Since spinal Bifida can be diagnosed before birth, treatments also begin when the fetus is enurtero and continue threw out life. Spinal Bifida is the leading neurological disorder that is congeitive. It is a life long struggle when someone suffers from Spinal Bifida. Spinal Bifida effects cognition, adaption along with behavior. The characteristics that affect the brain also include neurological dysfunction on multiple organ systems. Spinal Bifida still does not receive the acclaim in should for the effects that it has on social , development and behavioral abnormalities that it causes one. In the public school system it is often view as an orthopedic impairment rather then a developmental issue, even though most people with Spinal Bifida have congenital malformations of the brain. Theses malformations effect speech , reading and comprehension along with some information not being able to be retained.…
•Lack of oxygen to the brain e.g. as a result of a heart attack (anoxia/hypoxia)…
Hypophosphatasia is one of many disorders that resemble oseogenisis imperfecta, also known as “Brittle Bone Disease”. A mutation in the gene that codes for tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase, or ALP, is believed to be the cause. That is the central hostile regulator for bone mineralization. The patient who has Hypophosphatasia receives one defective gene from each parent. (Hypophosphatasia, eMedicine)…
The neurological disorders that I will be discussing this week are Spina Bifida and Down Syndrome. Spina Bifida is a neurological disorder that occur while a baby is still in it’s mother’s womb. The spinal column does not fuse together all the way and the spinal chord and nerves come through the open part of the spine.…
Subdural or Epidural bleeding – as bleeding grows it pushes on brain which will mean you have difficulty communicating and moving.…
CSF is a clear, colorless fluid similar to blood plasma and interstitial fluid. The intracranial and…
Chiari Malformation is a condition in which brain tissue protrudes into your spinal canal. This happens when part of your skull is small or misshaped, pressing on your brain and pushing it downward. Chiari Malformation is not common, but throughout time imaging tests have improved, leading to more frequent diagnosis.…
| | |term illnesses such as HIV, CJD and Huntington’s disease which can affect the brain. Brain tumours |…
1.What is the Glasgow Coma Scale? The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS). The GCS is an objective assessment that defines the level of consciousness by giving it a numeric value…
*A subdural haematoma is a collection of blood on the brain and are usually the result of a serious head injury. When one occurs in this way it is referred to as “acute” and is among the most serious of head injuries. The bleeding fills the brain very rapidly, compressing brain tissue. This often results in brain…
CSF is a clear liquid that bathes the brain and spinal cord. CSF provides the brain and spinal cord with nutrients and helps to create a chemically stable environment.…
5. Describe three functions of the cerebrospinal fluid. A. Buoyancy- allows the brain to attain considerable size without being impaired by its own weight. B. protection- protects the brain from striking the cranium when the head is jolted. C. chemical stability- rinses metabolic wastes from the nervous tissue and homeostatically regulates its chemical environment.…
The McGill website states “If each hemisphere were unfolded, it would be the size of an extra-large pizza! For this reason, the brain must fold over on itself many times to fit into the skull (McGill “The Brain”). When a website used for academics, compares my brain to pizza I I’m Interested! Can a giant network of neurons make us who we are? The brain is one of the most complex organ of the human body. Many people over time have explored and tried to examine and explain the functions of the brain. Many people have an idea, but most still do not understand. We have read about some of the scientists and experiments they have done including Pierre Florenens, Eduard Hitzig, and VS Ramachandran.…
Dementia is characterized by evidence of short term and long term memory impairment with impaired abstract thinking, impaired judgment, disturbances of higher cortical thinking, and personality changes. It is basically a progressive decline of cerebral utility such as logic, remembrance, language, problem solving, or concentration. This disease greatly harms the day by day performance of a person and is seen more in older people, however, is not a normal part of aging.…
Anencephaly is a serious birth defect, where the babies brain and skull don't fully develop. The brain lacks part or all of the cerebrum, the area of the brain that is responsible for thinking, vision, hearing, touch, and movement. There is no bone covering over the back of the head and there may also be missing bones around the front and sides of the head. Leaving the brain exposed to the open air.…