Topic 3 - TEST(s) Neurologic.

Question 1

A young man presents 36 hours after falling off a ladder and hitting his head with altered consciousness. He is likely to be suffering from?

Answer 1

• diffuse brain injury
• coup and contra-coup injury
• haematoma

Question 2

A person suffering from stroke is treated successfully with heparin. The type of stroke experienced is probably?

Answer 2

an early onset thrombosis in the basillar artery.

Question 3

A contusion is?

Answer 3

rupture of small blood vessels causing a “brain bruise”.

Question 4

A man sustains a severe impact to the front of his head resulting in a countercoup contusion. Where would this occur?

Answer 4

Diffusely over the back of his brain.

Question 5

All the following are cardinal manifestations of Parkinson disease except?
A. 	rigidity
B. 	hyperkinetic movement
C. 	bradykinesia
D. 	rest tremor

Answer 5

answer = B. hyperkinetic movement.

Question 6

In parkinsons disease reduced dopamine production by the substantia nigra results in?

Answer 6

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Question 7

Guillain-Barre syndrome is similar to multiple sclerosis in all but which of the following?

Answer 7

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Question 8

Parkinson’s patients have trouble initiating and stopping movement. This is because of a reduction in the neural input to the?

Answer 8

basal ganglia

Question 9

Which of the following classes of drugs is not used to treat depression:
A. 	monoamine oxidase inhibitors
B. 	seritonic reuptake inhibitors
C. 	noradrenaline receptor antagonists
D. 	TCAs

Answer 9

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Question 10

Having more than 35 CAG repeats in the Huntington gene results in?

Answer 10

a loss of GABA neurons in the basal ganglia.