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29 Cards in this Set
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Cortex |
Controls conscous processess |
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Thalamus |
Senses |
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Hypothalamus |
Body temp, apetite, pituitary hormones |
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Medulla |
Heart and breathing |
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Cerebellum |
balance, coordination |
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Temporal Lobe |
Hearing, language comprehention |
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Parietal lobe |
Interprets touch and feeling |
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Occipital lobe |
vision |
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Frontal lobe |
control voluntary movements, speaking, personality |
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Limbic system |
Primitive drives : sexual and emotional arousal |
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Reticular activating system |
Maintains consciousness and wakefullnes |
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Meninges |
Protective covering of brain and spine |
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How many pairs of spinal nerve |
31 |
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Primitive reflexes of newborns |
Grasp - grabbing finger if placed in hand Sucking - if lips are stimulated or soemthng in mouth Rooting - face turns to stimulated side if stroked Babinski - If foot is stroked, the toes should curl |
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What is the glascow coma scale |
Measures level of consiousness LOC Measures brain injury |
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Pain stimuli |
Used to assess conciousness if just a touch isnt working. Trapezius squeeze - pinch trap, and twist Sternal rub - knuckles or palm. May bruise Supraorbital pressure - pressure to eye socket Mandibular pressure- push on angle of jaw Nail pressure - applied to moon of nail Achilles tendon squeeze - squeeze it |
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What pain stimuli to avoid |
Nipple twist, pressure directly to eyeball |
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CN 1 olfaction |
familiar smell test |
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CN 2 Optic |
Test eyesite, contraction, peripheral vision with confrontation |
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CN 3, 4, 6, oculomotor, trochlear, abducens |
6 cardinal fields of vision, |
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CN 5 |
test sensation in the 3 regions of face |
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CN 7 facial |
taste, expression |
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CN 9 glossopharyngeal, CN 10, vagus |
cough, swallow, talk, "say ah" gag reflex, tast on posteior of tongue. |
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CN 11 accessory |
shrug shoulders against pressure |
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CN 12 hypoglossal |
inspect tongue for symmetry, deviation from midline, lesions |
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Steregnosis |
Recognizing a familiar object with just touch |
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Graphesthesis |
Recognize a letter traced invisibly on hand with just touch |
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DTR |
Deep tendon reflexes |
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Superficial reflexes |
Are either positive or negative Abdominal - contracts when stroked Plantar/babinski, toes curl when stroked |
