Exam 3 Part 4

Question 1

Prolonged discussion of a topic

Answer 1

Spoken discourse

Question 2

What are some reading abilities that are assessed?

Answer 2

Matching pictures, letters, geometric forms, match printed words to pictures, reading aloud pictures, numbers, etc., verbally answer printed questions, silently reading a paragraph or story and verbally answering questions about it

Question 3

What are some writing abilities that are assessed?

Answer 3

Copying pictures, letters, geometric forms, writing letters, words, sentences, writing biological information, writing names for common objects and their functions, formulating and producing narratives

Question 4

What are some multicultural considerations for assessing dementia?

Answer 4

Standardized tests not translated into another language, interpreters and translators who are family members may skew results

Question 5

True or false: Facial expressions diminish as dementia progresses

Answer 5

True

Question 6

What is the neuropathology of vascular dementia?

Answer 6

Presence of small or unnoticed ischemic strokes

Question 7

Dementia caused by many usually small infarcts to various areas of the brain

Answer 7

Multi-infarct dementia

Question 8

The result of small recurrent ischemic strokes to cortex

Answer 8

Cortical multi-infarct dementia

Question 9

The result of multiple subcortical thrombotic ischemic strokes in the brain stem, basal ganglia, and other subcortical structures

Answer 9

Lacunar state

Question 10

Results in neuropathological changes in the brain due to presence of Lewy bodies in cell body of neurons

Answer 10

Lewy body disease

Question 11

Characterized by motor abnormalities such as rigidity, tremor, slowness of volitional movement, and cognitive deficits

Answer 11

Parkinson’s disease

Question 12

What is the neuropathology of Parkinson’s?

Answer 12

Loss of dopamine producing cells in substantia nigra as a result of Lewy bodies

Question 13

What are the characteristics of Parkinson’s?

Answer 13

Motor abnormalities at rest, bradykinesia, mask-like facial expressions, difficulty initiating movements for speech, festinations, paresthesia, micrographia, and akinetic movement

Question 14

Medical treatment for Parkinsonian symptoms

Answer 14

Levodopa

Question 15

Side effect of levodopa that includes choreiform involuntary movements affecting the face, head, neck, trunk, and extremities

Answer 15

Levodopa-induced dyskinesias