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17 Cards in this Set
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Increased amount of fluid within the ventricular spaces of the brain is known as _____
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Hydrocephalus
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The most common primary tumor of the central nervous system is ______
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Astrocytoma
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Which of the following tumors of the cns is benign: Astrocytoma, Meningioma, both, neither?
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Meningioma
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Which of the following is generally classified as a demyelinating disease: Alzheimers disease, multiple sclerosis, parkinson's disease, pick's disease?
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Multiple sclerosis
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Cerebrovascular accidents (strokes) are most commonly the result of ______
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Occlusion of cerebral vessels
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The cells of the CNS which are primarily responsible for repairing damage to the nervous tissues are _______
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Astrocytes
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Patients who have resisting tremors, a mask-like facial expression, and a shuffling gait are most likely suffering from ________
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Parkinson's disease
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A hemorrhage between the leptomeninges and dura would be a ______
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subdural hematoma
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The cells responsible for myelination in the pns are _______
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Schwann cells
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The most serious complication associated with a brain abscess is ______
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Brain herniation
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Severing a nerve to a muscle would result in ______
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Atrophy
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The most likely cause of purulent meningitis is ______
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Bacteria
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Of the following, the most life-threatening condition is: cerebral contusion, concussion, epidural hematoma, skull fracture, subdural hematoma
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Epidural hematoma
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Dementia is present in all of the following disease processes except: Alzheimer's disease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's chorea, Parkinson's disease?
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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Muscle weakness from a primary degeneration of nerves is a feature of ______
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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Which of the following would lead to increased intracranial pressure and possible brain herniation: cerebral edema due to head trauma, rapidly expanding malignant neoplasms, both, neither?
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Both
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54 y/o female recieved a swine flu vaccination and subsequently developed an ascending paralysis which eventually progressed to involve the respiratory muscles and required assisted ventilation before the paralysis began to subside. The most likely diagnosis would be _____
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Guillan-Barre syndrome
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