Neuro Tracts
Descending tract that starts in the primary motor cortex. It controls fractionated movement.
What is the lateral corticospinal tract?
The most common artery involved in an ischemic CVA .
What is the Middle Cerebral Artery?
Most commonly used drug for rheumatoid arthritis.
What is methotrexate?
During this test, the patient is positioned in a sitting position with the shoulder passively internally rotated. Once in this position, the shoulder should be fully abducted, which will reproduce the patient’s symptoms of pain within their shoulder region.
What is Neer's impingement test?
Descending tract that starts in the primary motor cortex. It facilitates the LMNs that innervate muscles of the face, tongue, larynx, trapezius, and SCM.
What is the corticobulbar tract?
This medication can reduce the effects of an ischemic CVA, if administered within 3 hours.
What is tissue plasminogen activator (r-tPA?)
This drug is used for spasticity. It has fewer side effects if it is delivered via an intrathecal pump.
What is baclofen?
This nerve is most likely involved when an individual has the inability to abduct his arm beyond 90 degrees or experiences pain in his shoulder on abduction.
What is the axillary nerve?
Descending tract that starts in the primary motor cortex. It controls motor control of the neck, shoulders and trunk.
What is the medial corticospinal tract?
A patient with this type of stroke should never be administered a thrombolytic agent.
What is a hemorrhagic stroke?
Used in Parkinson’s disease to replace dopamine.
What is Sinemet, or levodopa?
The term for percentage of blood that is emptied from the ventricle during systole.
What is ejection fraction?
The rubrospinal tract begins in this nucleus in the midbrain.
What is the red nucleus?
An infarct in this area can result in pure motor hemiplegia.
What is the internal capsule?
This common anti-inflammatory is not addictive, but can lead to gastrointestinal bleeding.
What is ibuprofen?
According to the Ankle-Brachial Index, a result of 0.8-0.99 may indicate the beginning of this diagnosis
What is peripheral artery disease?
This tract originates in the pons and medulla. It controls postural muscles and is important for motor control of gait.
What is the (lateral) reticulospinal tract?
You are working with a patient following a lesion in the right parietal lobe. He does the following: takes his toothbrush, rinses his mouth, brushes his teeth, applies toothpaste to the brush and then puts it in a cup.
What is ideational apraxia?
These drugs are used after an organ transplant to reduce the risk of rejection.
What are immunosuppressants?
This type of white blood cell helps to protect the body against infections by ingesting bacteria and debris
What are neutrophils?