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Path2 Final Jeopardy
CanColl May 2012 Path 2 Final Review (Jeopardy)
Question | Answer |
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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 |