Neurosurgery

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The three most important symptoms when looking for neurological problems are...
Seizures, Focal symptoms, headaches
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The pathology of a tumor growth would be...
A slow, progressive deterioration
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The most common type of seizure is...
Grand mal/tonic-clonic seizure
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The inability to talk caused by a neurological problem is called...
Expressive dysphasia
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blindness in one half of the visual field is called...
Hemianopia
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A sign of a malignant tumor is a...
Pressure headache
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Which statement is TRUE?
The mass effect of a brain tumor is the combination of the tumor and it's oedma.
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Spina Bifida is...
incomplete closure of the dorsal midline in an embryo
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The form of spina bifida where the spinal chord is trapped inside a fluid filled sac is called...
Myelomeningocele
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Spina Bifida Occulta is an asymptomatic form of the condition which occurs in...
20% of adults
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Why could hydrocephalus cause blindness?
increased CSF causes pressure to be placed on the optic nerve
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