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| Associated with sensory disturbances & autonomic in addition to weakness |
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Damage to the nerve as roots merge (Localized) could be:IV disc herniation, cervical spondylosis, osteophyte
Causes sensory loss, pain,myotomal & reflex loss |
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| Sensory neurons w/in a single spinal nerve innervate specific areas of skin |
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| Damage to brachial/lumbar plexuses, Unilateral motor limb involvement affecting limb. Loss of reflexes or sweating |
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| Assoc. w/ specific nerve. Damage to myelin sheath leads to damage to axon, decreased nerve conduction. can cause degeneration of nerve distal to leison |
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| Damage to ventral rami of C5, C6. "Waiter's Tip" (Upper trunk injury)Happens in motorcycle or babies being born--neck area |
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| (lower trunk injury)Damage to ventral rami C8, T1. Happens when you catch yourself from a fall, Thoracic Outlet/pancoast tumor. Sensory loss from C8 & T1 derms. |
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| Axonal damage that results in degeneration of the portion of the neuron that is distal to the leison |
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| Localized Mononeuropathies |
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| Damage ot a single peripheral nerve due to trauma or compression. (carpal tunnel syndrome) |
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| Symmetrical Polyneuropathies |
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| Involve multiple nerves affecting distal extremeties (ex. diabetic neuropathy) |
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| Neuromuscular Junction disorder |
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| Fluctuating weakness(fatigue) w/o sensory loss |
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a Neuromuscular Junction disorder. Where nicotinic ACTYL receptors of the NMJ are targeted by antibodies
Weakness affects proximal & facial muscles and you do hae reflexes and cholinergic autonomic functions |
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Autoimmune Muscle disease w/ or w/o atrophy, normal sensation & intact reflexes. Controlled w/ corticosteroids
Serum creatin phosphokinase is elevated due to muscle damage. |
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| Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy |
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| A muscle disease caused by genes only males. Dystrophen gene that is a protein important for structural integrity of muscle. Chronic/progressive, decreased reflexes,death young. |
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| Irritation of meninges due to infection. Above Tent-face affected Below Tent-back of head & neck affected. |
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| (pterion) Middle meningeal artery is damaged from a blow to the head. Dura is stripped away from the inner part of skull and the blood collects.can be fatal |
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| Inflammation of the meninges |
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Infection spreads thru subarachnoid space w/ CSF increased WBC, proteins, decreased blood glucose. Causes:Viral,fungal parasitic.
Bacterial(fatal) (Streptococcus), pneumoniae or Neisseria meningitis |
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| Caused by head trauma. superficial cerebral blood vessels collects in the subarachnoid space. head trauma ranges from acute to chronic |
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| Subarachnoid space is filled w/ blood from aneurysms, hemmorrhage, seizures |
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| Swelling of the optic disc caused by ICP slow venous return |
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| related to baroreceptors in the peripheral blood vessels inadequate blood flow to the brain. fainting weakness of muscles. |
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| describe all motor system lesions that involve neurons or tracts that are not directly connected to muscles. |
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| Lower Motor Neuron Lesions |
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| involve neurons or their axons that directly contact muscle (e.g. alpha and gamma motor neurons). |
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| damaged dorsal column tract. no vibration discriminate touch sensory. Ipsilateral in derms at & below leison |
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| Primary muscle spindles, golgi tendon organ |
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| 2ndary muscle spindles, skin mechanoreptors |
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| Skin mechanoreceptors, thermal receptors & nociceptors |
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| Skin mechanoreceptors, theraml receptors & nociceptors |
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| Extrafusal skeletal muscle fibers |
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| Preganglionic autonomic fibers |
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| Postganglionic autonomic fibers |
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Preganglionic-Short
Postganglionic-Long |
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Preganglionic-Long
Postganglionic-Short |
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| damage to Anterior Lateral System lose crude touch presents on opposite side. |
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| Violent flinging movements caused from a disturbance in Basal Ganglia |
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| Loss of consciousness. Epilepsy, narcolepsy, migraines |
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| uncontrolled tissures, benign or malignant tumor |
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| leison of cerebellar pathways (no sensation) incoordination of movements-Head, neck, limbs. |
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