Exam 24: Neurosurgery

Match each term below with its description. -Inability to move the lower part of the body due to spinal trauma, disease, or disorder

How many pairs of cranial nerves are there?

Match each term below with its description. -Generation of heat during a chemical reaction; example is result of mixing powder and liquid to create polymethyl methacrylate

Which position is usually used for microdecompression endoscopic diskectomy?

How many vertebrae are there in the normal adult spine?

Which anatomical structure is the soft, gelatinous part of the intervertebral disc, which is sent as specimen after diskectomy?

Which of the following layered structures has the closest and most intimate contact with the brain?

What is the term for a deep groove in the cerebrum that separates the brain into lobes?

The instrument called a Kerrison is a(n):

Which of the following results most often from skull trauma over the middle meningeal artery with symptoms progressing to brain-stem herniation if not treated?

Herniated nucleus pulposus is a congenital disorder that must be treated surgically in the neonate to prevent quadriplegia.

Wilson, Andrews, and Hall frames are examples of positioning devices used for:

Which of the following neurosurgical retractors has attachments for malleable brain spatulas and retractors?

Which portion of the normal spinal column has five (5) vertebrae?

Which portion of the spinal column consists of five fused vertebrae in the average adult?

Carpal tunnel syndrome is treated by:

Into which anatomical structure or area is the distal catheter most often inserted in a V-P shunt procedure?

Which instrument is used to strip and separate the galea and pericranium from the skull before placement of burr holes?

What part of the body is prepped for ulnar nerve decompression or transposition?

Posterior fossa craniectomy is performed for pathology involving the: