Neuroscience Study guides, Study notes & Summaries

USA Neuroscience Exam II with Correct Answers name the layers of protection for the brain from outside in **hint: SCALP - Answer -skin, subcutaneous connective tissue, Galea aponeurotica, loose areolar connective tissue, pericranium (periosteum) cervicomedullary junction of spinal cord occurs at this level - Answer -foramen magnum (base of skull) what runs through foramen ovale? - Answer -mandibular branch of trigeminal N (VIII) what runs through foramen spinosum? - Answer -middle meningeal...

Unit 7 Descending Tracts Neuro Test 2 (USAHS) with Correct Solutions A lesion to the primary motor cortex in frontal lobe would cause? - Answer -Severe motor deficits on contralateral side of body. A lesion to the motor association cortex in frontal lobe would cause? - Answer -Deficits in motor planning (Apraxia) A lesion to the primary sensory cortex in parietal lobe would cause? - Answer -Severe sensory deficits on contralateral side of body. A lesion to the somatosensory association c...

Unit 6 Ascending Systems Neuro Test 2 (USAHS) with Correct Answers DCML/PCML is made up of? - Answer -Fasiculus Cuneatus and Fasciculus Gracilis What does the Fasciculus gracilis carry to the brain? - Answer -LE Sensory What does the Fasciculus cuneatus carry to the brain? - Answer -UE sensory Anterolateral system is predominately for? - Answer -Protective sensation and pain Dorsal/ventral cerebellar tracts carry info? - Answer -From cord to cerebellum Anterolateral system consists of? - ...

Unit 5 CVAs, Strokes, Infarcts Neuro Test 2 (USAHS) with Correct Answers When the arterial supply to brain is affected by a vascular change you may be experiencing a? - Answer - Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) Infarct? - Answer -Area of dead tissue after a lack of blood supply Hemianopsia? - Answer -Blindness in half the visual field Hemianesthesia? - Answer -Anesthesia of half the body Global Aphasia? - Answer -When both production and understanding of language is damaged Thrombus? - Ans...

Unit 5 Brain and Environments Neuro Test 2 (USAHS) with Correct Solutions Dura mater? - Answer -- Outermost, thickest, strongest The dura mater contains perforations for? - Answer -CN and vessels to pass through. Dura mater has 2 layers? What are they? - Answer -Periosteal layer and meningeal layer Sinuses created by separations of the dura mater are important for? - Answer -Venous Drainage Falx Cerebri? - Answer -Separates the L/R Hemispheres Tentorium Cerebelli? - Answer -Covers cerebel...

Neuro Exam 1 USAHS with Correct Answers Apraxia - Answer -inability to make a motor plan, as a result of brain damage. Ataxia - Answer -lack of muscle coordination Aphasia - Answer -impairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere damage either to Broca's area (impairing speaking) or to Wernicke's area (impairing understanding). 1 olfactory - Answer -Making client smell something pleasant front of brain 2 optic - Answer -thalamus - test visual acuity (Snellen chart, or # of fin...

USAHS Pharmacology Final Exam with Correct Solutions 2024 What is the original NSAID? - Answer -Asprin What are the four properties of NSAIDs - Answer --Decrease Inflammation -Decrease elevated body temp assoc. w/ fever -Decrease blood clotting by inhibiting platelet aggragation (anticoagulation) -Relieve mild-moderate pain (analgesia) Antipyresis - Answer -reducing an elevated body temperature What do NSAIDs interphere with? - Answer -With biosynthesis of prostaglandins What are prosta...

USAHS Nueroscience Exam 1 with Correct Solutions Rostral to the midbrain is the - Answer -cerebrum During development the CNS arises from the sheath that folds over to form the - Answer -neural tube What structure does the telecephalon contain - Answer -cerebral hemispheres cerebral cortex white matter basal ganglia basal nuceli The diencephalon is composed of what structures - Answer -hypothalamus epithalamus thalamus The mecencephalon is known as what - Answer -midbrain The metacep...

Neuroscience FINAL EXAM – USA With Correct Solutions CHAPTER 15 - THE CEREBELLUM - 7 QS - Answer - The Cerebellum 3 Major functions: - Answer --Synergy of Movement -Upright Posture - Tone (maintain) Cerebellum exerts influence to motor systems of which 2 areas to correct movement - Answer -Cortex & Brainstem Cerebellum 3 Functional Regions - Answer --Lateral Part -Intermediate Part -Vermis and Flocculonodular lobe Cerebellum - Lateral Part fxn - Answer -Motor Planning Cerebellum - ...

USAHS Neuroscience Exam 4 with Solutions · RIO: frontal lobe functions - Answer -· Restraint, Initiative, Order (in order from most basic to advanced) Restaint - Answer -§ Judgment § Foresight § Perseverance § Delaying gratification § Inhibiting socially inappropriate responses § Self-governance § Concentration Initiative - Answer -§ Curiosity § Spontaneity § Motivation § Drive § Creativity § Shifting cognitive set § Mental flexibility § Personality Order - Answ...