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40 Cards in this Set
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Area of the brain associated with Parkinson's disease
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substantia nigra
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Area of the brain associated with Huntington chorea
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Caudate nucleus & Putamen (together form the striatum)
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Area of the brain associated with damage to infants with kernicterus
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Globus pallidus
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Area of the brain associated with Hemiballismus
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Subthalamic nucleus
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Cerebral hemispheres demonstrate unilateral weakness or sensory complaints. Lesion located...
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contralateral cerebral hemisphere
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Cerebral hemispheres demonstrate language dysfunction. Lesion located...
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left hemisphere - frontal and temporal
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Cerebral hemispheres demonstrate spatial disorientation. Lesion located...
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right hemisphere (parietal and occipital)
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Cerebral hemispheres demonstrate anosognosia. Lesion located...
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right hemisphere (parietal)
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Cerebral hemispheres demonstrate hemivisual loss. Lesion located...
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contralateral hemisphere (occipital, temporal, parietal)
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Cerebral hemispheres demonstrate flattening of affect or social disinhibition. Lesion located...
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Bihemispheric - frontal and limbic
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Cerebral hemispheres demonstrate alteration of consciousness. Lesion located...
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Bihemispheric - diffuse
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Cerebral hemispheres demonstrate alteration of memory. Lesion located...
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Bihemispheric - hippocampus, fornix, amygdala and mammillary bodies
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Cerebellar symptoms/signs are limb clumsiness
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ipsilateral cerebellar hemisphere
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Cerebellar symptoms/signs are unsteadiness of gait or posture.
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midline cerebellar structures
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Basal ganglia symptoms/signs are slowness of voluntary movement
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substantia nigra & striatum
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Basal ganglia symptoms/signs are involuntary movement
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striatum, thalamus and subthalamus
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Brainstem signs/symptoms are contralateral weakness or sensory complaints in body with ipsilateral weakness or sensory complaints in the face.
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midbrain, pons, medulla
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Brainstem signs/symptoms are double vision.
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midbrain and pons
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Brainstem signs/symptoms are vertigo
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pons & medulla
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Brainstem signs/symptoms are alteration of consciousness
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midbrain, pons, medulla (reticular formation)
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Spinal cord signs/symptoms are weakness and spasticity (ipsilateral) and anesthesia (contralateral) below a specified level.
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corticospinal and spinothalamic tracts
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Spinal cord signs/symptoms are unsteadiness of gait.
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posterior columns
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Spinal cord signs/symptoms are bilateral (can be asymmetrical) weakness and sensory complaints in multiple contiguous radicular distributions.
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central cord.
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What are the elements of a general screening neurologic exam for cranial nerve I?
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Olfactory -
smell in each nostril |
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What are the elements of a general screening neurologic exam for cranial nerve II?
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Optic -
afferent pupillary function fundoscopic examination visual acuity visual fields structural eye findings |
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What are the elements of a general screening neurologic exam for cranial nerve III, IV, and VI?
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Occulomotor, trochlear and abducens -
smooth pursuit and saccadic eye movements nystagmus efferent pupillary function eyelid opening |
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What are the elements of a general screening neurologic exam for cranial nerve V?
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Trigeminal -
jaw jerk facial sensation afferent corneal reflex muscles of mastication |
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What are the elements of a general screening neurologic exam for cranial nerve VII?
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facial -
efferent corneal reflexes, facial expression, eyelid closure, nasolabial folds power and bulk |
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What are the elements of a general screening neurologic exam for cranial nerve VIII?
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Vestibulocochlear -
nystagmus speech discrimination Weber test Rinne test |
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What are the elements of a general screening neurologic exam for cranial nerve IX & X?
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Glossopharyngeal and vagus -
afferent and efferent gag reflex uvula position |
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What are the elements of a general screening neurologic exam for cranial nerve XI?
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Spinal accessory -
power and bulk of SCM and trapezii muscles |
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What are the elements of a general screening neurologic exam for cranial nerve XII?
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Hypoglossal -
position, bulk, and fasiculations of the tongue |
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This neurologic disease is autosomal dominant.
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Huntington disease
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This neurologic disease is autosomal recessive.
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Friedreich ataxia
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This neurologic disease is sex-linked recessive.
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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This neurologic disease is sporadic.
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Down's syndrome
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3 signs that indicate a basilar skull fracture:
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bilateral periorbital ecchymosis (raccoon's eyes), ecchymosis of mastoid area (Battle's sign), and hemotympanum
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Mydriasis my result from what agents?
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anticholinergic agents or sympathomimetics
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A fixed and dilated pupil suggests...
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uncal herniation of the temporal lobe on the ipsilateral side with resultant compression of CN III OR it may be secondary to therapy with a cycloplegic or aneurysmal agent..
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Asymmetry in pupil size is considered:
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pathologic
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