Neuro Anatomy
This commonly used tool assesses a patient's level of consciousness by evaluating eye opening, verbal response, and motor response.
What is the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)?
Clumsy movements when performing rapid alternating movements
Dyskinesia
This autoimmune disorder damages the myelin sheath of neurons in the central nervous system, leading to symptoms such as weakness, fatigue, and vision changes.
What is Multiple Sclerosis
This fluid-filled system cushions the brain and spinal cord and circulates through the ventricles and subarachnoid space
what is cerebrospinal fluid
This part of the brain coordinates balance, posture, and fine motor movements
What is the cerebellum
During a neuro assessment, these structures are checked for size, equality, and reaction to light.
This progressive neurodegenerative disorder is characterized by tremors, rigidity, bradykinesia, and postural instability.
What is Parkinson's Disease
This acronym is commonly used to assess whether pupils are normal during a neurological examination.
What is PERRLA (Pupils Equal, Round, Reactive to Light and Accommodation)?
A patient with meningitis exhibits resistance and pain when the examiner attempts to extend the knee while the hip is flexed to 90 degrees.
What is Kernig's sign?
This type of stroke results from the rupture of a cerebral blood vessel and is often associated with severe headache, increased ICP, and decreased LOC.
What is a hemorrhagic stroke?
This structure connects the brain to the spinal cord and contains centers that regulate breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure
What is brainstem
This cranial nerve is assessed when asking a patient to shrug their shoulders against resistance.
What is cranial Nerve XI (Spinal accessory Nerve)
This medication is considered the gold standard for Parkinson's disease because it is converted to dopamine in the brain.
What is levodopa/carbidopa (Sinemet)?
This neurological disorder is characterized by severe, sudden facial pain along the distribution of Cranial Nerve V.
What is Trigeminal Neuralgia (Tic Douloureux)?
During a seizure, this phase occurs immediately after the abnormal electrical activity stops and is commonly characterized by confusion, drowsiness, and headache.
What is the postictal phase?
This protective membrane system consists of three layers: the dura mater, arachnoid mater, and pia mater.
what are the meninges
This neuro assessment finding occurs when the neck is flexed and the knees and hips involuntarily flex, suggesting meningeal irritation.
What is Brudzinski's sign
Hyporeflexia occurs with this injury
What is Spinal Cord injuries
A patient taking phenytoin for seizure control should be monitored for this adverse effect, which commonly presents as overgrowth of gum tissue.
What is gingival hyperplasia?