Which structure connects the two cerebral hemispheres and allows communication between them?
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A patient has difficulty understanding spoken language but can speak fluently. Which area of the brain is most likely affected?
Bedside tool, first described in 1974, that rates eye opening, verbal response and motor response to gauge a patient's level of consciousness.
Trauma
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Chapter 1: Neuroanatomy, Physiology, and Neurological Assessment
1.1 Central & Peripheral Nervous System Anatomy
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Which lobe of the cerebral cortex is primarily responsible for processing visual information?
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The blood-brain barrier is formed primarily by which cellular structures?
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Brief blockage of blood supply to part of the brain whose symptoms usually clear within an hour, though they may last up to 24 hours.
Cerebrovascular disorders
Which structure is responsible for coordinating voluntary movements, balance, and posture?
A lesion in which area would most likely cause contralateral hemiparesis of the face, arm, and leg?
Tangle of blood vessels, usually present from birth and most often in the spinal cord or brain, that skips the capillaries so nearby tissue misses oxygenated blood.
1.2 Cerebral Circulation, Blood-Brain Barrier & CSF Dynamics
Which ventricle is located between the brainstem and the cerebellum?
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Term Match
Which cranial nerve is tested when assessing pupillary response to light?
Tumor that starts in the brain's glial cells, the supporting cells that keep nerve cells healthy, rather than in the nerve cells themselves.
Neuro-oncology
A patient presents with difficulty with downward and inward eye movement. Which cranial nerve is affected?
The gag reflex tests which cranial nerves?
Sudden weakness that typically begins in the feet and climbs to the legs, arms, face, and breathing muscles, starting days or weeks after a respiratory or gastrointestinal infection.
Infection and immune
1.3 Comprehensive Neurological Assessment & GCS
Which cranial nerve is responsible for facial expression muscles?
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Term Pairs
At which vertebral level does the spinal cord typically end in adults?
Abnormally folded protein that converts nearby healthy proteins of the same kind into the damaging shape and builds up in brain tissue, causing rare, rapidly progressing brain disorders.
Which spinal tract carries pain and temperature sensation?
Brown-Séquard syndrome results from hemisection of the spinal cord. Which pattern of deficits would be expected?
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___ malformation: group of disorders in which the cerebellum, the lower part of the brain that controls balance, pushes down into the spinal canal.
Neurodevelopmental conditions
1.4 Cranial Nerve Examination & Localization
The diaphragm is innervated by which spinal nerve roots?
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In the spinal cord, where do the cell bodies of lower motor neurons reside?
Tube a surgeon inserts into the brain and connects to a second tube under the skin so excess cerebrospinal fluid drains into the chest cavity or the abdomen for the body to absorb.
Neurological disorders
Which Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score indicates a patient in a coma?
A patient opens their eyes to painful stimuli, makes incomprehensible sounds, and withdraws from pain. What is their GCS score?
Stage only some migraine patients have: vision changes, trouble speaking, or tingling in the hands or face that appears about 10 minutes to an hour before the episode and usually lasts no more than an hour.
Chapter 2: Neurotrauma & Increased Intracranial Pressure
2.1 Traumatic Brain Injury Pathophysiology & Classification
A unilateral dilated and non-reactive pupil in a patient with head trauma suggests which condition?
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Which finding indicates a lower motor neuron lesion?
Liquid made daily inside the head that flows through the ventricles, bathes and cushions the brain and cord, and is then reabsorbed into the bloodstream.
Anatomy and physiology
The Babinski reflex in adults indicates pathology in which tract?
Which assessment finding is characteristic of cerebellar dysfunction?
Clot-dissolving drug given through a vein after brain bleeding is ruled out; it was the first FDA-approved treatment for acute ischemic stroke.
Physiological interventions
2.2 Intracranial Pressure Dynamics, Monro-Kellie & Monitoring
A patient exhibits decorticate posturing (flexion of arms, extension of legs). This localizes the lesion to which area?
Which test assesses the integrity of the vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII)?
Reading that a small monitor in the brain or ventricles tracks; brain swelling after injury can raise it enough to block blood flow and starve the brain of oxygen.
Which muscle group is primarily assessed when testing the C5 nerve root?
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