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A patient diagnosed with Parkinson disease initially experiences:
- difficulty walking.
- resting tremors.
- postural instability.
- rigidity of leg muscles.
- resting tremors.
A patient presents with a wide-based gait in which the feet are turned outward.Staggering is noted when walking and the pelvis is held stiff. These characteristics
are representative of:
- cerebellar gait.
- basal ganglion gait.
- decorticate posture.
- apraxia.
- cerebellar gait.
Which activity has been documented to increase the levels of circulating endogenous endorphins?
- Cough
- Stress
- Sleep
- Pain
- Stress
A basic neural system essential to cognitive function would include: (select all that apply)
- attentional systems. 1 / 4
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- memory systems.
- affective or emotive systems.
- sensory systems.
- language systems.
- attentional systems.
- memory systems.
- affective or emotive systems.
- language systems.
Abnormal findings in which of the following evaluations would indicate possible neurologic dysfunction? (select all that apply)
- Level of consciousness
- Pattern of breathing
- Decreased gastrointestinal motility
- Eye response
- Motor responses
- Level of consciousness
- Pattern of breathing
- Eye response
- Motor responses
Criteria for determining brain death include: (select all that apply)
- unresponsive coma.
- no spontaneous respiration.
- isoelectric EEG.
- pupils are reactive but unequal.
- ocular response to head turning.
- unresponsive coma.
- no spontaneous respiration.
- isoelectric EEG.
A means of classifying a seizure includes: (select all that apply)
- clinical manifestations.
- site of origin. 2 / 4
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- response to therapy.
- length of activity.
- EEG correlates.
- clinical manifestations.
- site of origin.
- response to therapy.
- EEG correlates.
A characteristic of Alzheimer disease includes: (select all that apply)
- rapid onset of symptomatology.
- short-term memory loss.
- increased irritability and agitation.
- anxiety and depression.
- remissions resulting in cognitive clarity.
- short-term memory loss.
- increased irritability and agitation.
- anxiety and depression.
The person at highest risk for traumatic brain injury (TBI) is:
- black and economically disadvantaged.
- male and disabled.
- female and 20 years of age.
- an economically advantaged young adult.
- black and economically disadvantaged.
The most common cause of TBI is:
- motor vehicle accidents.
- falls.
- sports-related events.
- violence.
- motor vehicle accidents.
A trauma patient diagnosed with a brain contusion experiences changes in attention, memory, affect, and emotion. In which region of the brain is the 3 / 4
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- Cerebral
- Frontal
- Cerebellum
- Midbrain
- Frontal
After a fall at home, an elderly patient experiences a hematoma located on the top
of the brain. The hematoma is most likely:
- subdural.
- epidural.
- extradural.
- intracerebral.
- subdural.
A patient is hit in the temporal portion of his skull. Although initial loss of consciousness occurs, the patient soon awakens and is conversant. Three hours later vomiting, drowsiness, and confusion are noted. These symptoms are most likely related to which type of brain injury?
- Diffuse axonal
- Intracerebral
- Subdural
- Epidural
- Epidural
A patient experiences a vertebral fracture in which the C1 vertebra is fractured into
several fragments. This type of fracture can be described as:
- simple.
- compressed.
- comminuted.
- dislocation.
- comminuted.
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