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52 Cards in this Set
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Cranial nerve 1
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Olfactory
Responsible for SMELL SENSORY |
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Cranial nerve 2
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Optic
Responsible for VISION SENSORY |
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Cranial nerve 3
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Oculormotor
Responsible for Pupillary response and eye movement MOTOR |
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Cranial nerve 4
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Trochlear
Responsible for Eye Movement MOTOR |
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Cranial nerve 5
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Trigeminal
Responsible for Sensation to face and chewing MOTOR |
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Cranial nerve 6
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Abducens
Responsible for Movement of the eye MOTOR |
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Cranial nerve 7
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Facial
Responsible for Motor to face and sensation of taste MOTOR |
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Cranial nerve 8
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Vestibulocochlear
Responsible for Hearing and balance SENSORY |
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Cranial nerve 9
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Glossopharangeal
Responsible for gag reflex and hard palate SENSORY |
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Cranial nerve 10
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Vagus
Longest cranial nerve Slows contractility of the heart *rest and digest* strictly PARASYMPATHETIC resp for SPEECH |
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Cranial nerve 11
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Accessory
Responsible for shoulder shrug MOTOR |
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Cranial nerve 12
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Hypoglossal
Tounge MOTOR |
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Layers of brain
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Epidural space
Dura matter Subdural space Arachnoid matter Subarachnoid matter Pia matter |
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White matter
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Everyting with mylin
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Parkinsons type symptoms
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Decreased dopamine
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Schizopherenia
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Too much dopamine
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Brocca's area
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Where we form words we want to say
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Dysphasia
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Has to do with speech
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Wernicke's area
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Where we make sense of things
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Forebrain-Telencephalon
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Speech center
Goal oriented behavior Short term memory Thought Visual motor area Parietal lobe Occipital lobe Temporal lobe |
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Visual motor area
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Program and carry out eye movement
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Parietal lobe
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Store, analyze and interpret
Communication btw sensory |
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Occipital lobe
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Vision
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Temporal lobe
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Auditory, smell, memory consolidation
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PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
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yea
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Autonomic Nervous System
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*Sympathetic
*Parasympathetic *Input from medulla and hypothalmus |
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Somatic Nervous System
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*Coordinating body movements
*Conscious control |
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Enteric Nervous System
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Digestion --> whole GI
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Parasympathetic
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Autonomic
S salivation L lacramation U urination D defication G gi E exocrine |
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Sympathetic
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Fight or flight
pupils dilate, dry mouth, inc heart rate, inc B/P |
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General Neurological Symptoms
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Weakness, paralysis, seizures, headache, change in vision, changes in mood/behavior/reflexes, ataxia
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Causes of Acute Confusion
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Medications, vascular, acute infections, metabolic, endocrine, post surgery, stress (new environment)
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Dementia
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Chronic in nature
Slow onset |
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Causes of Dementia
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*Alzheimers
*Huntington's disease **not a normal part of aging** |
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Signs and Symptoms of Dementia
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Confusion, memroy loss, loss of reasoning and judgement
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Testing for dementia
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CT, MRI, R/O all other physical/mental causes
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Multiple Sclerosis
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Chronic demyelination of nerve fibers, causing inflammation and nerve death, CNS (brain, spinal cord, optic nerve) -->scarring
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Causes of MS
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A1 -- poss post viral
Females ages 20-40 Higher rates in low temperature environments, possible loss of vit D |
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MS
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4 different types- remitting and relapsing
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Signs and symptoms MS
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visual changes in 1 eye, exacerbated by heat, balance, memory, parathesias,
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Charcots triad
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intention tremor, scanning speech, nystagmus
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Lhermitte's sign
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electrick shock like pain into back or legs with FLEXED neck
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Amiotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
ALS |
Atrophy of upper and lower motor neurons
Brain stem (pons, medulla), cortex (frontal), and ventral (motor), spinal cord |
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Causes of ALS
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Idiopathic, Oxidative stress-> mutant SOD->Cell mutation and death,
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ALS Genetic
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poss multifactorial
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Excessive glutamine
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glutamine affects the transport of Ca inot the cell causing mutation and death.
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Signs and Symptoms of ALS
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Weakness, spasms, difficulty speeking, fatigue,
*No intellectual or sensory impact |
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Testing for ALS
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MRI
Muscle and nerve conduction tests, EMG, repedative nerve stimulation |
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Myasthenia Gravis
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Loss of acetylcholine receptors at neuromuscular junction in skeletal muscle
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Causes of Myasthenia Gravis
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Autoimmune
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Acetylcholine
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utilized in nerve transmission, Loss also results in alzheimers
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Signs and Symptoms of Myasthenia Gravis
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Muslce weakness- > begins in the eyes (ptosis, diplopia), *SOB,
*Sensation and DTR intact, *worse with stress, heat, physical exercise |
