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1
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The “where” speech path carries signals from the PAC to the ipsilateral parietal lobe. This is an example of…

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association fibers

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2
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Describe the function of Wernicke’s area

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Comprehension and formulation of language

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Describe a lesion in Broca’s area

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Only uses the main or necessary words of a sentence

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Describe a lesion in Wernicke’s area

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The combination and order of the words selected is meaningless and makes no sense

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Describe a lesion in Broca’s and Wernicke’s area

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Unable to comprehend what he hears or reads, cannot write, and in addition is unable to formulate language

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6
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What is the one of the main structures of the limbic system, along with the hippocampal formation?

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Amygdala

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The limbic system helps to produce a physiologic response appropriate for a(n) ___ situation.

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Emotional

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8
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What kind of disease is Alzheimer’s dimentia?

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Degenerative

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9
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What is the function of the hypothalamus?

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Control appetite and fluid balance
Control sleep
Control body temperature

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10
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The hypothalamus operates largely through its influence on what gland?

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Pituitary

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11
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What is the main function of the hippocampal formation?

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Consolidation of short term memory into long term memory

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12
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What structure is closely involved in the function of the limbic system?

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Hypothalmaus

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13
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What is an accurate description of the primary symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease?

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Inability to form new memories

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14
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Why is the hypothalamus critical to human flourishing?

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It is crucial to functions of survival and reproduction

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15
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What hormones are released by the posterior pituitary?

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Oxytocin and ADH

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16
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Neuroplasticity beyond early development involves LTP and LTD, two processes which are a kind of ___.

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Synapse modification

17
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What type of memory lasts up to a few seconds?

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Sensory

18
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Short term memory has a limited capacity of ___, depending on the nature of the information stored

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4-7 pieces

19
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The process of information being located and brought back to short term working memory is known as

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Recall

20
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What type of memory is needed to list the cranial nerve functions?

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Declarative/explicit

21
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What structures participate in visceral functions and behavioral responses with the reticular formation?

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Olfactory and limbic systems

22
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The axons of neurons of the reticular formation extend in which direction?

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Ascending and descending

23
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Inability to think with customary speed, clarity, and coherence

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Confusion

24
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Describe unresponsive wakefulness

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The patient may open eyes but is unresponsive and mostly unconscious with no speech or signs of awareness

25
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State in which the patient appears unresponsive but there is no structural brain injury

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Catatonia

26
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Term used to describe the reticular formation

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Polysynaptic network

27
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Term describing a patient in a state in which she is incapable of being aroused by external stimuli or inner need, even with vigorous or repeated external stimulation

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Coma

28
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Pathological basis of unresponsive wakefulness and persistent vegetative state

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Diffuse cerebral atrophy, neuronal loss, or thalamic necrosis

29
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State in which the patient is unable to respond with motor activity or speech, but there is no disturbance of consciousness

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Locked in syndrome

30
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EMS arrives at the ED with a patient who has been in an MVA. The best imaging study to evaluate for an intracranial bleed is

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CT without contrast

31
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Communication of the visual cortex with the frontal eye fields is carried along which kind of fibers?

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Association

32
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A cerebellar stroke would cause which speech disorder?

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Ataxic dysarthria

33
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The stress response is most actively linked with what hormone?

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Cortisol

34
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Chronic stress increases the occurrence of which of the following?

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Worsening arthritis
Stroke
Cardiovascular events

35
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Which of the following is rare in early life?

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Neurogenesis

36
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Attention is required in order to form what type of memory?

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Short term

37
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An infarction that damages a 43 y/o concert pianist’s bilateral medial temporal lobes will result in which deficit?

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Anterograde memory loss

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