NUR 424 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Thermoregulation, Hemiparesis, Antibiotics
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Thought, reasoning, behavior, memory, smell, movement: parietal lobe. Intellect, thought, reasoning, memory, sensation, hearing: temporal love. Behavior, memory, hearing and vision pathways, emotion: occipital lobe. Central nervous system (brain and spinal cord: neurological system structural integrity. Head injury, brain tumor, intracranial hemmorrgage, infection, stroke. Inflexible structure (cranium) -> intracranial pressure, vital centers: neurological system homeostatic environment. Blood brain barrier prevents toxic substances from entering. Left side generally dominant : controls speech math and logic: right side of brain: controls facial recognition, emotion, spatial relationships and music, cerebrum: cerebral cortex (2 hemispheres) Devided by falx cerebi and 2 halves communicare via fibers that makeup the corpus callosum: cerebellum: ventrical posture, brainstem: midbrain, pons and medulla, spinal cord: begins at end of brainstem, ends where peripheral nerves begin. Identify normal versus abnormal function: determines diagnosis and appropriate triage and treatment for critically ill, monitor trends of improvement or deterioration to help predict recovery and outcomes.
