DFO SET RUA Flashcards
Nerves that contain mostly afferent fibres are called:
a. Sensory nerves
b. Motor nerves
c. Mixed nerves
d. Schwann nerves
Sensory nerves
The afferent nervous system consists of all outgoing motor pathways.
False
Oligodendrocytes form myelin sheaths around nerve fibres in the CNS
True
Which of the following is NOT found within the receptive region of the neuron?
a. neurotransmitter vesicles
b. dendrites
c. sensory receptors
d. cell body
e. post-synaptic membrane
Cell body
The incidence of depression is twice as high in men as it is in women.
False
Euthymia is a less severe form of clinical depression.
False
People with depression can exhibit psychotic features.
True
A person with Bipolar Disorder experiences periods of normal mood.
True
A mood that is dulled in response is referred to as a labile affect.
True
Anhedonia is the increased pleasure of life during a manic phase.
False
Hallucinations are perceptual disturbances.
True
Which of the following is a ‘negative’ symptom of Schizophrenia?
a. Delusions
b. Ideas of reference
c. Loss of volition
d. Disorganised behaviour
Loss of volition
A delusion is a positive symptom of schizophrenia
True
The false sensory experience involving taste refers to a/an:
a. Auditory hallucination
b. Olfactory delusion
c. Gustatory hallucination
d. Olfactory hallucination
Gustatory hallucination
The prodromal phase of schizophrenia refers to which of the following:
a. The phase when hallucinations and delusions are most evident.
b. The first phase of very subtle symptoms, which can last from weeks to years.
c. The phase following an acute episode where the symptoms of psychosis begin to subside in response to medication.
d. It is the warning signs that occur before a hallucination.
e. The phase when all the symptoms have subsided.
The first phase of very subtle symptoms, which can last from weeks to years.
Match the following definitions to the correct terminology: a) Repetition or imitation of what someone else says. - Echolalia
b) Client reports no joy or pleasure in life - Anhedonia
c) General slowing of movement - Psychomotor retardation
d) Client claims to be associated with famous people or believes s/he is famous - Delusions of grandeur
e) Client does not believe they have a mental illness when they do - Lack of insight
f) Disorders of perception - Hallucination
g) A fixed false belief which has no basis to reality - Delusion
h) Immediate and observable expression of mood - Affect
a) Echolalia
b) Anhedonia
c) Psychomotor retardation
d) Delusions of grandeur
e) Lack of insight
f) Hallucination
g) Delusion
h) Affect
What provides a protective covering for the brain and spinal cord?
Meninges
Fill in the blanks: ______stimulation will lead to ____ of the neuronal cell membrane, and if this reaches the threshold value an action potential will fire.
________ stimulation will lead to _____ of the neuronal cell membrane, and will not lead to the firing of an action potential.
- inhibitory
- depolarisation
- excitability
- hyperpolarization
a) excitability
b) depolarization
c) inhibitory
d) hyperpolarization
The main function of axons is to:
a. manufacture cell proteins
b. conduct action potentials to other neurons
c. anchor the neuron in the surrounding brain tissue
d. receive action potentials from other neurons
Conduct action potentials to other neurons
Schwann cells form myelin sheaths around nerve fibres in the CNS
False.
