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36 Cards in this Set
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What is the meninges?
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cerebrospinal fluid and bony structure –protect and cover brain
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What does the cerebral function control?
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1)Behavior
2)Level of consciousness: 3)time, place, person 4)Glasgow Coma Scale 5)Memory: immediate, recent, remote 6)Mathematical ability 7)Thought process 8)Judgment 9)General knowledge 10)Communication |
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What is the Central nervous system?
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Brain and spinal cord
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What is the peripheral spinal cord?
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12pairs of cranial nerves
31pairs of spinal nerves |
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What is the cerebral cortex?
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the central of humans' higest funtioning
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What does the temporal lobes devide into?
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Wernicke's area: Dammasge to theis area: The person hear sound but don’t understand the meaning (receptive aphasia)
Broca's area(damage to this area expresive aphasia :the inability to talk) |
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What is the deep tendon reflex?
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Patellar Reflex or Knee Jerk Reflex
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What are the two superficial reflexes?
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1) Cremasteric reflex
2) Corneal reflex |
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What is the visceral reflex?
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accomedation and constriction
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What is the babinski reflex?
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Normal in babies, toes extend out
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Extensor plantar reflex?
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Abnormal if dorsi flexion with or without faning of the toes
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What does folic acid dificiency cause?
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nural tube defect
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What are the 12 cranial nerves?
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CN I -olfactory: sensory smell
CN II -optic: sensory sight CN III -oculomotor: pupils, EOM CN IV-trochlear: EOM CN V -trigeminal: facial sensations & motor, muscles of mastication CN VI-abducen: EOM CN VII-facial: motor, facial muscles, sensory, taste anterior tongue CN VIII-acoustic: hearing CN IX -glossopharyngeal: swallowing, voice, gag, taste posterior tongue CN X -vagus: swallowing, voice, gag CN XI -accessory: motor, neck muscle CN XII-hypoglossal: motor, tongue muscle |
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What is dermatomes?
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circumscribed skin area that is supplied mainly from one spinal cord segment through a particular spinal nerve.
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When doing the physical assessment of the nervous system assess?
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Requires a detailed history
Perform a mental status examination *Assess the cranial nerves *Assess the sensory system *Test Deep Tendon reflexes *Test superficial reflexes |
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What is ansomia?
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Inability to recognize smel, related to zink defitiency
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what is papilledema?
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Swelling of the optic nerve
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what is Palpebral Fissures ?
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line above nose
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Assess CN3,4,6?
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Perrla, cardinal gazes
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Assess CN5?
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palpateTMJ
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how would one assess CNV VII?
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1) smile
2) frown 3)close eyes 4)lift eyebrow 5)show teeth 6) puff cheecks |
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Test CN XII?
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*Have the patient say “d,l,n,t”
*Ask patient to stick out tongue *Observe any deviation |
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HWat is the leading cause of diability in USA
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stroke
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What is Agnosia?
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The inability to recognize object by sight
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what is Parasthesia?
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nubness of body
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What is problems with articulating words?
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dysarthria
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What is the facial features?
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Nasolabial fold
Palpebral fissure |
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What are the levels of conciousness?
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1)Alert
2)Lethargic Apears do be drowsy, sleapy 3)Stuporous Requir vigurous stimulation 4)Comatose Person does not respond to verbal or painfull stimuli |
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What is stereognosis?
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Recognizing when something is writen in the hand
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What is dysmetria?
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clumsy movement with overshooting the mark and occurs with cerebellar disorders or acute alcohol intoxication.
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What are the deep tendon reflexes?
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1)patellar reflex
2)Biceps (C5 – C6) (flexion) 3)Triceps (C7 – C8) (extention) 4)Brachioradialis (C5-C6) 5)Flexion (FA) 6)Supenation (FA) 7)Patellar (L2 – L4) 8)Extention (LL) 9)Achilles (L5 – S2) |
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What is graphesthesia
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recognise object in hand
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What is stereognosis?
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recognize writen
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What are the primitive reflexes?
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Babinski
Sucking Grasp Rooting Glabellar |
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WHat does the bruzinski test test for?
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If there is inflamation, there would be hyper extention of the neck, knees
Meningitis |
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What does the kernig's sign?
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Posible tests for meningitis
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