Dr O Quiz 3 - ch. 29

Question 0

What is the difference between apoptotic cell death and necrotic cell death?

Answer 0

Apoptotic cell death is genetic programmed cell death (gentile, no toxins) while necrotic cell death is passive cell death (attracts inflammation)

Question 1

Behavior, including thoughts and movement is shaped by the interplay between what 2 things?

Answer 1

Genes and environment

Question 2

What are free radical molecules? (2)

Answer 2

Molecules generated with odd numbers of electrons during the metabolic process.
Very very reactive

Question 3

Oxidation of lipids, protein, and DNA leads to what?

Answer 3

Tissue injury

Question 4

Any probably supra tetorially (above level of brain steam) will affect what side of the body?

Answer 4

Symptoms will affect the contralateral side

Question 5

What is ataxia?

Answer 5

Lack of coordinated movement

Question 6

How does right hemisphere syndrome present itself?

Answer 6

Difficulties in proprioception and hemineglect (generating appropriate responses

Question 7

Higher brain functioning of the cortex allows people to do which two things?

Answer 7

Language and abstract thinking

Question 8

Definition of dysarthria, expressive dysarthria, alexia, and apraxia?
Agnosia?
How do these come aboot?

Answer 8

Disturbance in articulation
Deficit in speech production or language output
Acquired inability to read
Acquired disorder of skilled and purposeful movement
Lesion in right hemisphere

Question 9

Damage to what area of the brain is responsible for arousal?11

Answer 9

Loss of hemispheric inhibition of brain stem function

Question 10

The destruction of both the ________ and ________ part of the ________ formation in brain stem will eventually lead to the brain death

Answer 10

Upper
Lower
Reticular

Question 11

Which organs arethe most important of the limbic system? (8)

Answer 11

Amygdala, orbit frontal cortex, hippocampus, cingulate gyrus, dentate gyrus, septal area, hypothalamus, thalamus.

Question 12

What is the difference between retrograde and anterograde amnesia?

Answer 12

Retrograde amnesia is the loss of ability to recall events, while anterograde is the failure of new learning over formation of new memory

Question 13

The ANS controls what systems of the body? Which organ is most important during this?

Answer 13

Cardiovascular, respiratory, and gastrointestinal function.

Medulla

Question 14

What are the associated problems with a spinal cord injury above the level of T5? (4)

Answer 14

Severe and disabling cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, bladder, and sexual dysfunction

Question 15

Which area of the body is imporant for motivation

Answer 15

Limbic system

Question 16

What is the difference between classical conditioning and operant conditioning?

Answer 16

Classical - a condition stimulus produced greater response associated with a strong stimulus (pavlovs dog)
Operant - conditioning a consequence is predicted with associated behavior, a change in behavior will elicit a given response