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| What refers to the total number of people in a given population with a particular disease? |
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| What refers to the number of people newly diagnosed with a particular disorder in a given 1-year period? |
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| What are the two major structures of the nervous system divided into? |
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| Central Nervous System (CNS) and Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) 1038 |
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| What is responsible for thought, perception, feelings, and autonomic body functions? |
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| Central Nervous System (CNS) 1038 |
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| What is reponsible for transmitting commands from the brain to the body and receiving feedback from the body? |
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| Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)1038 |
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| What leaves the brain through the peripheral nervous system and convey commands to other parts of the body? |
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| What are nerves the send information to the brain? |
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| What part of the brain is used to filter out unneeded information before it reaches the cerebral cortex? |
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| What is part of the brain that lies between the brainstem and the cerebrum and includes the thalamus and hypothalamus? |
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| What portion of the brainstem is responsible for helping to regulate the level of consciousness (LOC), including patterns of sleep and wakefulness? |
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| What part of the midbrain is located just inferior to the midbrain and controls respiratory pace and depth? |
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| What part of the midbrain controls blood pressure and pulse rate? |
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| What two parts of the brain control emotions? |
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| Limbic System and Hypothalamus 1041 |
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| Where is anger and rage generated within the brain? |
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| Where is pleasure, thirst, and hunger found within the brain? |
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| What lobe of the brain, is located in the posterior, inferior area of the skull, and manages complex motor activiy unconsciously? |
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| What are gaps between nerve cells, across which nervous stimuli are transmitted? |
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| What is an insulating substance that allows the cell to transmit its signal consistently, without shorting out or losing electrictiy to surrounding fluids and tissues? |
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| What is tightly clenched teeth? |
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| What is the medical term for dropping, sagging, or prolapse of a part of the body? |
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| What is a state in which a person does not respond to verbal or painful stimuli? |
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| What mnemonic helps you make a broad assessment of the patient's LOC? |
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| What is part of the frontal bone and feels like a notch near the bridge of the nose? |
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| Supraorbital Foramen 1049 |
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| What is it when patients contract their arms and curl them toward their chest? |
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| Decorticate Posturing 1050 |
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| What posture will the patients point their toes but extend their arms outward and rotate the lower arms in a palms-down manner called pronation? |
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| Decerebrate Posturing 150 |
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| What are sensory stimulations that cannot be verified by others? |
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| What are thoughts, ideas, or percerceived abilities that have no basis in common reality? |
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| What is the inability to connect an object with its correct name? |
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| What is the inability to connect an object with its proper use? |
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| What is a person that is unable to understand (receive) speech, but is able to speak clearly? |
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| What is a person that is unable to speak (express him or herself) clearly, but is able to understand speech? |
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| What is characterized by features of both expressive and receptive aphasia? |
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| What is weakness of one side of the body? |
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| What is paralysis of one side of the body? |
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| What is the crossing of nerves as they leave the cerebral cortex, move through te brainstem, and arrive at the spinal cord? |
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| What is walking patterns? |
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| What is the term used to describe alteration of a person's ability to perfrom coordinated motions such as walking? |
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| What is a type of rapid, jerky muscle contraction that occur involuntarily? |
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| What are contractions of the body into bizarre positions? |
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| What is stiffness of motion? |
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| What is a fine, oscillating (back and forth) movement usually occurs in the heand and head? |
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| What tremor occurs with the patient at rest and not moving? |
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| What tremor occurs when the patient is asked to reach out and grab an object? |
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| What tremor occurs when a body part is placed in a particular position and required to maintain that position for a long period of time? |
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| What is a rigid, contracted body posture? |
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| What is characterized by rhythmic contraction and relaxation of muscle groups? |
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| What is a sensation of numbness or tingling? |
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| What is it when the patient can feel nothing within a body part? |
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| What is the movement of a structure from its normal location into another space? |
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| What are episodes of cerebral ischemia without any permanent damage? |
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| Transient Ischemic Attacks (TIA) 1064 |
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| What is a sensation where the patient experiences before the seizure occurs? |
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| What is the reset period of the brain? |
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| What is the term where a seizure begins in one spot and moves wave-like to other locations? |
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| What can be defined as a seizure that lasts longer than 4 to 5 minutes or consecutive seizures without a return to consciousness between seizures? |
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| What is the sudden and temporary loss of consciousness with accompanying loss of postural tone? |
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| What are the signs and symptoms that precede a disease or condition? |
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| What is the chronic deterioration of memory, personality, language skills, perception, reasoning, or judgemnt, with no loss of consciousness? |
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| What is the most common form of dementia and is a progressive organic condition in which neurons die? |
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| What is the medical term for growths within the body that serve no useful purpose and are caused by errors that occur during cellular reproduction? |
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| What is an autoimmune condition in which the body attacks the myelin of the brain and spinal cord? |
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| Multiple Sclerosis (MS) 1073 |
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| What is an involuntary, rhythmic eye movement? |
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| What is an electrical sensation down the spine or extremities when the head is flexed forward? |
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| What is a disease in which the immune system attacks portions of the nervous system? |
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| Guillain-Barre Syndrome 1074 |
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| What is exchanging the plasma within the blood? |
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| What is the slowing down of routine motions? |
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| What is a group of conditions in which the nerves leaving the spinal cord are damaged? |
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| Peripheral Neuropathy 1079 |
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| What is the 3rd leading cause of death in the United States? |
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| What part of the midbrain is the reason you get tired often at the same time of the day? |
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| Reticular Activating System (RAS) 1041 |
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| What part of the brain is also responsible for controlling blood pressure, pulse rate, and respiratory rate and pattern? |
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| What is the fundamental element of the nervous system? |
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| What does the synapse connect to the next cell by? |
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| What part of the brain controls vision and storage of visual memories? |
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| What part of the brain controls sense of touch and texture and storage of tactile memories? |
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| What part of the brain controls hearing, smell, language, and storage of sound and odor memories? |
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| What part of the brain is responsible for voluntary muscle control and storage of spatial memories? |
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| What part of the brain controls judgement and prediction of consequences of a person's actions and abstract intellectual functions? |
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| What part of the brain controls basic emotions and basic reflexes, such as chewing and swallowing? |
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| What part of the brain is the relay center that prioritizes signals to hone in on important messages? |
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| Diencephalon (thalamus) 1043 |
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| What part of the brain controls emotions, temperature control, and interfaces with the endocrine system? |
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| Diencephalon (hypothalamus) 1043 |
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| What part of the brain controls LOC, reticular activating system, muscle tone and posture? |
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| What part of the brain controls respiratory pattern and depth? |
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| What part of the brain controls pulse rate, blood pressure, and respiratory rate? |
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| What makes up the brainstem? |
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| Midbrain, Pons, and Medulla Oblongata 1043 |
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| What is in control of reflexes and the relay of information to and from the body? |
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| What gives you an overview of the patient and his or her current state? |
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| What are the trigeminal, glossopharyngeal, vagus, and hypoglossal nerves responsible for? |
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| What is a classic sound that is created if a partial obstruction of the upper airway is present? |
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| What is a high-pitched sound, usually heard during inspiration? |
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| What is caused by a decreased pulse rate, decreased respiratory rate, and widened pulse pressure (systolic hypertension)? |
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| What is sensory stimulation that can be confirmed by others? |
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| What is breaking with common reality and existing mainly within an internal world? |
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| Fear, anger, and helplessness are common emotions of what state? |
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| What can be a cause of anger, fustration, or aggression? |
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| Low Glucose or Oxygen Level 1052 |
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| How should you approach the eyes to limit the corneal reflex? |
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| What is a condition in which the body generates antibodies against its own acetylcholine receptors, causing muscle weakness, often in the face? |
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| What indicates that there is some degree of misfiring of neurons between the occipital lobe and temporal lobe? |
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| What indicates that there is some degree of misfiring of neurons between the temporal lobe and frontal lobe? |
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| What part of the brain do receptive aphasia indicate is damaged? |
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| What part of the brain is damaged with expressive aphasia? |
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| What is the fuel that runs the brain? |
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| What the 2 basic types of strokes? |
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| Ischemic (75%) and Hemorrhagic (25%) 1059 |
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| What kind of stroke is caused by an occlusion or blockage? |
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| What is one of the hallmarks of a hemorrhagic stroke? |
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| Worst Headache of my Life 1060 |
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| What is the pressure of blood within the cranial vault? |
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| Cerebral Perfusion Pressure (CPP) 1060 |
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| How many people will have a stroke soon after they have a TIA? |
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| What is the number one preventable cause of strokes and TIA's? |
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| What is the sudden, erratic firing of neurons? |
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| What is the reset period of the brain? |
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| How many patients in status epilepticus will die? |
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| What type of headaches are caused by changes in the size of blood vessels at the base of the brain? |
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| What are a rare vascular headache that begins in the face as a minor pain around one eye? |
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| What are caused by inflammation or infection within the sinus cavities of the face? |
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| What presents with dementia and is caused by a vitamin B1 deficiency? |
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| Wernicke Encephalopathy 1071 |
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| What is a sudden state of confusion or disorietation? |
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| What is the hallmark sign of dementia? |
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| What is the process by which cancerous cells move to sites distant from their site of origin? |
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| What is a disease that strikes the voluntary motor neurons? |
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| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig Disease 1075 |
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| What is a neurologic condition in which past injuries to the brain can have an influence? |
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| What portion of the brain that produces dopamine has been found to be damaged in patients with Parkinson disease? |
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| What are severe, abnormal muscle spasms that cause bizarre contortions, repetitive motions, or postures? |
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| What is inflammation of the brain? |
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| What is the inflammation of the meninge, the outer covering of the central nervous system? |
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| What is the most common form of encephalitis and meningitis when it presents in the acute phase? |
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| Infectious Pathology 1077 |
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| What is the most common sign of infectious disease? |
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| What are proteins that are released by gram-negative bacteria when they die? |
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| What are proteins that are secreted by some bacteria or fungi to aid in the death and digestion of other cells? |
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| What are caused by an infectious agent within the brain or spinal cord? |
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| What is a viral infection transmitted by the fecal-oral route? |
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| What is the death of nerve fibers as a late consequence of polio; the syndrome is characterized by swallowing difficulties, weakness, fatigue, and breathing problems? |
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| What is water on the head? |
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| What is a downward deviation of the eyes? |
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| What tube drains CSF out of the skull and typically into the abdomen? |
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| Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) Shunt 1080 |
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| What is a developmental anomaly in which a portion of the spinal cord or meninges protrudes outside the spinal column or even outside the body, usually in the area of the lumbar spine? |
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| What is a developmental condition in which damage is done to the brain, often the frontal lobe? |
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| What frees the cerebral cortex for higher activities? |
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| What is the portion of the axon where the neurotransmitters are manufactured? |
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