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What is neuropraxia? - reduction or block of conduction across a nerve lesion What is the prognosis of neruopraxia? - Good What is an example of a conidtion of neuropraxia? - Saturday night palsy of the radial nerve What type of nerve injury does Wallerian Degeneration occur? - Axonotemesis

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AUE Exam 3 Peripheral Nerve
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What is neuropraxia? - ✔✔reduction or block of conduction across a nerve lesion



What is the prognosis of neruopraxia? - ✔✔Good



What is an example of a conidtion of neuropraxia? - ✔✔Saturday night palsy of the radial nerve



What type of nerve injury does Wallerian Degeneration occur? - ✔✔Axonotemesis



What is axonotemesis? - ✔✔interruption of the axonal continuity but the endoneurium
remains intact



What is the rate of regeneration? - ✔✔1mm/day or 1 inch/month



What is an example of axonotemesis? - ✔✔severe compression of nerve



What is the most severe form of nerve injury? - ✔✔neurotemesis



What structures are disrupted in neurotemesis? - ✔✔axon, myelin, and neural sheath

, What is destructed in a type 3 nerve injury? - ✔✔endoneurial tube = mismatch at the end plate



What type of nerve injury will benefit from sensory reeducation? - ✔✔Type 3



What occurs in a type 4 nerve injury? - ✔✔destruction of the perineurium



What occurs in a type 5 injury? - ✔✔complete nerve transection



Which type of nerve injury will require surgery? - ✔✔Neurotemesis



What are the motor symptoms of nerve compression? - ✔✔muscle ache and weakness;



severe compression = atrophy



What are the motor symptoms of comple laceration of a nerve? - ✔✔no muscle
function; muscle atrophy occurs after seeral weeks



What factor affect nerve regeneration? - ✔✔Age



proximal vs distal location of nerve



motor vs sensory nerves



compression vs transection of nerve



Is nerve regeneration better in kids or adults? - ✔✔kids



Proximal nerve injuries are ______________ than distal nerve injuries - ✔✔worse

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