Neuro Review

List 2 things that you have learned about neuro disorders.

For TBI patients, the following should be avoided to prevent secondary brain injury:

• Hypoxia

• Hyperoxia

• Hypotension

• Hypertension

What are symptoms of MS? (select all)

• Fatigue

• Mood changes

• Increased sensation

• Impaired bladder control

Which of the following symptoms would lead to a diagnosis of parkinson's disease

• Tremor

• Rigidity

• Postural instability

• All of the above

What causes parkinson's

• Sensory neuron death

• Motor neurones apathy

• Decreased acetylcholine

• Loss of dopamine producing cells

Mild TBIs are also known as:

• concussions
• cerebral palsy
• spinal cord injuries
• quadriplegia

Quadriplegia means the patient is paralyzed from 

• the neck down
• the waist down
• only the legs
• isn't paralyzed at all

Spinal cord injuries are:

• always a medical emergency
• a possibility in any head trauma
• a risk in playing contact sports
• all of the statements are true

Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease in which the body's own immune system destroys the _____________ of the nerve axons. 

• Myelin
• Dendrites
• Axon Terminal
• Nodes of Ranvier

A patient with a C1-C3 spinal cord injury usually:

• Recovers

• requires mechanical ventilation

• Has Full Movement

• Has Paraplegia