Cerebrovascular Disease Flashcards
What is the pattern seen in an acute neuronal injury?
shrinking and angulation of nuclei
intensely red cytoplasm
What are axonal reactions?
increased synthesis of proteins
What is chromatoylysis?
margination + loss of Nissi granules
Give an example of an axonal reaction?
Wallerian degeneration
What can be observed on histology in a simple Neuronal Atrophy?
small dark nuclei
liposfusion pigment + reactive gliosis
What are common in Alzheimer’s and the elderly?
sub-cellular alterations
What supplies blood to the trunk and legs?
Anterior cerebral artery
What artery is affected if there are vision defects?
Post cerebral artery
What artery is affected in a thrombotic stroke?
middle cerebral artery
What 2 arteries are affected in embolic stroke?
internal carotid
aortic arch
What artery is affected if patient presents with contralateral weakness of face and arms?
middle cerebral artery
What 3 symptoms do you present with if the vertebro-basillar is affected?
vertigo
ataxia
dysarthria
What artery is affected if there is contralateral weakness in the leg?
anterior cerebral artery
What is MS?
demyelinating disorder of the CNS
