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Lesson 3 Central Nervous System
Diseases and Disorders
After completing this lesson, you should be able to:
- Define and identify the cause, signs/symptoms, and treatment
for meningitis.
- Define and identify the cause, signs/symptoms, and treatment
for encephalitis.
- Define and identify the cause, signs/symptoms, and treatment
for poliomyelitis.
- Define and identify the cause, signs/symptoms, and treatment
for Parkinsonism (Parkinson's disease).
- Define and identify the cause, signs/symptoms, and treatment
for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- Define and identify the cause, signs/symptoms, and treatment
for muscular sclerosis.
- Define disorders affecting the levels of consciousness and
identify the causes, signs/symptoms, and treatment for these disorders.
- Define specific vascular disorders of the central nervous
system and identify the causes, signs/symptoms, and treatment for these disorders.
Section I. DISEASES OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
- 3-1. INTRODUCTION
- 3-2. MENINGITIS
- 3-3. ENCEPHALITIS
- 3-4. POLIOMYELITIS
(INFANTILE PARALYSIS)
- 3-5. PARKINSONISM
(PARKINSON'S DISEASE)
- 3-6. AMYOTROPHIC
LATERAL SCLEROSIS (ALS) (Lou Gehrig's disease)
- 3-7. MULTIPLE
SCLEROSIS (MS)
Section II. DISORDERS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
- 3-8. INTRODUCTION
- 3-9. DISORDERS
OF CONSCIOUSNESS
- 3-10. COMMON
NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS
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About this Course
The central nervous system (CNS) is one of the
two principal divisions of the body's nervous system. The nervous system is the body's
communication network and control center. Consisting of the brain and the spinal cord,
the CNS is the control center for the entire nervous system. All the sensations of
the body are relayed to the central nervous system. All nerve impulses that cause muscles
to contract and glands to secrete come from the central nervous system.
This course deals with the anatomy and
physiology of the central nervous system, physical assessment of the central nervous
system, central nervous system diseases and disorders, seizures, and central nervous
system trauma. It is a suitable foundation course in the central nervous system for
technologists and professionals in the medical arts. |
The content of this course is adapted from:
THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
MD0572, Edition 100
Academy of Health Sciences
Fort Sam Houston, TX
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