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Path2 Final Jeopardy

CanColl May 2012 Path 2 Final Review (Jeopardy)

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The largest nerve in the body Sciatic
MM in the buttocks region that may compress sciatic nerve piriformis
injury to the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve meralgia parasthetica
difficulty extending your leg at the knee femoral nerve
absent cremasteric reflex ilioinguinal (sensory) / genitofemoral (motor)
accumulation of CSF within the skull hydrocephalus
herniation of the cerebellum and part of the brainstem arnold chirari malformation
cavitation within the central canal of the spinal cord syringomyelia
most common type of cerebral stroke ischemic
L'Hermitte's is used to help diagnose this MS
Functional unit of the CNS Neuron
Cells responsible for myelin production in the PNS schwann cells
swelling of the neural cell body chromatolysis
phagocytosis of a transected nerve wallerian degeneration
damage to myelin without damage to the axon segmental de-myelination
Cannot pinch (thumb & index finger) or make OK sign median nerve
thenar mm atrophy aka "ape hand" median nerve
weakness of flexion of the arm and also supination musculocutaneous nerve
may be damaged when pulling on a baby's arm during delivery lower brachial plexus - Klumke's Paralysis
Claw Hand Ulnar nerve
first chickenpox and now this? shingles
inflammation of the brain parenchyma encephalitus
Brudzinski's sign is a diagnostic test for this meningitis
childhood encephalopathy following aspirin use Reye's Syndrome
most common entry route for pathogen into the CNS Hematogenous (through the blood/brain barrier)
Compound fracture open / breaks the skin
Osgood-Schlatter's affect this tubercle Tibial
MM pain during exercise claudication / ischemia (reduced bloodflow)
bursting fracture of the atlas (C1) Jefferson's
Lou Gerhig's disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
inability to cross legs Obturator nerve
damage to the superior gluteal nerve can lead to this Trendelenburg
difficulty in flexing leg at the knee sciatic nerve (tibial branch)
fracture of the proximal fibula may compromise this nerve common peroneal
foot drop common peroneal
stage of Alzheimer's where the patient wanders stage 2 - sundown syndrome
children with cerebral palsy will display this type of gait scissor
results due to a reduction of dopamine in the substantia nigra Parkinson's disease
Hallmark of disease is neuritic plaques and tangles Alzheimer's
Hallmark of this disease are plaques throughout the white matter of the CNS MS
Drop attack (seizure) atonic aka akinetic
most common group of seizures among children generalized
child may be misdiagnosed with A.D.D. petit mal seizure
this type of seizure may progress to Jacksonian seizure simple partial
This type is usually accompanied by automatisms complex partial
pectoral minor tightness can lead to this Thoracic Outlet Syndrome TOS
nerve that passes under the flexor retinaculum of the wrist median
winging of the scapula Long thoracic
loss of sensation following axillary nerve injury military patch
upper brachial plexus deformity following injury waiter's tip deformity
injury to the brain on the opposite side of the traumatic impact contre coup
blood accumulated between these two regions with an epidural hematoma skull - dura matter
rupture of a berry aneurysm sub-arachnoid hemorrhage
rupture of the middle meningeal artery epidural
tearing of the bridging veins in the skull subdural
headach that follows a "hat band" distribution tension headache
headache with aura classic migraine
tend to follow a cyclical timetable cluster
tension headache classification (primary or secondary) primary
theorized that this change in vascularity is what causes an aura vasoconstriction
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