Navy corpsman test 8 Neuro & Endocrine | 198 Questions and Answers

nervous system - maintains and controls all body functions by its functions and autonomic responses with its central and peripheral divisions Bell's Palsy - temporary acute paralysis or weakness of one side of the face clonic/clonus - Rapidly alternating involuntary contraction and relaxation of skeletal muscle occurring in some nervous system disease Decerebrate posturing - Rigid extension of all 4 extremities w/ hyperpronation of the forearms and plantar flexion of feet Decorticate posturing - Posturing manifested by the obtunded patient pulling arms and hands medially toward the center (core) of the body in response to noxious stimuli. dermatome - the lateral wall of each somite from which the dermis is produced encephalitis - An acute inflammation of the brain and spinal cord involving the meninges, often due to a virus. Epilepsy - a chronic disorder characterized by recurrent, unprovoked seizures secondary to any underlying brain abnormality hemiparesis - slight paralysis or weakness affecting one side of the body hemiplegia - total or partial paralysis of one side of the body that results from disease of or injury to the motor centers of the brain Intracranial Pressure (ICP) - pressure inside the skull, usually between 5-15 mmHg, contained within the brain tissue and CSF Glascow Coma Scale (GCS) - a clinical assessment tool used to evaluate a patient's level of consciousness. Verbal response, eye opening, and best motor response are the three criteria tested, and are based on a best possible score of 15 Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) - A post infectious disorder following a nonspecific gastrointestinal or respiratory infection that causes an acute neuromuscular paralysis. lethargy - lack of energy; sluggishness meninges - the three membranes (the dura mater, arachnoid, and pia mater) that line the skull and vertebral canal and enclose the brain and spinal cord and assist in the productions and eliminat