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True or false: Patients are always put under anesthesia during brain surgery.
True or false: Patients are always put under anesthesia during brain surgery.
False (B)
True or false: Lobotomies are still a common treatment for psychiatric diseases.
True or false: Lobotomies are still a common treatment for psychiatric diseases.
False (B)
True or false: Deep brain stimulation involves placing an electrode in the spine.
True or false: Deep brain stimulation involves placing an electrode in the spine.
False (B)
True or false: The brain has pain receptors, making brain surgery a painful experience for patients.
True or false: The brain has pain receptors, making brain surgery a painful experience for patients.
True or false: The gamma knife is a type of brain surgery that uses radiation to treat disorders.
True or false: The gamma knife is a type of brain surgery that uses radiation to treat disorders.
True or false: Robots cannot be used in brain surgery due to the small size of the skull and brain.
True or false: Robots cannot be used in brain surgery due to the small size of the skull and brain.
True or false: Brain computer interfaces are currently able to access information through Bluetooth implants.
True or false: Brain computer interfaces are currently able to access information through Bluetooth implants.
True or false: Brain surgery for tremors involves testing the patient's ability to drink from a cup or sign their name.
True or false: Brain surgery for tremors involves testing the patient's ability to drink from a cup or sign their name.
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Study Notes
- The brain feels like a mix between tofu and Jello.
- Patients have to be awake for brain surgery in certain cases, especially when operating on areas related to language.
- Brain surgery for tremors involves testing the patient's ability to drink from a cup or sign their name.
- The brain has no pain receptors, so patients don't feel pain during brain surgery.
- Lobotomies were once used as a treatment for psychiatric diseases before falling out of favor.
- Neurosurgery encompasses brain surgery and involves treating surgical conditions of the brain, spine, and peripheral nerve.
- The gamma knife is a type of stereotactic radio surgery that uses pinpoint beams of radiation to treat certain disorders.
- Deep brain stimulation involves placing an electrode in the brain to regulate abnormal electrical activity that causes diseases like Parkinson's.
- Robots are already being used in the operating room, but limitations exist for brain surgery due to the skull and brain's small size.
- Brain computer interfaces are close to helping neuroplasticity, but having a Bluetooth implant in the brain to access information is still decades away.
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