{"id":130305,"date":"2023-12-13T06:05:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T06:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=130305"},"modified":"2023-12-13T06:05:13","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T06:05:13","slug":"neuroscience-exam-2-usa-latest-2023-2024-update-exam-prep-with-questions-and-verified-answers-100-correct-grade-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/13\/neuroscience-exam-2-usa-latest-2023-2024-update-exam-prep-with-questions-and-verified-answers-100-correct-grade-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Neuroscience EXAM 2\u2013 USA (Latest 2023\/ 2024 Update) Exam Prep with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Neuroscience EXAM 2\u2013 USA (Latest 2023\/ 2024 Update) Exam Prep with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neuroscience EXAM 2\u2013 USA (Latest 2023\/<br>2024 Update) Exam Prep with Questions and<br>Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A<br>Q: foramen magnum<br>Answer:<br>where most of the vertebral arteries runs up through and feeds blood up to the rest of the brain<br>Q: foramen spinosum<br>Answer:<br>where the middle meningeal artery runs<br>Q: jugular foramen<br>Answer:<br>where the jugular vein runs up through the skull<br>Q: herniations<br>Answer:<br>shifting of the brain due to vascular damage<br>Q: The 4 Ventricles<br>Answer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2 lateral ventricles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>third ventricle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>fourth ventricle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Q: Choroid Plexus<br>Answer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>made up of ependymal cells, produce CSF<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cilia movement circulate CSF<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>fxn: buoyancy, cushioning, cleaning, ionic balance, pressure gradient<br>Q: CSF Flow:<br>Answer:<br>-produced by choroid plexus<br>-Lateral ventricles<br>-foramen of monro<br>-3rd ventricle<br>-cerebral aqueduct<br>-4th ventricle<br>-foramen of Luscka and Magendie<br>-subarachnoid space<br>-granulations<br>-arachnoid villi<br>Q: Cisterns<br>Answer:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>within subarachnoid space<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>large pockets<br>*provides place to extract CSF via lumbar puncture<br>Q: CSF Visual Examination<br>Answer:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Normal: sparking clear<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>abnormal: cloudy\/colored<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Q: How does the CSF exit?<br>Answer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>arachnoid granulations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>dumps into venous sinus<br>Q: Disorders of the CSF System:<br>Hydrocephalus<br>Answer:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>dilation of ventricles 2 degrees due to:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>blocked CSF circulation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>impeded CSF absorption<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>too much production<br>*results in pressure onto corticobulbar and corticospinal stracts &#8211;&gt; increased weakness<br>Q: Disorders of the CSF System:<br>Increased Intercranial Pressure<br>Answer:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>any increase in size of any structure<br>e.g. diffuse cerebral edema, tumors, hemmorrhage, etc.<br>*symptoms: headache, nausea, bradycardia, hypertension, loss of consciousness, papilledema;<br>treatment elevate bed 30 degrees to avoid obstructing jugular venous return, drain, shunt, give<br>medications<br>Q: Where is lumbar puncture performed?<br>Answer:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>below L3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>typically b\/t L4 &amp; L5<br>Q: Separations of the dura membranes create <strong><em><strong>_ that are important parts of the __<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer:<br>sinuses; venous system<br>Q: Cavernous Sinus<br>Answer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>area where superior, inferior, and straight sinuses converge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>sits on Sella Turcica of skull<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>surrounds pituitary gland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>internal carotid runs 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