2.3 Mysterious Miscommunications

Objective: Describe the structure and function of the brain and its parts.

Essential Question:

How does the nervous system allow our bodies to interact with the outside world?

Mysterious Miscommunication Patient File

Mysterious Miscommunications

Daily Grade💯

Completed Google Form in Google Classroom and Completed Sheet

You will have today and tomorrow to complete this assignment.

Use only the medical file and the information you have learned in prior activities to determine your diagnosis.

Supplementary Vocab

cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)✏️

A clear, colorless liquid surrounding the brain and spinal cord.

diagnostic imaging✏️

Technologies used to look inside your body for clues about a medical condition; includes X-rays, CT scans, nuclear medicine scans, MRI scans, and ultrasound.

nerve conduction velocity test✏️

Test that identifies nerve damage by measuring how fast an electrical signals move through your nerve.

electromyography (EMG)✏️

Test that identifies nerve damage by measuring the electrical activity in muscles.

For this section, use this website about The Blood Brain Barrier.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Journal Entry📓

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a condition caused by a pinched, or compressed, median nerve in the wrist. The median nerve provides sensation to the palm side of your thumb and fingers, except the little finger. It also provides nerve signals to move the muscle around the base of your thumb.

Explore this Carpal Tunnel Syndrome simulation.

Based on this information, what results would you expect to see on the medical exam of a patient with carpal tunnel syndrome? Create a medical file for this patient and fill it out based on the assumption that their diagnosis would be carpal tunnel syndrome.

Make sure to have these sections:

Case Notes
Neurological Exam
Nerve Conduction Velocity Test Results
EMG Test Results
CSF Analysis Results
Diagnostic Imaging Results
Treatment/Care

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