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Neuro Block 1 Review
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01/23/2011

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apraxia
Definition
abnormalities in motor conceptualization, planning, and execution
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anosognosia
Definition
unawareness of a deficit (in this case a neural deficit)
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perseverate
Definition
repeating an action over and over instead of switching tasks, assd w frontal lobe lesions
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extinction
Definition
parietal lobe lesion to non-dominant side, do not recognize stimulus on non-dominant side of world when similar stimulus applied to dominant side
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disinhibited behavior arrises from the ____ lobe
Definition
frontal
Term
lesions in the visual cortex and cause three weird findings....they are:
Definition
prosopagnosia, achromatopsia, palinopsia
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prosopagnosia
Definition
inability to recognize faces
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achromatopsia
Definition
inability to recognize colors
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palinopsia
Definition
persistance/reappearance of a visual stimuli seen earlier
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layers of SCALP
Definition
s-skin, c-connective tissue, a-aponeurosis, l-loose connective tissue, p-pericranium/periosteum
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tentorial incisura/notch
Definition
hole that allows brainstem to pass from surpatentorial to infratentorial space
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epidural space contains ____ arteries/veins
Definition
middle meningeal
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subdural space contains ____ arteries/veins
Definition
bridging veins
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subarachnoid space contains ____ arteries/veins
Definition
cerebral arteries/veins
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spinal cord contains extra layer of ___, not found in brain cavity, between dura and periostium.
Definition
epidural fat
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three openings (two names) for CSF to go from intraventrical to subarachnoid space
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foramen of luschka, foramen of magendie
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brain contains ___ ml CSF but makes ___ ml of CSF per day
Definition
120ml; 500ml
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