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Congestive Heart Failure is most commonly caused by a failure in this ventricle
What is the left ventricle?
This part of the brain is responsible for the following functions: voluntary control of skeletal muscles, unconscious skeletal muscle movement, speaking and writing
What is the frontal cortex?
Glutamate is a powerful excitatory neurotransmitter that is responsible for sending signals between these cells
What are nerve cells?
Hanson’s disease is known more commonly as this
What is leprosy?
Right ventricular dysfunction is often seen in patients with COPD or pulmonary hypertension
TRUE
The acronym COPD stands for this non-reversible limitation in airflow to and from the lungs
What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?
Dementia with Lewy Bodies is a type of neurological degenerative disease in which alpha synuclein forms clumps (lewy bodies), affecting neurons and blocking the functions of acetylcholine and this hormone
What is dopamine?
This hormone that works on the diurnal pattern peaks in the morning and decreases as night ensues
What is cortisol?
Coup contrecoup is the term for an injury to one area of the brain, where the force of the injury pushes the brain in this direction causing an injury on the opposite side of the brain
What is the opposite direction?
Serotonin is the neurotransmitter that is deficient in Parkinson’s disease and dementia with lewy bodies
FALSE - Dopamine is the neurotransmitter
Cingulate Gyrus, a component of the limbic system, is involved in regulating these two things
What is processing emotions and regulating behavior?
The most common cause of Cushing's Syndrome is the administration of this type of steroid
What is exogenous?
If a patient is bleeding between the dura mater and the skull, they are suffering from this hematoma
What is an epidural hematoma?
This is the the most common cause of hyperthyroidism
What is Grave's Disease?
Thyroiditis is an inflammation of thyroid glands that can cause an increase in release of thyroid hormone
TRUE
These are the two types of Diabetes Insipidus
What is neurogenic and nephrogenic?
A blood clot that has formed in a vessel in the brain or has traveled to the vessel in the brain is known as this type of stroke
What is an Embolic stroke?
Typical signs and symptoms of this disease include change in personality (depression), random jerky movements, trouble swallowing, abnormal facial expressions and is usually seen in patients over 35
What is Huntington's Disease?
This will act on the hypothalamus to inhibit appetite by blocking cannabinoid receptors
What is leptin?
There is no cure for Huntington's Disease
TRUE - it's a genetic disease; can only treat symptoms
Huntington's disease is caused by a depletion of this sleep promoting neurotransmitter
What is GABA (Gamma-aminobutyric acid)?
In obesity, the release of this, a pro-inflammatory molecule, can overstimulate the RAAS system
What is leptin?
Phalen's Test is used to identify this syndrome
What is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune neuromuscular disease in which the body produces antibodies against these receptors, which are involved in muscular contraction
What are nicotinic acetylcholine receptors?
When testing a patient for Grave's Disease, T3 and T4 levels will be low
FALSE - they will be high, TSH levels will be low