Exam 12: Disorders of the Peripheral Nervous

The division between the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system is distinct from a functional standpoint; however, from an anatomical standpoint the lines are blurry.

Parkinson's disease develops due to a lack of ____ in the substantia nigra part of the brain, a key area for regulating motor movement.

____ is a viral condition that produces widespread destruction of motor neurons and can lead to total paralysis.

____ is a disorder that involves the destruction of the nerve myelin sheath, is an inflammatory disorder thought to be triggered by either a viral or environmental cause.

The key to narrowing the paramedical differential diagnosis is detailing the ____________________ as much as reasonably possible.

The ____ in a nerve cell receives information from other nerves and transmits it to the cell body in the form of a series of electrical impulses that travel down the dendrite toward the cell body.

____ nerves are typically fast-conducting nerves because of the layered insulation.

____ is a movement disorder that produces muscle rigidity, slow movements, and classic motor findings on physical examination.

Pain that is out of proportion to the stimulus is known as ____.

A patient in ____ develops profound motor weakness to the point where the patient cannot maintain a gag reflex.

Although the nervous system is divided anatomically into the central and peripheral nervous system, in reality the peripheral nervous system is a seamless continuation of the central nervous system.

Death often occurs from disease complications between ____ years after the onset of Huntington's disease.

Pain from a non-painful stimulus e.g., light touch on the affected limb is known as ____.

An emergent consideration for the Paramedic treating a patient who has ____________________'s disease is management of complications of falls and syncope.

The amount of monitoring performed during transport is most dependent on the requirements of the medical regulations in place for your location.

____ is a genetic movement disorder that involves bizarre, uncontrolled movements and progressive dementia.

The ____________________ nervous system is organized into pairs of nerve roots that leave the spinal cord at discrete levels and pass through the spaces between the vertebrae laterally.

Nerve fibers are covered in a connective tissue formed by layers of ____ cells.

____, made famous by baseball player Lou Gehrig, affects motor function and balance, creates cranial nerve dysfunction, and eventually causes dementia from destruction of frontal lobe neurons in the brain.

____ is an autoimmune condition in which the body's immune system is triggered to attack the myelin sheath in peripheral motor nerve fibers, causing significantly slowed nerve conduction.