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| Fluid in the spinal cord and brain that regulate the intracranial pressure | Cerebrospinal Fluid |
| What produces the CSF | Choroid plexus |
| Normal volume of Cerebrospinal Fluid | 90 - 150 ml |
| Normal color of CSF | Colorless |
| Normal intracranial pressure | 5 - 7.5 mmHg |
| Specific gravity of CSF | 1.003 - 1.008 |
| Components of CSF | Glucose and proteins |
| When collecting CSF, the doctor will insert the needle between the___ and ___ lumbar vertebrae | 4th, 5th |
| Foramen of Monro is also known as | Interventricular Foramen |
| Consists of two openings, one on each side (left and right) | Foramen of Luschka |
| Foramen of Luschka is also known as | Lateral Aperture |
| Foramen of Magendie is also know as | Median Aperture |
| The CSF is produced in the ___ of the Choroid Plexus | Lateral ventricle |
| CSF will travel through the third ventricle via the ___ | Foramen of Monro |
| The CSF passes from the lateral ventricles to the ___ through the interventricular foramen | 3rd ventricle |
| The CSF flows through the ___ into the fourth ventricle | Cerebral Aqueduct |
| Cerebral Aqueduct is also known as | Aqueduct of Sylvius |
| After the fourth ventricle the, CSF will flow into the ___ | Subarachnoid space |
| The CSF that enters the Foramen of Magendie (Median Aperture) will then enter the ___ | Central canal of the spinal cord |
| Inflammation of the brain | Encephalitis |
| Inflammation of the meninges | Meningitis |
| Symptoms of Rabies | Pharyngeal muscle spasm, hydrophobia, aggression, paralysis, death |
| Cause of Tetanus | Clostridium tetani |
| Progressive symptoms of Muscle Sclerosis | Exaggerated reflexes, tremor, nystagmus, speech defects |
| Defects in motor functions or coordination resulting from several types of brain damage | Cerebral palsy |
| Group of nucleus present at the cerebrum, diencephalon, midbrain (involved in motor functions) | Basal nuclei |
| Characteristics of Cerebral Palsy when face, neck & tongue muscles are involved | Grimacing, protrusion, writhing of tongue, difficulty in speaking and swallowing |
| Characterized by muscular rigidity, resting tremor, a slow shuffling gait & general lack of movement, is caused by lesion in another part of the basal nuclei | Parkinson's Disease |
| Type of headache caused by meningitis, encephalitis, ventricular enlargement, mechanical damage or tumors | Intracranial |
| Shrinking of the Cerebrum | Alzheimer’s Disease |
| Causes of Alzheimer’s Disease | Hereditary, genetic, or multiple stroke attack |
| Motor speech area | Areas 44 and 45 |
| Motor speech area | Areas 44 and 45 |
| Pioneered Brodmann’s area | Korbinian Brodmann |
| Primary somatosensory cortex | Areas 1, 2, 3 |
| NA | NA |
| Motor speech area | Areas 44 and 45 |
| Ability to distinguish two separate touches on the skin at the same time (e.g. Which has more sensation? Lips or fingertips?) | Two-point discrimination |
| Motor speech area | Areas 44 and 45 |
| Inability to recognize letters or numbers | Agraphesthesia |
| Motor speech area | Areas 44 and 45 |
| Inability to identify the object you are touching | Astereognosia |
| Motor speech area | Areas 44 and 45 |
| Inability to feel vibration | Pallhypesthesia |
| Motor speech area | Areas 44 and 45 |
| Motor speech area | Areas 44 and 45 |
| Motor speech area | Areas 44 and 45 |
| Primary cortex | Area 4 |
| Motor speech area | Areas 44 and 45 |
| Gyral location of Area 4 | Precentral gyrus |
| Motor speech area | Areas 44 and 45 |
| Motor speech area | Areas 44 and 45 |
| Motor speech area | Areas 44 and 45 |
| Motor speech area | Areas 44 and 45 |
| Frontal eye fields | Area 8 |
| Motor speech area | Areas 44 and 45 |
| Motor speech area | Areas 44 and 45 |
| Anterior Prefrontal Cortex | Area 10 |
| Motor speech area | Areas 44 and 45 |
| Orbitofrontal Area | Area 11 |
| Motor speech area | Areas 44 and 45 |
| Primary visual cortex | Area 17 |
| Motor speech area | Areas 44 and 45 |
| Motor speech area | Areas 44 and 45 |
| Associative Visual Cortex | Area 19 |
| Motor speech area | Areas 44 and 45 |