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CERTIFIED BRAIN INJURY SPECIALIST EXAM
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CERTIFIED BRAIN INJURY SPECIALIST EXAManoxia - answer- lack of oxygen
hypoxia - answer- decreased oxygen
A-B-C data - answer- A- antecedents
B- behavior
C- consequences
collects information on what precedes and follows behavior, as well as, the unwanted
behavior
anxiolytics - answer- anti-anxiety meds
aphasia - answer- expressive/receptive difficulty with speech
apraxia - answer- inability to conduct purposeful movement
ataxia - answer- impaired ability to coordinate movement
axon - answer- transmits signals from one cell body to another via synapses
basal ganglia - answer- four nerve cell clusters, handle physical movement by relaying
info from cerebral cortex to brainstem and cerebellum
brain stem - answer- doesn't affect sight and smell
top of spinal column
in/out info and basic life functions
medulla, pons and midbrain
brocca's area - answer- left frontal-temporal lobe, speech production
brocca's aphasia - answer- dysarthric (broken) speech
wernicke's aphasia - answer- fluent jargon
cerebellum - answer- in the lower back section of the brain
coordinates, modulates and stores all body movement
cerebral cortex - answer- four lobes: frontal, parietal, temporal and occipital
right and left hemispheres
clonic - answer- alternating contraction and relaxation of muscles
contractures - answer- frozen non-functional position
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