Trigeminal sensory system analogous to the spinothalamic tract
What is the spinal trigeminal nucleus?
500
The four features of Gerstmann's syndrome
What is agraphia, acalculia, right-left disorientation, finger agnosia?
500
Explain the 4 steps in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis
1) endothelial damage
2) lipids leak into intima
3) lipids are oxidized and phagocytized by macrophages (forming foam cells)
4) extracellular matrix is deposited and smooth muscle proliferates around it