I LOVE MY BRAIN
CRANIAL NERVES
ICP
NERVES ARE WEIRD
I MUST KNOW THIS
100

THESE ARE THE TWO SUBDIVISIONS OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM.

WHAT IS THE SYMPATHETIC AND PARASYMPATHETIC?

100

THIS CRANIAL NERVE LETS YOU SHRUG YOUR SHOULDERS.

WHAT IS THE SPINAL ACCESSORY NERVE AKA #11?

100

THIS IS A COMMON DIURETIC THAT IS USED TO HELP PULL OFF FLUID IN ICP.

WHAT IS MANNITOL?

100

WHEN PRESSURE ON THE BRAIN STEM IS INCREASING, THE SYSTOLIC B/P WILL RISE WHILE THE DIASTOLIC REMAINS UNCHANGED. 

WHAT IS WIDENING PULSE PRESSURE?

100

THIS TYPE OF SEIZURE IS CONSIDERED THE MOST SEVERE. THE PEOPLE MIGHT EVEN LOSE BLADDER CONTROL.

WHAT IS TONIC-CLONIC (GRAND MAL) SEIZURE?

200

What is an age related change to the neurological system?

•Nerve cells decrease

•Brain weight reduced and ventricles increase in size

•Increased plaques and tangled fibers are found in cerebral tissue

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Physical Exam

•Pupil can be smaller and may respond more slowly to light

•Older person’s eye movements may be more jerky than smooth

•Reflexes intact except for Achilles tendon jerk which might be present

200

THIS CRANIAL NERVE LETS YOU STICK OUT YOUR TONGUE.

WHAT IS THE HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE AKA #12?

200

IF YOU HAVE ICP, THE HOB NEEDS TO ELEVATED TO 30-45 DEGREES TO HELP PROMOTE THIS. 

WHAT IS VENOUS DRAINAGE?

200

YOU CAN NOT DO A LUMBAR PUNCTURE ON SOMEONE SUSPECTED OF HAVING THIS.

WHAT IS ICP?

200

THIS SEIZURE IS LIKE GIVING A BLANK STARE FOR A MINUTE OR TWO.

WHAT IS AN ABSENCE (PETIT MAL) SEIZURE?

300

Stress triggers the sympathetic nervous system and increases the secretion of 

What is norepinephrine and epinephrine?

300

DAILY DOUBLE!!!

THIS NERVE ALLOWS YOU TO FEEL YOUR FACE.

WHAT IS THE TRIGEMINAL NERVE AKA NERVE #5?

300

WHEN ICP GETS BAD, 3 THINGS CAN DEVELOP, LOW HR, HIGH B/P, AND WIDENING PULSE PRESSURE. WHAT ARE THESE SYMPTOMS POINTING TO?

WHAT IS CUSHING'S TRIAD?

300

AFTER A PERSON HAS A SEIZURE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THIS VITAL SIGN BE MONITORED.

WHAT ARE RESPIRATIONS?

300

THIS ANTI-SEIZURE MED CAN CAUSE LIVER DYSFUNCTION SO YOU NEED TO WATCH OUT FOR ANY UNUSUAL BLEEDING.

WHAT IS TEGRETOL?

400

AFTER A LUMBAR PUCNTURE, THEY MUST LIE FLAT TO REDUCE THE RISK OF THIS. 

WHAT IS A SPINAL HEADACHE?

400

WHEN YOU HAVE THIS CONDITION, RELATED TO THE TRIGEMINAL BEING INFLAMED, YOU WILL HAVE SEVERE FACIAL PAIN.

WHAT IS TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA?

400

THIS SURGICAL PROCEDURE MAY BE PERFORMED TO RELIEVE ICP BY TAKING OFF A PIECE OF THE SKULL.

WHAT IS A CRANIOTOMY?

400

IF SOMEONE IS FIXING TO HAVE A SEIZURE IT IS BEST TO PUT THEM IN THIS POSITION.

WHAT IS SIDE-LYING POSITION?

400

IN THIS DISORDER, DOPAMINE PRODUCING CELLS ARE DAMAGED OR DECREASED. THIS DISORDER OFTEN STARTS WITH A HAND TREMOR.

WHAT IS PARKINSON'S DISEASE?

500

Controls movement, balance and posture

What is cerebellum?

500

THIS IS THE LONGEST OF THE CRANIAL NERVES AND IT CAN HELP TO SLOW DOWN THE HEART RATE.

WHAT IS THE VAGUS NERVE AKA #10?

500

What is the best indication of increased ICP?

Level of Consciousness (LOC)

500

THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE ABOUT A SEIZURE.

WHAT IS DURATION?

500

THIS PROCESS CAN BE USED IN AUTO-IMMUNE DISORDERS SUCH AS MYASTHENIA GRAVIS. THIS PROCESS SEPERATES AND REMOVES THE ANTI-BODIES THAT ARE THE CAUSING FACTOR.  

WHAT IS PLASMAPHERESIS?

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