DAVIS Advantage FOR Pathophysiology
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TEST Questions and Answers
Verified Solutions Latest Update
Question:
Which of the 3 nervous systems is filled & surrounded w/ CSF?
Answer:
CNS
Question:
What are the functions of the CNS?
Answer:
Receives/ process sensory info-Create responses that are relayed to muscles &
glands-Coordinates emotion, cognition, memory, and learning
Question:
How is the CNS protected?
Answer:
CSF-BBB-Meninges-Bony structures of the skull & vertebral column
Question:
Name the 3 layers of meninges (outer to inner)
Answer:
Dura mater, Arachnoid mater, and Pia mater
,Question:
Where are the potential spaces that only become evident in the presence of pathologic
processes (epidural, subdural)?
Answer:
The spaces b/t: - The dura mater & skull-The dura mater & arachnoid space
Question:
What are the factors that affect the permeability of BBB?
Answer:
Inflammation (Infection) - Neovascularity (tumors have neo-vessels) - Toxins-Infants <
6 months, the BBB of their immature nervous system in more permeable to substances
Question:
Where is the safest place to do a lumbar puncture?
Answer:
L4-L5
Question:
What is CSF produced by?
Answer:
Choroid plexus
Question:
Which ventricles is CSF produced in?
Answer:
3rd ventricle & 2 lateral ventricles
Question:
What is the blood supply to the brain?
Answer:
Anterior circulation: Internal carotid arteries-Posterior circulation: Vertebral arteries
, Question:
An increased amount of CSF & an increased sized of ventricles leads to what?
Answer:
Hydrocephalus
Question:
Occipital lobe function
Answer:
Visual cortex
Question:
Parietal lobe function
Answer:
Somatosensory cortex
Question:
Frontal lobe function
Answer:
Motor cortex, prefrontal involved in complex thought, ethical behavior, & morality
Question:
Temporal lobe functions
Answer:
Hearing-Equilibrium-Emotion-Memory
Question:
Thalamus Functions
Answer:
Processes & relay most signals (relay center) - Motor
functions-Emotion-Language-Creativity-Complex thought
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TEST Questions and Answers
Verified Solutions Latest Update
Question:
Which of the 3 nervous systems is filled & surrounded w/ CSF?
Answer:
CNS
Question:
What are the functions of the CNS?
Answer:
Receives/ process sensory info-Create responses that are relayed to muscles &
glands-Coordinates emotion, cognition, memory, and learning
Question:
How is the CNS protected?
Answer:
CSF-BBB-Meninges-Bony structures of the skull & vertebral column
Question:
Name the 3 layers of meninges (outer to inner)
Answer:
Dura mater, Arachnoid mater, and Pia mater
,Question:
Where are the potential spaces that only become evident in the presence of pathologic
processes (epidural, subdural)?
Answer:
The spaces b/t: - The dura mater & skull-The dura mater & arachnoid space
Question:
What are the factors that affect the permeability of BBB?
Answer:
Inflammation (Infection) - Neovascularity (tumors have neo-vessels) - Toxins-Infants <
6 months, the BBB of their immature nervous system in more permeable to substances
Question:
Where is the safest place to do a lumbar puncture?
Answer:
L4-L5
Question:
What is CSF produced by?
Answer:
Choroid plexus
Question:
Which ventricles is CSF produced in?
Answer:
3rd ventricle & 2 lateral ventricles
Question:
What is the blood supply to the brain?
Answer:
Anterior circulation: Internal carotid arteries-Posterior circulation: Vertebral arteries
, Question:
An increased amount of CSF & an increased sized of ventricles leads to what?
Answer:
Hydrocephalus
Question:
Occipital lobe function
Answer:
Visual cortex
Question:
Parietal lobe function
Answer:
Somatosensory cortex
Question:
Frontal lobe function
Answer:
Motor cortex, prefrontal involved in complex thought, ethical behavior, & morality
Question:
Temporal lobe functions
Answer:
Hearing-Equilibrium-Emotion-Memory
Question:
Thalamus Functions
Answer:
Processes & relay most signals (relay center) - Motor
functions-Emotion-Language-Creativity-Complex thought
