NAVY HOSPITAL CORPSMAN HCB TEST 8
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A temporary acute paralysis or weakness of one side of the face - ANSWER bells palsy
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rapidly alternating involuntary contraction and relaxation of skeletal muscle - ANSWER clonic/clonus
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rigid extension of all four extremities with hyperpronation of the forearms and plantar flexion of the feet -
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posturing manifested by the obtunded pt pulling arms and hands medially toward the center of the body i
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n response to noxious stimuli - ANSWER decorticate posturing
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the area of skin supplied by cuntaneous branches of single cranial or spinal nerve - ANSWER dermatome
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an acute inflammation of the brain and spinal cord involving the meninges often due to a virus -
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ANSWER encephalitis
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a chronic disorder characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures secondary to any underlying brain abn
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ormality - ANSWER epilepsy K K K
muscular weakness or partial paralysis restricted to one side of the body - ANSWER hemiparesis
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total or partial paralysis of one side of the body that results from disease of or injury to the motor centers
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of the brain - ANSWER hemiplegia
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a post infectious disorder following a nonspecific gastrointestinal or respiratory infection that causes an ac
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ute neuromuscular paralysis - ANSWER guillian barre syndrome
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a sensation of prickling tingling or creeping on the skin having no objective cause and usually associated wi
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th injury or irritation of a sensory nerve or nerve root - ANSWER paresthesia
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, a prolonged seizure or situation when a person suffers two or more convulsive seizures without regaining f
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ull consciousness - ANSWER status epilepticus
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main network of coordination and control for the body -
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ANSWER central nervous system (brain and spinal cord)
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nerves that enter and exit the spinal cord between the vertebrae the 12 pairs of the cranial nerves that tra
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vel between the brain and the organs without passing through the spinal cord and all of the body's other
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motor sensory nerves - ANSWER peripheral nervous system
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coordinates and regulates the internal organs of the body such as cardiac muscle and smooth muscle. it ha
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s two divisions each tending to balance the impulses of the other - ANSWER autonomic nervous system
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prods the body into action during times of physiologic and psychological stress -
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ANSWER sympathetic division
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fxs in a complimentary and counterbalancing manner to conserve the body resources and maintain day to
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day body fxs such as digestion and elimination - ANSWER parasympathetic division
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the brain and spinal cord are protected by - ANSWER skull & vertebrae
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meninges
CSF
three layers of the meninges surround the brain and spinal cord assisting in the production and drainage o
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f cerebrospinal fluid - ANSWER meninges
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circulates between an interconnecting system of ventricles in the brain and around the brain and spinal co
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rd serving as a shock absorber - ANSWER cerebrospinal fluid
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Three major units of the brain - ANSWER cerebrum, cerebellum, brainstem
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