Mannitol is used in Neurosurgical procedures to:
A) prevent bleeding
B) decrease intracranial bleeding
C) anesthetize the operative site
D) fight possible postoperative infection
What is decrease intracranial bleeding
100
A lumbar meningocele involves removal of:
A) cerebrospinal fluid
B) lumbar disc
C) meninges
D) a fluid-filled sac
What is a fluid-filled sac
100
Scoliosis is MOST commonly found in which of the following curves of the vertebral column?
A) cervical
B) thoracic
C) lumbar
D) sacral
What is thoracic
100
Which of the following instruments is used for placement
of cottonoid strips during a craniotomy?
A) bayonet forceps
B) Russian forceps
C) Kelly clamp
D) angled Debakey clamp
What is bayonet forceps
100
Which of the following types of sponges is used directly on the structures of the brain?
A) ray-tec
B) lap
C) Weck-cel
D) cottonoid
What is a cottonoid?
200
Which of the following tumors is typically benign, encapsulated and arises from tissue covering the central nervous system structures?
A) Meningioma
B) Astrocytoma
C) Schwannoma
D) Oligodendroglioma
What is a Meningioma?
200
During a craniotomy, removal of the bone flap is followed by:
A) incision of the dura mater
B) incision of the galea aponeurotica
C) application of the Raney clips
D) suturing of the Dura mater
What is incision of the dura mater
200
What is the most common cause of intracerebral hemorrhage?
A) Hypotension
B) Hypertension
C) Meningioma
D( Meningitis
What is Hypertension?
200
In preparation for a cranial aneurysm, which of the following would MOST be used?
A) microscope
B) cryoprobe
C) Jordon day drill
D) Crutchfield tongs
What is a microscope
200
A brain tumor causing alterations of muscle tone , voluntary muscle coordination, gait and balance would likely be located in the:
A) Diencephalon
B) Cerebellum
C) Medulla
D) Pons
What is the Cerebellum?
300
The cranial nerve responsible for hearing and balance is:
A) V
B) VIII
C) XI
D) XII
What is the VIII cranial nerve?
300
During a craniotomy, which of the following types of bone id entered?
A) flat
B) round
C) long
D) short
What is flat
300
To prevent a cerebral aneurysm from rupturing the surgeon will:
A) Apply a specially designed clip at base of aneurysm
B) Apply hemoclips on the feeder vein
C) Incise the wall of the aneurysm
D) Insert a Gore-tex graft
What is Apply a specially designed clip at base of aneurysm?
300
Which of the following may be used for a cerebral aneurysm?
A) dura hook
B) nerve hook
C) brain spoon
D) rake retractor
What is brain spoon
300
What type of hematoma is a result of torn bridging meningeal veins?
A) Subdural
B) Epidural
C) Intracerebral
D) Intraventricular
What is Subdural?
400
Which of the following neurosurgical retractors is handheld?
A) Greenburg
B) Cushing
C) Layla
D) Beckman
What is a Cushing?
400
When surgically treating hydrocephalus, where is the shunt placed?
A) Third ventricle
B) Lateral ventricle
C) Aqueduct of Sylvius
D) Foramen of Monro
What is Lateral ventricle?
400
What cranial nerve is affected by trigeminal neuralgia?
A) I
B) V
C) VI
D) VII
What is the V
400
Which of the following should be included in the set-up for a laminectomy?
A) Hohmann
B) Mayfield
C) Kerrison
D) Bennett
What is Kerrison
400
Which neurosurgical pathology would a myelogram diagnose?
A) Subdural hematoma
B) Creutzfeldt-Jakob
C) Spinal stenosis
D) Myelomeningocele
What is Spinal stenosis?
500
What is the purpose of polymethyl methacrylate during a cranioplasty?
A) Reducing vascular spasm
B) Filling cranial defects
C) Adhesive skin closure
D) Subarachnoid space dye
What is Filling cranial defects?
500
What surgical approach is often used for a craniotomy for aneurysm repair?
A) Temporolateral
B) Transphenoidal
C) Posterior fossa
D) Frontotemporal
What is Frontotemporal?
500
The cranial nerve that regulates secretion of gastric juice is:
A) III
B) V
C) VII
D) X
What is X?
500
which of the following retractors is used for spinal nerve roots?
A) Taylor
B) Love
C) Cushing
D) Meyerding
What is Love?
500
The neuroglia of the nervous system:
A) Produces CSF
B) Supports and binds
C) Conduct impulses
D) Initiate reflexes