Neurology — Flashcards

Flashcard 81: The oculocephalic reflex or doll's eye reflex is used to assess the integrity of the cranial nerves III, _____, and VIII.

Answer: VI

Flashcard 82: Tabes Dorsalis is characterized by loss of _____, with a "high-stepping" gait and foot-slapping

Answer: proprioception

Flashcard 83: _____ bladder results from lesions at the level of the sacral spinal cord

Answer: Atonic

Flashcard 84: Bleeding in a _____ haemorrhage may come from a ruptured aneurysm, arteriovenous malformations or trauma to cortical vessels.

Answer: subarachnoid

Extra: • **Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH):** Usually arterial (Ruptured Berry Aneurysm, AVMs, or traumatic injury to cortical vessels). • **Subdural Hemorrhage (SDH):** Classically caused by rupture of **bridging veins**. • **Epidural Hemorrhage (EDH):** Classically caused by rupture of the **middle meningeal artery**.

Flashcard 85: _____ tremors are tremors seen only on activity and occur due to involvement of the cerebellum

Answer: Intentional

Flashcard 86: _____ is neurocutaneous disorder associated with bilateral acoustic schwannomas (ear findings)

Answer: Neurofibromatosis II

Flashcard 87: _____ disease often presents with neuropsychiatric manifestations, due to copper deposition and resultant cystic degeneration in the putamen and other adjacent structures

Answer: Wilson

Flashcard 88: Strokes involving the middle cerebral artery may cause paralysis and sensory loss of the _____-lateral upper limb and face

Answer: contra

Flashcard 89: _____ tremors are tremors which disappear on movement and are due to involvement of the substantia nigra and red nucleus

Answer: Resting

Flashcard 90: Patients with diabetic neuropathy present with a slowly progressive decrease in vibratory sensation, _____, and temperature sensation

Answer: proprioception