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Nerve and Nerve Disorders
Nerve and Nerve Disorders
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08/27/2014

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Term
Femoral N.
Definition
Which nerve has hip flxn, and antero-medial thigh sensation.
Term
Sciatic N.
Definition
What has knee flxn, with hamstring and sensory of the leg and foot?
Term
Common Peroneal N.
Definition
What nerve foot dorsiflexes?
Term
Common Peroneal N.
Definition
Impinged with a fibular head frxr?
Term
Medial Plantar N.
Definition
What nerve affected by tarsal tunnel syndrome?
Term
Guillan-Barre syndrome
Definition
Inflammatory polyneuropathy of the PNS link to recent immunizations or after viral illness.
Term
Guillan-Barre syndrome
Definition
Ascending from the feet with paralysis and sensory symptoms?
Term
Tabes Dorsalis
Definition
Wasting away of the posterior columns with irregular pupils incoordination, reduced balance and slappage wide gait.
Term
ALS
Definition
Only motor.
LMNL in the upper and UMNL in the lower.
Term
Syringomyelia
Definition

Loss of pain and temperature (lateral spino-thalamic tract)

over shoulders and back (cape-like)?

Term
Syringomyelia
Definition
Longitudinal cyst of central spinal cord-canal. Fluid-filled; usually C5-6?
Term
Charcot's Triad (MS)
Definition
Scanning speech, Intention tremors, Nystagmus? (SIN)
Term
Multiple Sclerosis
Definition
Demyelination of CNS =?
Term
Multiple Sclerosis
Definition
Diplopia (not blurred), scotomas, transient blindness, pain, vertigo?
Term
Multiple Sclerosis
Definition
UMNL in legs, causing distal weakness, + L'hermittes?
Term
Myasthenia Gravis
Definition
Early signs: ptosis, dysarthria, fatigue of muscles (especially following exercise)?
Term
Myasthenia Gravis
Definition
Tensilon test + ?
Term
Myasthenia Gravis
Definition
Weakness in CN's then proximal myo's affected?
Term
ALS
Definition
Motor only (corticospinal tract and anterior horn)?
Term
ALS
Definition
LMNL in arms and UMNL in legs (upper in the lower and lower in the upper)?
Term
ALS
Definition
Usually: begins in hands and feet and males > 40?
Term
Posteriolateral (cord) Sclerosis (PLS) aka Combined Systems Ds. *degeneration of the spinal cord*
Definition
B12 deficiency (via digestive problems) can cause?
Term
Posteriolateral Sclerosis (PLS) aka Combined Systems Ds.
Definition
Glove and stocking paresthesia; + Schilling test
Term
Brown Sequard
Definition
Hemisection of the spinal cord (partially severed).
Term
Ipsi: loss of motor and proprioception Contra: loss of Pain and Temp.
Definition
In Brown Sequard, there is ipsi' loss of ? and contra' loss of ?
Term
Cerebral Palsy
Definition
What has Scissor Gait, spastic paralysis, athetoid and choreiform movement?
Term
Guillain- Barre
Definition
Ascending paralysis?
Term
Muscular Dystrophy
Definition
aka: Erb Duchenne?
Term
Muscular Dystrophy
Definition
Boys 3-7; waddling gait, toe walking?
Term
Muscular Dystrophy
Definition
Large increase in CPK (CK-MM); decreased creatinine?
Term
Charcot Marie Tooth Ds.
Definition
Hereditary; foot drop, high steppage gait, lower leg atrophy?
Term
Huntington's Chorea
Definition
Neurodegenerative genetic with cognitive decline?
Term
Pronator Teres syndrome
Definition

What problem involves:

 anterior interosseous nerve; Test: Pinch Grip Test (fingers pad to pad = +)

Term
Pronator Teres syndrome
Definition
Pain and paresthesia of volar forearm, lateral palm and lateral digits. Pain with pronation, wrist flexion and there is thenar atrophy?
Term
Sensory: Femoral nerve
Motor: Genitofemoral nerve
Definition
Cremasteric reflex sensory and motor?
Term
Tibial/ Tibial
Definition
Plantar Reflex(L4-S1): what nerve is sensory? / motor?
Term
Umbilicus moves away from the lesion
Definition
With the abdominal reflex which way does the umbilicus move with a lesion?
Term
Absent superficial reflexes (the brain stem integrates these)
Definition
What is the only thing that UMNL and LMNL's have in common?
Term

Pinch the neck while noting dilation of the ipsilateral pupil; sensory from neck; cervical sympathetic's = motor.

 

absent in Horner's syndrome and lesions involving the cervical sympathetic fibers; enhanced with cluster headache

Definition
How does the ciliospinal reflex work?
Term
UMNL or pyramidal tract lesion
Definition
What does a positive pathological reflex indicate?
Term
Normal = 5 = complete range of motion against gravity with full resistance.
Definition
How would you describe a normal muscle grade?
Term
Good = 4 = complete range of motion against gravity with some resistance
Definition
How would you describe a Good muscle grade?
Term
Fair = 3 = complete range of motion against gravity.
Definition
How would you describe a fair muscle grade?
Term
Poor = 2 = complete range of motion with gravity eliminated.
Definition
How would you describe a poor muscle grade?
Term
Trace = 1 = evidence of contractility with no joint motion.
Definition
How would you describe a trace muscle grade?
Term
Zero = 0 = no evidence of contractility.
Definition
How would you describe a zero muscle grade?
Term
Strongman flies
Definition
C5 action?
Term
Biker chicks
Definition
C6 action?
Term
Egyptian goes to heaven
Definition
C7 action?
Term
Figure 8
Definition
C8 action?
Term
Finger fun
Definition
T1 action?
Term
Lift the knee
Definition
L1-3 action?
Term
Kick the door
Definition
L2-3-4 action?
Term
Foot in-vert-or
Definition
L4 action?
Term
Heel Jive
Definition
L5 action?
Term
Reach for the sun
Definition
S1 action?
Term
Axillary nerve
Definition
What nerve abducts the arm, controls the deltoid and teres minor muscle, has lateral arm sensation and is accountable for a glenohumeral dislocation?
Term
Musculocutaneous nerve
Definition
What nerve controls the biceps, brachialis and coracobrachialis muscle?
Term
Median nerve
Definition
What nerve is involved in the pronator teres syndrome?
Term
MS and ALS
Definition
What 2 conditions have UMNL in legs, causing distal weakness?
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