NSG120 - QUIZ 6 & FINAL (UNITS 11 & 12)
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED
(2024/2025) (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Parkinson's disease - ANS ✓- progressive degenerative disease caused by
decrease in dopamine
- affects the extrapyramidal motor system
- causes tremors and bradykinesia
dementia - ANS ✓progressive decline in cortical functioning, impairs language,
ability to learn new information, logical thinking, and judgment
meningitis - ANS ✓- dangerous infection of the outer lining (meninges) of the
brain
- usually bacterial in origin but can be viral or fungal
Meningitis signs and symptoms - ANS ✓- fever
- photophobia
- headache
- nuchal rigidity (neck stiffness)
- back pain
- positive Kernig and Brudzinki signs
brain abscess - ANS ✓localized infection of the frontal or temporal lobes from
an ear, throat, lung, or sinus infection
encephalitis - ANS ✓- inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus
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- affects the parenchymal or connective tissue of CNS
Reye's syndrome - ANS ✓caused by a viral infection in children that were
treated with aspirin
transient ischemic attack (TIA) - ANS ✓- temporary localized reduction of
blood flow to the brain
- rarely lasts more than 1-2 hours
- intermittent short episodes of impaired function
- visual disturbance
- numbness/paresthesia of the face
- transient aphasia
stroke - ANS ✓damage to the brain from interruption of its blood supply
ischemic stroke - ANS ✓type of stroke caused by blockage originating in brain
artery
embolic stroke - ANS ✓type of stroke caused by a clot that travelled from
elsewhere in the body to the brain
hemorrhagic stroke - ANS ✓type of stroke where the blood loss is caused by
the rupture of a blood vessel, poorest prognosis for patient
Stroke risk factors - ANS ✓- atherosclerosis
- hypertension
- diabetes
- elevated cholesterol
- smoking
- oral contraceptive use
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