Central Nervous System

Question 1

It can conduct an action potential down the axon of the neuron.
a.) Neuron
b.) Axonal Conduction
c.) Postsynaptic Cell
d.) Synaptic Transmission

Answer 1

b.) Axonal Conduction

Question 2

It can process the information that is carried across the gap between neuron and postsynaptic cell.
a.) Synaptic Transmission
b.) Neuron
c.) Postsynaptic cell
d.) Axonal conduction

Answer 2

a.) Synaptic Transmission

Question 3

All of these are part of the 21 compounds that serve as neurotransitters. EXCEPT ONE.
a.) Substance P
b.) Enkaphalins
c.) Modafinil
d.) Adenosine triphosphate

Answer 3

c.) Modafinil

Question 4

Define Blood Brain Barrier.
a.) Stimulate adrenergic receptors
b.) It has a cathecol ring and amines
c.) Dysregulation of the transmitters serotonin, norepinephrine, dopamine
d.) Passage is limited to lipid-soluble agents or via specific transport systems

Answer 4

d.) Passage is limited to lipid-soluble agents or via specific transport systems

Question 5

It decreased response occurring in the course of prolonged drug use.
a.) Increase therapeutic effects
b.) Decreased side effects
c.) Tolerance
d.) Physical dependence

Answer 5

c.) Tolerance

Question 6

Assess motor symptoms and the extent which they interfere with activities of daily living
a.) Implementation
b.) Nursing considerations
c.) Assessment
d.) Nursing process

Answer 6

c.) Assessment

Question 7

It improves bradykinesia, gait disturbance and postural instability.
a.) Therapeutic goal
b.) CNS stimulants
c.) Dopaminergic drugs
d.) Anticholinergic drugs

Answer 7

a.) Therapeutic goal

Question 8

It is the drugs that block receptors for ACh
a.) Therapeutic goal
b.) CNS stimulants
c.) Dopaminergic drugs
d.) Anticholinergic drugs

Answer 8

d.) Anticholinergic drugs

Question 9

It affects the extrapyramidal system which influences movement.
a.) Tremor
b.) Ataxia
c.) Epilepsy
d.) Parkinson’s disease

Answer 9

d.) Parkinson’s disease

Question 10

It is bind to the carrier protein and act at a receptor resulting in increased GABA the brain.
a.) Gabapentin
b.) Heroin
c.) Disulfiram
d.) Naltrexone

Answer 10

a.) Gabapentin

Question 11

It decreases unpleasant effects resulting from abstinence (anxiety/restlessness)
a.) Disulfiram
b.) Gabapentin
c.) Naltrexone
d.) Acamprosate

Answer 11

d.) Acamprosate

Question 12

Opioid antagonist that sppresses craving and pleasurable effects of alcohol.
a.) Disulfiram
b.) Gabapentin
c.) Naltrexone
d.) Acamprosate

Answer 12

c.) Naltrexone

Question 13

It is treatment of respiratory depression caused by drug overdose and COPD.

Answer 13

Doxapram

Question 14

Group of disorders characterized by excessive excitability of neurons in the CNS.

Answer 14

Epilepsy

Question 15

General term that applies to all types of epileptic events.

Answer 15

Seizure

Question 16

It is an abnormal motor phenomenon.

Answer 16

Convulsion

Question 17

5 Partial Focal Seizures

Answer 17

• Carbamazepine
• Gabapentin
• Lamotrigine
• Tiagabine
• Topiramate

Question 18

It is most commonly prescribed anticonvulsant drug.

Answer 18

Phenytoin

Question 19

It is effective against partial seizures and generalized tonic-clonic seizures but not absence seizures.

Answer 19

Phenobarbital

Question 20

It is active against partial seizures and tonic-clonic seizures but not absence seizures.

Answer 20

Carbamazepine