Path 5 final exam - group A

Question 1

Hemiparesis means?

Answer 1

Weakness on one side of the body

Question 2

demential is defined as deterioration of?

Answer 2

Intellectual function

Question 3

condition caused by degeneration of the caudate nucleus a putamen?

Answer 3

Huntington’s chorea

Question 4

common bacterial cause of both meningitis and lunch infections in children is?

Answer 4

streptococcus pneurmoniae

Question 5

most common cause of dementia?

Answer 5

Alzheimer’s disease

Question 6

tic douloureux is another name for?

Answer 6

Trigeminal Neuralgia

Question 7

Term for slow, writhing movements of extremities?

Answer 7

Athetoid

Question 8

75% of this type of hematoma are located in the temporo-parietal region of skull and involve the middle meningeal artery. Causes blood to build up between the skull & dura layer of meninges?

Answer 8

Epidural hematoma

Question 9

Hematoma that ends to occur in the elderly & after a mild head injury or merely due to the natural atrophy of brain tissue, causing stretched veins?

Answer 9

subdural hematoma

Question 10

vascular malformation, most likely to lead to a hemorrhagic stroke or aneurysm?

Answer 10

Arteriovenous malformation

Question 11

coup-contre-coup lesion of the brain is AKA?

Answer 11

Cerebral contusion

Question 12

Surgical craniotomy with the placement of a small metal clip in the head is a standard treatment for?

Answer 12

Aneurysm

Question 13

Why are brain tumors so serious?

Answer 13

can compress other parts causing serious problems.

Question 14

group of nerve cell bodies in the CNS is called?

Answer 14

nucleus

Question 15

most common cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?

Answer 15

Idopathic