Vascular Diseases of the Central Nervous System Quiz

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What are the three main pathogenic mechanisms of cerebrovascular diseases?

Thrombosis, anoxia, vascular malformation

Thrombotic occlusion of vessels, embolic occlusion of vessels, vascular rupture (correct)

Ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, transient ischemic attack

Aneurysm, vasospasm, hemorrhagic stroke

What are the two main processes into which cerebrovascular diseases are divided based on pathophysiology and pathologic anatomy?

Ischemic stroke; Hemorrhagic stroke

Thrombosis; Embolism

Hypoxia, ischemia and infarction; Hemorrhage (correct)

Aneurysm formation; Vascular rupture

What is the clinical designation applied to all cerebrovascular conditions when symptoms begin acutely?

Stroke (correct)

Seizure

Migraine

Encephalopathy

What are the consequences for the brain due to thrombosis and embolism?

Loss of oxygen and metabolic substrates, resulting in infarction or ischemic injury of affected regions Signup and view all the answers

What type of tissue damage does hemorrhage lead to in cerebrovascular diseases?

Direct tissue damage as well as secondary ischemic injury Signup and view all the answers

What is the major cause of death in the developed world and the most prevalent cause of neurologic morbidity?

Cerebrovascular diseases Signup and view all the answers

What are the three main pathogenic mechanisms of cerebrovascular diseases?

Thrombosis, embolism, hemorrhage Signup and view all the answers

What is the clinical designation applied to all cerebrovascular conditions when symptoms begin acutely?

Stroke Signup and view all the answers

Which process leads to direct tissue damage as well as secondary ischemic injury in cerebrovascular diseases?

Hemorrhage Signup and view all the answers

What do thrombosis and embolism result in for the brain?

Loss of oxygen and metabolic substrates, resulting in infarction or ischemic injury Signup and view all the answers

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What are the three main pathogenic mechanisms of cerebrovascular diseases?

What are the two main processes into which cerebrovascular diseases are divided based on pathophysiology and pathologic anatomy?

What is the clinical designation applied to all cerebrovascular conditions when symptoms begin acutely?

What are the consequences for the brain due to thrombosis and embolism?

What type of tissue damage does hemorrhage lead to in cerebrovascular diseases?

What is the major cause of death in the developed world and the most prevalent cause of neurologic morbidity?

What are the three main pathogenic mechanisms of cerebrovascular diseases?

What is the clinical designation applied to all cerebrovascular conditions when symptoms begin acutely?

Which process leads to direct tissue damage as well as secondary ischemic injury in cerebrovascular diseases?

What do thrombosis and embolism result in for the brain?

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