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Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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DIAGNOSES - Cerebral ... Brainstem - Spinal ... DIAGNOSES - Cerebral ... Brainstem - Spinal
Central Nervous System Disorders - Patterns of Localization - Cerebral Cortex, Brainstem, Spinal Cord, Subcortical, Cerebellum

#CNS
Localization - Cerebral ... Cortex, Brainstem, Spinal
Halo Sign in Basal Skull Fracture

Halo of lighter liquid around blood spot on the cloth indicates
cloth indicates cerebral ... spinal fluid leaking
Benzodiazepines: Mechanism of Action and Side Effects
 • Decr spinal cord activity -> Muscle relaxant
Effects • Decr spinal ... phobia • Decr cerebral
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
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Diagnosis Algorithm Cerebral ... findings Unilateral Spinal
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
of Tuberculosis Spinal ... of meninges in spinal ... and nerve roots Spinal ... Pott's Disease (Vertebral ... infection • Imaging: cerebral
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) - Pathway of Flow
1) CSF is produced and secreted by the choroid plexus
CSF flows down cerebral ... external brain & spinal
Erectile Dysfunction: Pathogenesis

Erectile Dysfunction - Persistent or recurrent inability to achieve an erection sufficient to achieve
inhibition of spinal ... mellitus -> Central (cerebral ... or spinal cord)
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
brain up to the spinal ... arise from the spinal ... arise from the cerebral ... and the cortico-spinal ... tract in the spinal
June is recognized as International #Scoliosis Awareness month with the goal of public education, early detection
curvature of the #spine ... muscular #dystrophy, #cerebral ... #bracing and #spinal