Back 5

Basal ganglia

Front 6

A person comes in with depigmentation of the substantia nigra pars and alpha synuclein intracellular inclusions. What do they have?

Back 6

Parkinsons (Lewy bodies)

Front 7

A person comes in that is an alcoholic. What would be under the DDX if you were thinkin about possible self medication related to a tremor?

Back 7

Essential/postural tremor

Front 8

If you damage your hippocampus what happens?

Back 8

Anterograde memory loss....
cant make new memories

Front 9

A person cant speak but they can understand what they hear. What type of aphasia is it?

Back 9

Bocas
(broken boca)

Front 10

What is the "artery of a stroke" that causes simple motor hemiparesis?

Back 10

lateral striae

Front 11

A patient with Marfans complains of the "worste headache of their life" and has a bloody spinal tap. Dx?

Back 11

subarachnoid hemorrhage

Front 12

A patient comes in with a brief sx of a stroke and then feels better. What is the etiology and Dx?

Back 12

Transient ischemic attack
due to neuro dysfunction from foacl ischemia

Front 13

A patient has the triad of ataxia, urinary incontinence, and dementia (wet, wobbly and wacky). Most likely Dx?

Back 13

Normal pressure hydrocephaly

Front 14

What level does the spinal cord stop?
Where is a spinal tap performed?
Disc herniation is most common at what levels?
Where does subarachnoid stop?

Back 14

L1-L2
L4-L5
L5-S1
S2

Front 15

Muscle fasciculations, weakness, and atrophy is associated with upper or lower motor neuron lesions?

Back 15

lower

Front 16

A patient comes in with both upper and lower neuron signs, however there are no sensory deficits. Caused by superoxide dismutase 1 defect. What is it?

Back 16

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Front 17

What sx will one have with a Brown-Sequard syndrome?

Back 17

(hemisection of spinal cord)
ipslateral UMN signs, loss of vibration, touch, proprioception below lesion.
contralateral pain and temp below lesion
Ipsilateral LMN and loss of all sensation at level of lesion

Front 18

What are the Sx of Horners syndrome and above what spinal cord level will an injury cause it?

Back 18

Ptosis, anhydrosis, miosis
Above T1

Front 19

Muscle spindles monitor what?
Golgi Tendon organs monitor what?

Back 19

Muscle spindle monitor the length and are parallel
Golgi Tendon monitors tension and are perpendicular

Front 20

What is Parinaud syndrome?

Back 20

damage of superior colliculis causing paralysis of the conjugate vertical gaze center

Front 21

What three things pass through the optic canal?

Back 21

CN II, opthalmic artery, central retinal vein

Front 22

What passes through the superior orbital fissure?

Back 22

CN III, IV, V1, VI, opthalmic vein, sympathetic artery

Front 23

Label the CN affected.
tongue deviates to right
Jaw deviates to right
uvula deviates to the left
weakness turning head to left and shrugging right shoulder

Back 23

Right XII
Right V
Left X
Right XI

Front 24

What muscles open the mouth and close?

Back 24

Close = Masseter, medial pterygoid, and temporalis
Open = Lateral pterygoid

Front 25

The ampullae detect what type of movement in the inner ear?

Back 25

Angular acceleration

Front 26

alpha 1 acts on what muscle in the eye and does what to the pupil?

Back 26

acts on the radial musle and causes mydriasis of pupil dilation

Front 27

A patient comes in with severe eye pain, decreased vision, a rock hard eye, and a frontal headache.What is the most likely Dx?

Back 27

Closed narrow angle glaucoma

Front 28

What is a Marcus Gunn pupil?

Back 28

Decreased bilateral constriction when light is shone in one eye. Afferent pupillary defect

Front 29

An occlusion of the PCA can cause what vision changes?

Back 29

hemianopia with macular sparing.

Front 30

Internuclear opthalmoplegia is caused by and associated with what?

Back 30

Multiple sclerosis
it is the result of a lesion in the MLF causing nystagmus in the abducting eye

Front 31

What disease has sx of Parkinson's but also presents with dementia and hallucinations?

Back 31

Dementia with Lewy bodies

Front 32

A patient has a bad case of diarrhea fro Campylobacter and then develops distal muscle weakness and face paralysis. What is the most likely Dx and how do you treat?

Back 32

Guillain-Barre
Tx with resp support and plasmaphoresis or IV immunoglobulins

Front 33

A patient has a severe headache for longer than 30 minutes which is steady.
It is bilateral and not aggrevated by light and no aura was present. What is it?

Back 33

Tension headache

Front 34

A child presents with hydrocephaly. What 2 tumor are the most likely to casue thi problem?

Back 34

Medulloblastoma and Ependymoma

Front 35

A patient has ipsilateral midriasis, contralateral honomynous hemainopa, ipsilateral paresis, and duret hemorrages. Most likely Dx?

Back 35

Uncal herniation

Front 36

A patient comes in with respiratory depression, pin point pupils, CNS depression, and current prescribed drugs include fentany. How do you treat?

Back 36

Naloxone

Front 37

You are taking a drug for epilepsy and experience fatigue, GI distress, and Headache. What is it?

Back 37

Ethosuximide
(EFGH)

Front 38

A patient comes in that overdosed on Lorazepam. What do you do?

Back 38

Give flumazenil

Front 39

How do you reverse Vecuronium?

Back 39

Give a cholinesterase inhibitor