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DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1584081
Neurotrauma Quiz: April 2016[*]
Publication History
Publication Date:
02 May 2016 (online)

Q1. Which of the following is not true about SCI?
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C5 is the most common level of tetraplegia
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D10 is the most common level of paraplegia
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Incomplete paraplegia is the most common injury
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Most common cause of SCI is sports related
Q2. Brown–Sequard syndrome is described as?
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Asymmetric injury with ipsilateral loss of motor function and sensation and contralateral loss of pain and temperature
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Symmetrical injury with loss of motor function bilaterally
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Asymmetric injury with ipsilateral loss of pain and temperature and contralateral loss of motor function and sensation
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Loss of awareness, but preserved motor, pain, temperature, and light touch
Q3. Both the dural sac and the subarachnoid space end at which vertebral level?
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L4
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S2
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S1
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S4
Q4. What is true about the intervertebral disk?
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Is found between all adjacent vertebrae
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Adds ∼1/4th to entire length of vertebral column
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Contains a compressible liquid center
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Is perforated by the needle when performing a spinal tap
Q5. What is true about the denticulate ligament?
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Is a modification of pia mater
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Is found between all dorsal and ventral roots
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Attaches to the dural sac continuously
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Has its terminal attachment at S2
Q6. Which structure does not contain efferent autonomic nerve fibers?
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Dorsal ramus of C4
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Dorsal root of T6
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Ventral root of T3
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Ventral ramus of L2
Q7. What is the most common cause of spinal cord injuries?
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Diving
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Contact sports
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Motor vehicle accidents
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Blunt trauma
Q8. Which vertebra is most difficult to see but 20 to 30% of injuries occur there?
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C1
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C2
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C6
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C7
Q9. For anterior spinal cord syndrome what function(s) remain?
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Vibratory sense
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Pain
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Temperature
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Motor function
Q10. Posterior cord syndrome is rare with patient presenting with...
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Heightened vibratory sensation
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Weakness in the lower extremities
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Burning paresthesia's involving the neck, arms, and torso
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Weakness in the upper extremities
Q11. Immediately after a spinal cord injury hemorrhages occur where?
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In the white matter
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In the gray matter
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Usually in the anterior spinal artery
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Usually in the posterior spinal arteries
Q12. After a spinal cord injury, a zone of hemorrhage, edema, and necrosis spreads. This damage ultimately involves the diameter of the whole spinal cord within what time frame?
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1 to 2 hours
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12 to 14 hours
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6 to 24 hours
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48 hours
Q13. Once the chronic phase hit for spinal trauma how long does it take for the reflexes to return?
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2 weeks
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3 weeks
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4 weeks
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5 weeks
Q14. How long does it take for maximum recovery for a spinal cord injury?
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3 months
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4 months
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6 months
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1 year
Q15. What is true about central cord syndrome?
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Damage to anterior portion of cord
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Hyperextension
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Wide step gait
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Flexion injury
* The key to this Neurotrauma Quiz can be found in online version of the issue (April 2016).