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A baseball player is hit by a line drive on the temporal area of his skull. At the hospital
the doctors give a CT scan which shows an accumulation of blood between the dura
mater and arachnoid mater, creating pressure on the cerebrum. The hemorrhage from
the fracture would be located in which space?
epidural space
subdural space
subarachnoid space
nasal sinus
straight sinus - ANS-subdural space
A boy has been reported to lack fear and not show any stress in dangerous situations.
These symptoms suggest issues with which area of the brain?
Parietal lobe
Frontal lobe
Occipital lobe
Amygdala
Midbrain - ANS-amygdala
A child riding a bike falls and hits their head. The child was not wearing a helmet. In the
emergency room, cerebrospinal fluid taken during a spinal tap reveals blood. The
doctors diagnosed the child had torn cerebral veins as they pass to the superior sagittal
sinus. What area of the body was the fluid taken?
Epidural space
Subarachnoid space
Subdural space
Superior sagittal sinus
Lateral ventricles - ANS-subarachnoid space
A common type of disabling senile dementia that results in progressive loss of
intellectual ability, is called
Agnosia.
Prosopagnosia.
Alzheimer disease.
Transient ischemic attack syndrome.
Amylotrophic lateral sclerosis. - ANS-Alzheimer disease
A lesion on which structure would affect the acoustic "startle reflex"?
, Superior colliculus
Inferior colliculus
Pontine nucleus
Medial lemniscus
Inferior olivary nucleus - ANS-inferior colliculus
A patient shows no effect when a light shines in the right eye, but shining a light into the
left eye causes both pupils (right and left) to constrict. This could be caused by a lesion
on the ______ nerve.
optic
trochlear
trigeminal
facial - ANS-optic
A patient with Wernicke's aphasia would exhibit what issues upon examination?
Slow, non-fluent speech devoid of meaning
Can understand what is being said, but unable to repeat the words
Difficulty pronouncing multisyllabic words
No expression of fear or emotions
Unable to recognize faces - ANS-slow, non-fluent speech devoid of meaning
A stroke patient has a lesion on their trigeminal ophthalmic branch. Which symptom
would the patient exhibit?
loss of smell
loss of pain, temperature and touch sesnsation
loss of sensation on posterior part of tongue
loss of sensation on anterior 2/3 of tongue
paralysis of tongue muscles - ANS-loss of pain, temperature and touch sensation
All of the cranial nerves listed exit the cranium by bony openings in front of the petrous
portion.
trochlear
abducens
trigeminal
facial
oculomotor - ANS-trigeminal
An electroencephalogram (EEG) measures brain waves primarily generated by
neurons in the pons.
neurons in the medulla oblongata.
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