CRANIAL NERVES
This nerve carries information from the nasal epithelium to the brain
What is 1, Olfactory?
Vascular procedure performed to correct chronic ischemia
What is an endarterectomy?
What are cottonoids?
Nerve that contributes the human tasting ability
What is 10, Vagus ; 9 Glossopharyngeal
Basic unit of the nervous system
What is the neuron?
Motor nerve that supplies the pons and performs the function of turning the eye laterally
What is 6, Abducen?
This surgery requires the use of a manometer to check CSF pressure
What is ventriculoperitoneal shunt?
Clips used for scalp hemostasis in cranial procedures
What are raney clips?
Part of the neuron that carries impulses away from the cell
What is axon?
What is 7, Facial?
What is 12, Hypoglossal?
Procedure done to treat tumors of the pituitary gland
What is transphenoidal hypophysectomy?
Anesthesia will do prior to positioning patient undergoing a posterior lumbar laminectomy
What is Endotracheal tube?
Part of the brain that controls body temperature
What is hypothalamus?
The four fluid filled spaces in the brain
What are the ventricles?
Nerve that supplies information to the retina in the form of ganglion cells
What is 2, Optic?
Removed patient hair is bagged, labeled and saved for this reason
What is belongs to the patient? Patient Property
This assesses the electrical activity of the nervous system
What is an electroencephalogram?
Block that is injected into the subarachnoid space
What is spinal?
Destruction of this tissue can cause movement disorders and is caused by radiation therapy
What is the myelin sheath?
What is 8, Vestibulocochlear
Surgeon that would provide exposure for the neurosurgeon in a transphenoidal approach to the sella turcica
What is an otorhinolaryngologist?
Most common thermal method of hemostasis in cranial neurosurgery
What is bipolar cautery?
Area of the brain that controls respiration
What is the medulla oblongata?
Sutures of the skull are an example of what type of joint
What is synarthroses