NEURO EXAM 2

• - Cerebrum
• - Diencephalon
• - cerebellum
• - brainstem

• Largest Part of Brain
• HIGHER brain centers
• Frontal (motor, emotions, Broca)
• Parietal ( sensory)
• Temporal (auditory, reception of speech)
• Occipital (vision)

Thalamus -> Relay

Hypothalamus -> Homeostasis (temp, hunger, sleep, thirst, ANS)

Pineal gland (sexual development)

Pituitary (endocrine)

Basal Ganglia (automatic associated movements, primitive motor areas)

• * midbrain (relay)
• *pons (relay & breathing)
• * medulla (breathing, vomiting, cardiac, & GI)
• * Cranial nerves-> originate
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* Balance

*Equilibrium

* Proprioception

• 1) Headaches
• - + Symptom Analysis
• 2) Dizziness & Vertigo
• - Fits several systems
• 3) Seizures
• - Aura
• - Fall
• - Motor activity
• - loss of consciousness
• - previous history
• - meds

• 4) Weakness
• - paresis

5) LOC

• 6) Altered mobility
• - Specifically gait
• terms
• -plegia
• * hemiplegia
• * paraplegia
• * quadriplegia
• 7) Chronic Diseases (ROS)
• * MS, Mysasthenia, CVA, Parkinson's, ALS, demetia (functional assesment--- CRITICAL), (alcohol, mood-altering drugs)

• 8) Past medical history
• - head injury, spinal cord injury
• - meningitis, encephalitis
• - Aneurysm
• - cancer, benign tumor
• - surgery