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What is the hypothalamus
Controls the pituitary gland
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What is an electroencephalography (EEG)
Recording of the electrical activity of the brain
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What is Parkinson's disease
The 67 year old patient states she is much slower and weaker than normal, something most would attribute to just ageing, but you test deeper and you see she has a deficiency of dopamine. As she stands up from the chair you notice she has very bad posture.
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What is alpha-fetoprotein
AFP
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What is demyelination
The main defect MS causes is _______ which prevents the conduction of nerve impulses through the axon
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What is white matter in the spine
Contains the nerve fiber tracts with myelin sheaths
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What is proton stereotactic radiosurgery
Type of stereotactic radiosurgery that delivers a uniform dose of radiation to a target and spares surrounding tissue
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What is a tonic-clonic seizure
A patient is rushed into the ER, the handoff report from paramedics say his wife found him unconscious on the living room floor stiff as a board, but somehow he still managed to twitch and jerk enough the paramedics had to restrain him on the gurney.
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What is hemiparesis
1/2P
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What is horse's tail
What is cauda equina latin for?
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What is the corpus callosum
This lies in the center of the brain and connects the two hemispheres
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What is antiplatelet or anticoagulant
Thrombotic strokes are normally treated with ________ therapy
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What is the genetic defect that causes Huntington's disease
A patient says that for the past couple of months he has had uncontrollable spasms of movements and his wife says he is way more grumpy and rude than normal. You decide to test chromosome 4 for _____________
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What is tissue plasminogen activator; A clot-dissolving drug used as therapy for a stroke
tPA and what is it used for?
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What is congenital, degenerative, infections, neoplastic, traumatic, vascular
Neruologic disorders may be classified in what 6 categories?
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What is the cerebrum, thalamus, hypothalamus, cerebellum, pons and midbrain, and the medulla oblongota
Name all 6 parts of the brain
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What is a thymectomy
Therapy to reverse symptoms of myasthenia gravis (MG) include: drugs, immunosuppressive therapy, and ________ which is beneficial to many pantients
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What is multiple sclerosis (MS)
You are seeing a patient who you treated for his muscle weakness a couple months ago, which worked successfully. However, he says the symptoms came back, and worse this time, as they are weaker then ever before and he says he has random spurts of double vision.
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What is transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation; technique using a battery powered device to relieve acute and chronic pain
TENS and what is it used for?
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What is subdural results from the tearing of veings between the dura and arachnoid membranes, epidural occurs between the skull and the dura as the result of a rupture meningeal artery, and intracerebral is caused by bleeding directly into brain tissue
Name and describe the 3 types of hematoma's in the brain
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What is astrocyte (astroglial cell), Microglial cell, oligodendroglial cell, ependymal cell
Name the four types of glial cells
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What is a positron emission tomography scan (PET Scan)
What procedure would you do to see if the patient has alzheimers,or has had a stroke
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What is cerebral contusion, and concussion, HIV encephalopathy and alzheimers.
Paramedics arrive in the ER with a patient who was hit by a car. The driver was at the scene and reported to the paramedics he was "running around in the street like a lost soul". His head has massive hemorrhaging so you immediately start treatment for a cerebral ________ and ________. You brush through his records and pertinent medical history and while doing so, you realize the man is infected with HIV, and has come in with complaints of dementia before, which was dismissed as seizures. After he recovers you decide to test him for both ___________ and __________.
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What is a transient ischemic attack; temporary interference with the blood supply to the brain
TIA; use laymans terms to describe it
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What is the cerebrum is thinking, peronsality, sensations, movements and memory. The thalamus is the relay center for impulses, control of awareness and conciousness. Hypothalamus controls body temp, sleep, appetite, emotions, and the pituitary gland. The cerebellum controls coordination of movements and balance. The pons and midbrain connect the nerves and nerve fiber pathways. The medulla oblongata is where nerve fibers cross over, contains centers to regulate heart, blood vessels, and respiratory system
Name the 6 parts of the brain and describe their functions
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