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What is the third leading cause of death in Canada?What may preceed this cause of death? What are the symptoms of this? How long can these symptoms last?
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Cerebrovascular accidents. Transischemic attackTIA-sudden loss of motor or sensory on one side-difficulty speaking/understanding-alertered visual perceptionmay last 5-10 mins
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What is the function of the cerebral cortex? What are its components?
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Governing thoughtMemoryReasoningSensation Voluntary movementComponents = All lobes
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Which CN do not arise form the brainstem?
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Olfactory and Optic
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What are each of the CN with their numbers, function, category(sensory/motor) and how do you test them
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Review this question with OSCE material
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How many pairs of spinal nerves are there and how many are there in each category? Why are they considered mixed nerves?
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31 pairs:8 cervical12 thoracic5 lumbar5 sacral1 coccygealBecause they contain both motor and sensory fibres
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What might a loss of consciousness then hit head indicate? What might a blow to the head and then LOC indicate?
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Cardiac problemNeuro problem
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When is a Glasgow coma scale rating done?
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On a patient who has already has a full neuro done, this is just a checkup
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When spinal nerves comingle with other nerves what are they called?
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Peripheral nerves
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Where are spinal punctures performed?
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L2 - L4
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What are the 5 components of a deep tendon response?
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Sensory nerveSpinal cord synapsemotor nerveneuromuscular junctionmuscle fibres
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The abdominal reflex is mediated by which classification of spinal nerves? Corneal reflex? Plantar responses?
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Thoracic spinal nervesCranial nervesL5 and S1
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Differentiate between upper motor neurons and lower motor neurons
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Upper motor: Synapse with brainstem and spinal cordLower motor: cell bodies in anterior horn
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If there is a lesion to the lateral corticospinal tract which side of the body will be affected? Anterior corticospinal tract? Why does this occur?
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Contralateral side to lesion will be affectedIpsilateral side to lesion will be affectedBecause some of the nerves cross over in the spinal cord and some don't
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What is the function of the corticospinal tracts? What is another name for the corticospinal tracts?
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Voluntary movement and skilled movements. Pyramidal tracts
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What is the function of the basal ganglia system? What is the function of the cerebellar system? What do these two systems have in common?
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Basal Ganglia = inhibits muscle tone, coordinates sustained movement (posture)Cerebellar = Coordinated fine and skilled voluntary movementsBoth of these systems are extrapyrimidal tracts
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