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Psy 361
Quiz 2 (part 2)
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
03/07/2010

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optic neuritis
Definition
nerve inflammation
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MS (Uhthoff)
Definition
when stress/depressed, symptoms are exacerbated
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hemorrhagic aneurysm
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can't feel it, no pain receptors in brain
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diagnosing stroke
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onset sudden or not
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tumor case Hx 4
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reported headache
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tumor case Hx 28
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reported episodic confusion, memory loss
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intracranial tumors
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2% of autopsies have unknown tumors
mass of cells/tissues w/o a function
mostly from glial cells since neurons don't divide except neuromas
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broca's recovery
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quick
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wernicke's recovery
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slow
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all 3 paraphasias impaired in
Definition
repetition
naming
reading and writing (but conduction sometimes still fine)
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anosagnosia
Definition
when person doesn't realize their speech production doesn't make sense (wernicke's)
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embolic stroke
Definition
moving clot
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thrombotic stroke
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stationary clot
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Glioblastoma Multiforme
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infiltrating worst, 45% prevalance, surgery ineffective, highly malignant, tend to stay on one side of brain.
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Meningioma
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encapsulated, in meninges, slow growth easy to remove if found early, causes intracranial pressure, usually benign, women twice as likely to get.
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Metastatic Brain Tumor
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encapsulated, fast, origin of tumor from cancer elsewhere on body and has spread to brain, surgery usually unsuccessful, found in white/gray matter junctions, multiple tumors, 40% of elderly tumors.
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contusion
Definition
bruising/microscopic hemorrhage in the brain
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arcuate fasciculus
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onnects and allows communication between Broca’s and Wernicke’s area
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paraphasia
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Production of unintended syllables, words or phrases during the effort to speak, and words that don’t exist (neologisms)
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Broca’s aphasia
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speech production problems, speech is nonfluent and agrammatic, comprehension intact, paraphasias rare
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Wernicke’s aphasia
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problems understanding language; speech is fluent but nonsensical, comprehension is impaired, paraphasias common
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conduction aphasia
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damage to arcuate fasciculus; speech fluent, comprehension intact, common/literal paraphasias
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positive papilledema
Definition
optic disk swelling caused by intracranial pressure
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Encapsulated tumors
Definition
has clearly defined borders, don't really branch out. Edema due to pressure/swelling caused by this type of tumor. Intracranial pressure as well.
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Infiltrating Tumors
Definition
take over brain tissue (Gliomas-45-50% of all brain tumors)--fast growing!
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Benign Tumors
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not cancerous & when removed, do not grow back; however can be a threat to life if not removed. Untreatable in certain areas.
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Malignant Tumors
Definition
cancerous & life threatening. May grow back once removed.
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bulbar onset ALS
Definition
voice problem; speech; occurs in about 25%
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dysarthria
Definition
slurred speech
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dysphagia
Definition
Chewing and swallowing problems
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spasticity
Definition
muscle stiffness
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hyperreflexia
Definition
exaggerated reflexes
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fasciculations
Definition
muscle twitches
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aneurysm
Definition
weak spot in the blood vessel that balloons out
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edema
Definition
swelling of fluids in brain (excess CSF/blood)
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