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BSNC 1000 FINAL EXAM MODULE 7-10questions with answers
Cognition |- |correct |answers✔✔Mental |action |or |process |of |acquiring |knowledge |and
|understanding |through |thought, |experience, |and |the |senses.
Perception |- |correct |answers✔✔Interpretation |of |the |environment |which |is |dependent
|on |acuity |of |sensory |input
Awareness |- |correct |answers✔✔Ability |to |perceive |or |to |be |sensitive |to |stimuli |in
|environment
Attention |- |correct |answers✔✔Ability |to |focus |on |a |particular |area |of |conscious
|content
Memory |- |correct |answers✔✔Retention |and |recall |of |past |experiences |and |learning
Declarative |memory |- |correct |answers✔✔Ability |to |consciously |learn |and |recall
|information, |memory |providing |long-term |storage |of |large |amounts |of |information
Immediate |memory |- |correct |answers✔✔Also |known |as |"attention |span", |memory
|that |retains |very |small |amounts |of |information |for |a |very |short |amount |of |time
Working |memory |- |correct |answers✔✔Memory |that |allows |for |small |amount |of
|information |to |be |actively |maintained |and |manipulated
Procedural |memory |- |correct |answers✔✔Retention |and |retrieval |of |motor |skills
Executive |function |- |correct |answers✔✔Higher |thinking |processes |that |allow |for
|flexibility, |adaptability, |and |goal-directedness
,Cerebral |cortex |- |correct |answers✔✔Part |of |the |brain |that |is |responsible |for |carrying
|out |intellectual |functions
Hippocampus |- |correct |answers✔✔Part |of |the |brain |that |plays |a |significant |role |in
|committing |information |to |long-term |memory
Confusion |- |correct |answers✔✔Disturbance |of |consciousness, |impaired |ability |to
|think |clearly, |to |perceive, |respond |to, |and |remember |current |stimuli
Frontal |lobe |- |correct |answers✔✔Part |of |the |brain |associated |with |personality,
|working |memory, |executive |function, |intellect, |and |speech
Delirium |- |correct |answers✔✔State |of |disturbed |consciousness |and |altered |cognition
|with |rapid |onset |occurring |over |hours |or |a |few |days
- |characterized |by |motor |restlessness, |transient |hallucinations, |and |disorientation
Dementia |- |correct |answers✔✔Acquired |and |progressive |deterioration |of |all |cognitive
|functions
Primary |dementia |- |correct |answers✔✔Dementia |that |is |irreversible |and |not
|secondary |to |another |disease
Secondary |dementia |- |correct |answers✔✔Dementia |that |occurs |as |a |result |of
|another |disease |process
Focal |cognitive |disorders |- |correct |answers✔✔Affect |a |single |area |of |cognitive
|function; |may |be |associated |with |a |neurocognitive |disorder |or |seen |independently
Intellectual |disability |- |correct |answers✔✔Limitations |of |cognitive |functioning
|(conceptual |skills, |social |skills, |and |ADLs) |and |below-average |intelligence
, Learning |disability |- |correct |answers✔✔Challenges |in |taking |data |signals |in |and
|processing |the |information |received; |may |occur |in |people |with |average |or |above-
average |intelligence
Avoidance |of |substance |abuse |is |an |example |of |___ |prevention |of |cognitive |disorders
|- |correct |answers✔✔Primary
Alzheimer's |disease |- |correct |answers✔✔Most |common |type |of |dementia
- |Dementia |characterized |by |loss |of |short-term |memory |and |denial |of |any |memory
|loss
Vascular |dementia |- |correct |answers✔✔Dementia |caused |by |brain |injury |resulting
|from |ischemic |or |hemorrhagic |damage
- |Form |of |dementia |caused |by |cerebrovascular |disease
-Second |most |common |type |of |dementia
Frontotemporal |dementia |- |correct |answers✔✔Atrophy |of |frontal |and |anterior
|temporal |lobes
Age |- |correct |answers✔✔Strongest |risk |factor |for |vascular |dementia
Men |are |at |a |slightly |___ |risk |of |developing |vascular |dementia |than |women |- |correct
|answers✔✔Higher
Inflammation |- |correct |answers✔✔Immunologic |defense |against |tissue |injury,
|infection, |or |allergy
- |Protective |process |initiated |to |minimize |or |remove |a |pathologic |agent |or |stimulus
Chemotaxis |- |correct |answers✔✔Complex |process |that |attracts |WBCs |to |an |area |of
|inflammation
-Process |in |which |WBCs |move |towards |a |higher |concentration |of |chemotactic |factors
- |Third |step |of |the |cellular |stage |of |inflammation
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