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Neuro and Special Senses Review

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Ability to receive and process stimuli through sensory organs   Sensation  
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Ability to experience, recognize, organize, and interpret sensory stimuli   Perception  
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Intellectual ability to think   Cognition  
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Person’s awareness of time, place, self, and/or situation impaired   Disorientation  
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Secondary to pathologic change of bones in middle ear; Most common conductive hearing loss   Otosclerosis  
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Inflammation of middle ear   Otitis media  
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Bacterial infection of external ear canal   Otitis Externa  
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Inflammation of cornea   Keratitis  
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Disorder that causes lens or its capsule to lose transparency and/or become opaque   Cataract  
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Disorder characterized by abnormally high pressure of fluid inside eyeball   Glaucoma  
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Inflammation of conjunctiva   Conjunctivitis  
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Inability of eyes to focus in same direction   Strabismus  
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Nearsightedness; Vision for near objects is better than for far. Light focuses before the retina   Myopia  
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Farsightedness; Vision being better for distant objects than for near. Light focuses after the retina   Hyperopia  
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Inability of lens to change curvature in order to focus; Light rays dissolve and vision is blurred   Presbyopia  
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Asymmetric focus of light rays on retina; Light focuses at two points   Astigmatism  
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Central visual acuity 20/200 or less with corrective lenses   Blindness  
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A progressive deterioration of the maculae of the retina; Central vision lost, but peripheral vision remains   Macular degeneration  
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A separation of the retina from the retinal pigment epithelium in the back of the eye   Retinal Detachment  
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An affliction characterized clinically by vertigo, nausea, vomiting, tinnitus, and progressive hearing loss due to hydrops of the endolymphatic duct   Menieres disease  
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A sensation of instability, giddiness, loss of equilibrium, or rotation, caused by a disturbance in the semicircular canal of the inner ear or the vestibular nuclei of the brainstem   Vertigo  
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Involuntary, rhythmic movements of the eyes   Nystagmus  
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An impaired ability to coordinate movement, often characterized by a staggering gait and postural imbalance   Ataxia  
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Paralysis of one side of the body   Hemiplegia  
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An increase in the seriousness of a disease or disorder as marked by greater intensity in the signs or symptoms of the patient being treated   Exacerbation  
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A skin sensation, such as burning, prickling, itching, or tingling, with no apparent physical cause   Parasthesia  
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The loss of muscle function, sensation, or both   Paralysis  
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Condition characterized by either partial or total loss of the ability to communicate verbally or using written words   Aphasia  
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What are the different part of nervous system?   CNS, PNR, ANS  
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Part of Central Nervous System   Brain and Spinal Cord  
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Part of Peripheral Nervous System   Cranial Nerves and Spinal Nerves  
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Divisions of autonomic Nervous system   Sympathetic (fight and flight) and Parasympathetic (rest and digest)  
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Part of the spinal cord   Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacral, Coccyx,  
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Part of Cerebrum   Cerebro-cortex and Cerebro-medulla  
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Divisions of Brainstem   thalamus, hypothalamus, pons, and medulla oblongata  
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A chemical that modifies or results in the transmission of nerve impulses between synapses   Neurotransmitter  
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How are neurotransmitter important?   That’s where drugs act to inhibit or excite a response  
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Location where neurotransmitters travel form the axon to the dendrites   Synapse  
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Insulates the neurons and allows faster transmission of electrical impulses   Myelin  
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What is included in a neuro assessment?   Headache, Clumsiness, Loss or change in function of extremity, Seizure activity, Numbness or tingling  
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Define LOC and how is it assessed   Level of Consciousness is the degree of a patient's alertness and awareness of self and environment  
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Why is LOC an important indicator of neurological status?   It helps assess the functions of the brain and response of nerves, recognize seizures and/or risk for seizures.  
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What does PERRLA mean? When is it used?   Pupils Equals, Round, reactive to Light and Accommodation. Used when assessing a client  
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ICP   Intracranial pressure; Pressure within the cranial cavity  
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Why is an increase in ICP a potential problem?   Some organs can be damaged when high pressure occurs  
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Review neuro status posturing   Flexor (Decorticate), Extensor (Decerebrate), Flaccid.  
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What does flexion and extension postures look like?   Flexion=Arms flexed, or bent inward on the chest, hands clenched into fists, and legs extended and feet turned inward; Extension=Head arched back. Extended elbows. The arms and legs are extended and rotated internally.  
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Why is lumbar puncture used, to diagnose what?   Radiographic visualization of the structures of the nervous system of the spinal canal and meninges and brain. Used for meningitis  
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CVA and TIA   CVA is Brain attack or stroke, hemorrhage into the brain or occlusion of the cerebral vessels from an embolism or thrombosis; TIA is an episode of cerebrovascular insufficiency (mini stroke)  
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What are symptoms of CVA and TIA   CVA=Neurological deficits of sensation, movement, thought, memory, and speech; TIA=Disturbance of normal vision in one or both eyes, dizziness, weakness, dysphasia, numbness, or unconsciousness  
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What are risk factors for TIA/CVA?   Same as MI, age, nutrition, history  
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Treatment of Herniated Intervertebral Disk   Rest, stress reduction, immobility of spine  
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What is the focus of treatment of Parkinson disease   Neurotransmitters  
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Chronic, progressive, degenerative disease of central nervous system, Characterized by loss of myelin   Multiple Sclerosis (MS)  
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What type of illness is ALS   Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) is Fatal, Degeneration of motor neurons in cortex, medulla, and spinal cord  
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What occurs with Guillain-Barre   Acute inflammatory process involving motor and sensory neurons of peripheral nervous system  
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Where does Guillain-Barre start?   Lower extremities and ascends bilaterally  
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Course of Guillain-Barre   Demyelination begins in distal nerves and ascends symmetrically and Remyelination occurs from proximal to distal  
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Inflammation of brain   Encephalitis  
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Inflammation of meninges   Meningitis  
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Cause of Encephalitis and Meningitis   Virus, bacteria (contagious), fungi, or parasites  
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Describe Huntington’s disease   Chronic, progressive hereditary disease of nervous system. Mental or intellectual impairment progresses to dementia, Death usually results from heart failure, pneumonia, infection, or choking  
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Treatment and prevention of Huntington’s disease   Must collaborate with social worker, chaplain, physician, and mental health worker  
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What is Gilles de la Tourette’s syndrome? Possible type of symptoms?   Neurological movement disorder, Prominent behavioral manifestations  
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Abnormal condition characterized by slowness of all voluntary movement and speech   Bradykinesia  
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