ABRET EXAM (Study Guide Questions with Verified Answers)

ABRET EXAM (Study Guide Questions with Verified Answers) What are the main patient history questions we need to ask patients? Why, When, Major Illness, How Often, FMH, handedness, sleep deprived, aura, LOC In regards to pt history, what special questions to children get asked? Full Term, Gestational, conceptual, chronological age In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to comatose pts? Onset of unresponsiveness, cause, response to stimuli In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to szs? Start date, what happens during, aura, loc, happens after, time of day, last event In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to headache? start date, fz, duration, location In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to head trauma? loc, loss of memory, sz, location, skull defect In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to tumor? Sudden, language problems, personality difference In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to stroke? sudden, side, aphasia, headache, improved What is the encephalon? Whole brain What is the cerebrum? two cerebral hemispheres Where is the cerebellum? at very back of brain What is the function of the cerebellum? movement, timing, coordination, motor learning Where is the brainstem? between brain and spinal cord What is the function of the brainstem? controls neural flow of messages btwn brain and body, controls breathing, swallow, heart, BP What is a hemisphere? one half of brain What is a ventricle? fluid filled cavity in brain What are the meninges? 3 membranes btwn brain and skull What are the meninges outermost to innermost? dura mater, arachnoid, and pia mater What is CN I?` Olfactory What is CN II? Optic What is CN III? Oculomotor What is CN IV? Trochlear What is CN V? Trigeminal What is CN VI? Abducens What is CN VII? Facial What is CN VIII? Auditory What is CN IX? Glossopharyngeal What is CN X? Vagus What is CN XI? Accessory What is CN XII? Hypoglossal What is the purpose of the olfactory nerve? smell What is the purpose of the optic nerve? relating to eye What is the purpose of the oculomotor nerve? enables eye movement What is the purpose of the trochlear nerve? operates superior oblique muscle in eye What is the purpose of the trigeminal nerve? sensation to face and bite and chewing What is the purpose of the abducens nerve? lateral rectus of eye What is the purpose of the facial nerve? motor to face, sense of taste What is the purpose of the auditory nerve? hearing What is the purpose of the glossopharyngeal nerve? pertaining to tongue and throat What is the purpose of the vagus nerve? pharynx, larynx, lungs, heart What is the purpose of the accessory nerve? sternocleidomastoid, trapeizus and overlaps w vagus What is the purpose of the hypoglossal nerve? motor to tongue and helpful for speech and swallowing What is ALS? progressive neurological disease that destroys nerve cells and causes disability What is a CVA? sudden death for brain cells due to lack of O2 when blood flow impaired by blockage or rupture of artery What is another term for CVA? Stroke What is MS? chronic autoimmune disorder affecting movement, sensation, and bodily function caused by destruction of myelin What is CSF? watery cushion for spinal cord and brain formed by choroid plexus in ventricles I am a medication used for tonic clonic szs and complex partial szs Carbamazepine (epitol) I am a medication used for absence, myoclonic szs, and panic disorders Clonzaepam (klonopin) I am a medication used for status epilepticus, alcohol withdraw, and anxiety Diazepam (valium) I am a medication used for partial szs, bipolar, and anxiety Gabapentin (neurontin) I am a medication for lennox-gastaut syndrome, partial szs, tonic clonic and bipolar Lamotrigine (lamictal) I am a medication for partial onset szs, tonic clonic, and myoclonic szs Levetiracetam (KEPPRA) I am a medication used for anxiety and preoperative sedation Lorazepam (ativan) I am a medication used for partial szs and adjuntive therapy Oxcarbazepine (TRILEPTAL) I am a medication used for febrile szs, partial, and tonic clonic szs Phenobarbital (LUMINAL) I am a medication used for treatment/prevention of tonic clonic and partial szs Phenytoin (DILANTIN) I am a medication used for adjunctive therapy to partial onset szs? Pregablin I am a medication used for treatment Lennox gastaut, partial onset; primary generalized tonic clonic, prevention of migraines