YOUR BRAIN
A brain tumor causing alteration of muscle tone, voluntary muscle coordination, gait and balance is located where
What is the Cerebellum?
Cranial nerve responsible for hearing and balance
What is the 8th?
Position most commonly used for neurosurgical procedures
What is supine?
Used to retract spinal nerve roots
What is the Love retractor?
Most common cause of an intracerebral hemorrhage
What is Hypertension?
Thought process takes place here
What is the cerebral cortex?
Trigeminal Neuralgia, nerve affected
What is cranial nerve 5?
This type of imaging is used to diagnose spinal stenosis
What is myelogram?
Type of hand powered saw possibly used on a craniotomy
What is a Gigli?
What is meningioma?
Lesions on the brain in this area can affect balance and coordination
What is the cerebellum?
What is 1 and 2?
Where is the lateral ventricle?
Type of rongeur used to remove the lamina during a laminectomy
What is a Kerrison Rongeur?
Type of hematoma from torn bridging meningeal veins
Pathology that would be treated by transphenoidal hypophysectomy
What is pituitary neoplasm
This nerve is severed as a last resort when treating Meniere's disease
What is 8?
Prevention of a cerebral aneurysm rupture, the surgeon will place a clip where on the aneurysm
What is at the base?
Type of clip that a Raney is
What is a scalp clip?
Function of the neuroglia in the nervous system
What is bind and support?
Polymethyl methacrylate is used during a cranioplasty for what purpose
What is fill in cranial defects?
Secretion of gastric juices nerve
What is 10?
Best approach for a craniotomy for an aneurysm repair
What is frontotemporal?
What is a pituitary?
What is chewing?