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NUR 4445 Neuro

1. Major structures formed in the trimester of pregnancy

Answer
first

2. Any insult during development can cause CNS
Answer
malformation


3. Maturation of the nerve cells


-The number of glial cells and increases until age 4

- growth continues through puberty

Answer
dendrites, brain


4. Maturation of myelin in nerve cells


-Myelin covering axons is at birth

-As myelination increases, primitive reflexes

Answer
incomplete, disappear

5. Maturation of skull

,-Cranial bones not fully ossified, allowing for

-Increase of risk for brain injury

Answer
brain growth

6. adults
-head=body size
-neck muscles developed
-skull

-vertebral bodies ossified

Answer
fused

7. infants/children
-head > body
-poorly developed neck muscles with excessive mobility
-skull not fused
-cartilaginous

-vertebral bodies with incomplete ossification

Answer
vertebra

8. assessing LOC Awake
only
only

Unresponsive

Answer
Verbal, pain

9.
-Flexor posturing

-Lesions above the brainstem

, Answer
decorticate (arms folded up to chest)

10.
-Rigid extensor posturing
-Lesions to the midbrain or brainstem

-Poor prognosis

Answer
decerebrate (arms down and fingertips point away)


11. coup
primary impact contrecoup

impact

Answer
secondary

12. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) cause of death in children under 15 y/o

Answer
-

leading



13. Primary patho of head injury


-At moment of impact, cellular damage
-Coup Injury - point of initial contact
-Contracoup - acceleration/deceleration of brain causes

- of small veins & arteries

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