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