Neuromuscular Physiopathology - Week 1 Study Materials

HIPPIRONEL

• History

• Inspection

• Palpation

• Percussion

• Instrumentation

• Range of motion

• Orthopedic tests

• Neurological tests

• X-ray

• Lab tests

What are the basic principles of neurologic diagnosis?

Identification and localization of the neurologic problem

Disc herniation, Nerve compression, primary tumors, and stroke are all examples of what type of lesion?

Single (focal) lesion

Metastatic tumors and multiple sclerosis are examples of what type of lesion?

Multiple (multifocal) lesions

metabolic, toxic, nutritional, or autoimmune neurological disorders that present bilaterally are called...

Diffuse processes

Symptoms that develop in the distal ends of the hands and feet (Stocking and glove) are called...

Polyneuropathy

INDICATIVE

Inflammation, infection, intoxication, iatrogenic

Neoplasm (primary vs metastatic; benign vs. malignant)

Degenerative, Demyelination

I

Congenital

Autoimmune, allergy

Traumatic

I

Vascular

Endocrine (/metabolic)

"-opathy"

A disorder at the level of the nervous system denoted by the prefix

What is a disorder of a spinal nerve called?

Radiculopathy

What is a disorder of a peripheral nerve called?

Neuropathy

What is a disorder of multiple peripheral nerves called?

Polyneuropathy

With is a disorder of the spinal cord called?

Myelopathy

"Myelon" = spinal cord

What is a disorder of a skeletal muscle called?

Myopathy

What is a disorder of the brain called?

Encephalopathy

What is an inflammation of the meninges called?

Meningitis

Why does paralysis from the neck-down require full transection of the spinal cord above C5?

C5 is the first nerve to contribute to the brachial plexus

What is the progenitor of the neural tube and crest?

Neuroectoderm

What is the progenitor of the CNS?

Neural tube

What is the progenitor of the PNS?

Neural Crest

Which division of the nervous system controls actions of skeletal muscle?

Somatic motor system

What division of the nervous system controls cardiac, smooth muscle, and glands?

Visceral motor system

What creates the neural groove and folds?

Neural plate

What creates the neural tube and crests?

Neural groove and folds

What are the three primary vesicles of the brain?

Prosencephalon (forebrain)

Mesencephalon (midbrain)

Rhombencephalon (hindbrain)

What are the five secondary vesicles?

telencephalon

diencephalon

mesencephalon

metencephalon

myelencephalon

What is the telencephalon the progenitor of?

Cerebral hemispheres and related structures

What is the Diencephalon the progenitor of?

Everything "thalamus"

thalamus

hypothalamus

epithalamus

optic nerve

What is the mesencephalon the progenitor of?

Midbrain tectum

Midbrain tegmentum

Cerebral peduncles

What is the metencephalon the progenitor of?

Pons and Cerebellum

What is the myelencephalon the progenitor of?

brainstem and spinal cord