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NR 507 Week 7 Quiz Advanced Pathophysiology – Version 3

1. Uncal herniation occurs when
2. What are the areas of the brain that mediate several cognitive functions, including vigilance, reasoning, and executive functions?
3. The body compensates to a rise in intracranial pressure by first displacing
4. Subarachnoid hemorrhage causes communicating hydrocephalus by obstructing
5. With receptive dysphasia (fluent), the individual is able to
6. Dementia is characterize by
7. In Parkinson disease (PD), the basal ganglia influences the hypothalamic function to produce which grouping of clinical manifestations?
8. The existence of regular, deep, and rapid respirations after a severe closed head injury is indicative of neurologic injury to the
9. Which disorder has clinical manifestations that include decreased consciousness for up to 6 hours as well as retrograde and posttraumatic amnesia?
10. Which clinical manifestation is characteristic of cluster headaches?
11. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is characterize by
12. The most severe diffuse brain injury caused by rotational acceleration is most likely to be located in the
13. Which electrolyte imbalance contributes to lithium toxicity?
14. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) system abnormalities exist in a large percentage of individuals with
15. Which neurotransmitter receptors are block by antipsychotic drugs?
16. Benign febrile seizures are characterize by
17. Which defects of neural tube closure are most common?
18. The form of cerebral palsy that results in gait disturbances and instability is
19. After a partial gastrectomy or pyloroplasty, clinical manifestations that include increased pulse, hypotension, weakness, pallor, sweating, and dizziness are a result of
20. The chemoreceptor trigger zone (CTZ) for vomiting is located in the nr 507 week 7 quiz
21. Which clinical manifestation is not consistent with cancer of the cecum and ascending colon?
22. At 2 or 3 weeks of age, an infant who has been …well and gained weight begins to vomit for no apparent reason. The vomiting has gradually become more forceful. These symptoms may be indicative of which disorder?
23. Congenital aganglionic megacolon (Hirschsprung disease) involves inadequate motility of the colon caused by neural malformation of the _____ nervous system.
24. Which of the following medications compensates for the deficiency that occurs as a result of cystic fibrosis?
25. Which disorder is characterize by an increase in the percentages in T cells and complement together with IgA and IgM antigliadin antibodies found in jejunum fluid?