When would a neurologist administer a lumbar puncture?
a) When they need to obtain cerebrospinal fluid for further testing.
b) When they need to determine the size of the ventricles.
c) To numb the patient's spinal chord before surgery.
d) To analyze a tumours obstruction in the brain.
e) To find any malformation of the spinal cords discs.
Question 2
When a client has a disorder of the nervous system, they will most likely go to a _____ for treatment and assesment.
a) a psychoanalyst
b) neurologist
c) experimental neuropsychologist
d) cognitive neuropsychologist
e) clinician
A lumbar puncture. The needle is inserted between the lumbar vertebrae and into the spinal canal.
Lumbar
Administer Oxygen
Performing a Capillary Puncture (Manual)
The absorption of cerebrospinal fluid from the subarachnoid space (blue) into a major sinus. Note ...
Summary of the formation, circulation, and absorption of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)