SCRN Practice Questions And Answers With Latest Solutions 2024
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SCRN Practice Questions And Answers With
Latest Solutions 2024
What areas does the Anterior Cerebral Artery ACA feed? (I.e. lobes and/or structures) -
answerMedial portion of the frontal and parietal lobes (mohawk); corpus callosum
What areas does the Posterior Cerebral Artery PCA feed? (I.e. l...
SCRN Practice Questions And An swers With Latest Solutions 2024 What areas does the Anterior Cerebral Artery ACA feed? (I.e. lobes and/or structures) - answer✔✔Medial portion of the frontal and parietal lobes (mohawk); corpus callosum What areas does the Posterior Cerebral Artery PCA feed? (I.e. lobes/structures) - answer✔✔Occipital lobe, midbrain, thalamus, and pineal gland. What are the major s/s of MCA stroke? - answer✔✔Contralateral hemiplegia Contralateral Hemianesthesia Arm weaker than leg Face droopy Eye deviation towards side of lesion Contralateral homonymous hemianopia What areas does the Middle Cerebral Artery MCA feed? - answer✔✔Majority of the frontal, parietal, temporal lobes; basal ganglia, internal capsule, as well as Broca's and Werneckies Area What the the major s/s of ACA stroke? - answer✔✔Contralater al motor deficits (some/few sensory Food and leg weaker than are Face and tongue usually spared Abulia (decreased activity and speech) Emotionally labile What are the major s/s of PCA stroke? - answer✔✔Dominant Hemisphere: alexia(inability to see words/rea d) with or without agraphia (inability to write), visual agnosia (inability to interpret sensation or recognize things) Non -Dominant Hemisphere: neglect on con What are the major s/s of a lateral thalamic stroke? - answer✔✔Hemisparethesia, followed by isolated hemisensory deficit in face, arm, and leg, may include trunk, pain may develop resistant to treatment; can also have abnormal movements (inability to stand or walk -thalamic astasia); hyper -reflexive tendones, babinski What are the major s/s of basal g anglia stroke? - answer✔✔Cognition and behavior, memory dysfunction, dysarthria, aphasia, motor abnormalities, if on left - verbal amnesia, if on right - visual amnesia Is ASA recommended for a patient in a -fib already on warfarin? - answer✔✔Only if histor y of CAD, especially if they have stents What is the target INR for stroke prevention? - answer✔✔2.5 What is the target LDL after stroke? (Which would indicate initiation of statin therapy) - answer✔✔100 What is the target blood pressure AFTER stroke or TIA? - answer✔✔140/90 What cranial nerves originate from the medulla? - answer✔✔CN 9 -12 What cranial nerves originate from the midbrain? - answer✔✔CN 3 -4 What cranial nerves originate from the pons? - answe r✔✔CN 5 -8 What are the s/s of carotid dissection? - answer✔✔Ptosis, myosis (pupillary constriction), and anhidrosis -known as Horner's syndrome What "important feature" does the internal capsule possess? - answer✔✔Nerve tract for the motor cortex What impor tant "pathways" does the thalamus contain? - answer✔✔Nearly all sensory pathways coming from the cerebral cortex Regarding LOC, what can a trike cause if the thalamus is infarcted? - answer✔✔Hyper -
somnolence What can a stroke in the hypothalamus disturb? - answer✔✔BODY TEMPERATURE! What is Broca's aphasia? - answer✔✔Speech is 'broken; expressive aphasia Where is Broca's area located? - answer✔✔Posterior aspect of frontal lobe What is Wernecke's aphasia? - answer✔✔"What?"...receptive aphasia Where is Werneck ies area located? - answer✔✔Temporo -parietal junction If a patient is experiencing hallucinations (but is aware of them not being real), what structure of brain is most likely being infarcted? - answer✔✔Midbrain
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