HCB 102 Neurology Exam Questions and Answers All Correct
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HCB 102 Neurology Exam Questions and Answers All Correct
What does the autonomic nervous system do? - Answer-Coordinates and regulated the internal organs of the body
What does the parasympathetic division do? - Answer-Functions in complementary and a counterbalancing manner to conserve body r...
HCB 102 Neurology Exam Questions
and Answers All Correct
What does the autonomic nervous system do? - Answer-Coordinates and regulated the
internal organs of the body
What does the parasympathetic division do? - Answer-Functions in complementary and
a counterbalancing manner to conserve body resources and maintain day to day body
functions
How much blood supply does the brain receive? - Answer-Approximately 20% of total
cardiac output
Cerebral cortex - Answer-Houses the higher mental functions and is responsible for
general movement, visceral function, perception, behavior, and the integration of these
functions
What does the sypathetic division do? - Answer-Prods the body into action during time
of physiologic and psychological stress
Frontal lobe - Answer-Is primarily responsible for processing sensory data as it is
received
Occipital lobe - Answer-Contains the primary vision center and provides interpretation of
visual data
Temporal lobe - Answer-Is responsible for the perception and the interpretation of
sounds and determination of their source
Cerebelum - Answer-Aids the motor cortex, it also processes sensory information from
the eyes, ears touch receptors and musculoskeletal
Brainstem - Answer-The pathway between the cerebral cortex and the spinal cord, and
it controls many involuntary functions
Medulla oblongata - Answer-Respiratory, circulatory, and vasomotor activities; houses
respiratory center, reflexes of swallowing, coughing, vomiting, sneezing and hiccuping
Pons - Answer-Reflexes of pupillary action and eye movement, regulates respiration
Midbrain - Answer-Reflex center for eye and head movement, auditory relay pathway
, Diencephalon - Answer-Relays impulses between cerebrum, cerebellum, pons and
medulla, conveys all sensory impulses.
Epithalamus - Answer-Sexual development and behavior
Hypothalamus - Answer-Major processing center of internal stimuli for autonomic
nervous system, maintains temperature control, water metabolism, body fluid
osmolarity, feeding behavior, and neuroendocrine activity
Bells palsy - Answer-A temporary paralysis or weakness of one side of the FACE
Clonic/Clonus - Answer-A rapid succession of alternating contractions and partial
relaxations of the forearms and plantar flexion of a muscle occurring in some nervous
system diseases
Decerbreate posutring - Answer-Rigid extension of all four extremities with
hyperpronation of the forearms and plantar flexion of the feet (away from the core)
Decorticate posturing - Answer-Posturing manifested by the obtunded patient pulling
arms and hands medially toward the center (core) of the body in response to noxious
stimuli (towards core)
Dermatone - Answer-The lateral wall of a somite from which the dermis is produced
Encephalitis - Answer-An acute inflammation of the brain and spinal cord involving the
meninges, often due to a virus
Epilepsy - Answer-A chronic disorder characterized by recurrent, unprovoked seizures
secondary to any underlying brain abnormality
Hemiparesis - Answer-Muscular weakness or partial paralysis restricted to one side of
the BODY
Hemiplegia - Answer-Total or partial paralysis of one side of the body that results from
disease of or injury to the motor centers of the brain
Intercranial pressure (ICP) - Answer-Pressure that occurs inside the skull, usually
between 5 and 15 mmHg, contained with the brain tissue and CSF
Glasgow Coma Scale - Answer-A clinical assessment tool used to evaluate a patients
level of consciousness. verbal response, eye opening and best motor response are the
three criteria tested, and are based on a best possible score of 15
Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) - Answer-A post infection disorder following a
nonspecific gastrointestinal or respiratory infection that causes an acute neuromuscular
paralysis
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