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What are the main patient history questions we need to ask patients? correct answers Why, When, Major Illness, How Often, FMH, handedness, sleep deprived, aura, LOC In regards to pt history, what special questions to children get asked? correct answers Full Term, Gestational, conceptual, chronological age In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to comatose pts? correct answers Onset of unresponsiveness, cause, response to stimuli In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to szs? correct answers Start date, what happens during, aura, loc, happens after, time of day, last event In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to headache? correct answers start date, fz, duration, location In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to head trauma? correct answers loc, loss of memory, sz, location, skull defect In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to tumor? correct answers Sudden, language problems, personality difference In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to stroke? correct answers sudden, side, aphasia, headache, improved What is the encephalon? correct answers Whole brain What is the cerebrum? correct answers two cerebral hemispheres Where is the cerebellum? correct answers at very back of brain What is the function of the cerebellum? correct answers movement, timing, coordination, motor learning Where is the brainstem? correct answers between brain and spinal cord What is the function of the brainstem? correct answers controls neural flow of messages btwn brain and body, controls breathing, swallow, heart, BP What is a hemisphere? correct answers one half of brain What is a ventricle? correct answers fluid filled cavity in brain What are the meninges? correct answers 3 membranes btwn brain and skull What are the meninges outermost to innermost? correct answers dura mater, arachnoid, and pia mater What is CN I?` correct answers Olfactory