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When the posterior background rhythm does not attenuate with eye opening it is referred to as: Answer Bancaud Phenomenon activation procedures should be AVOIDED in a patient with a recent intracranial hemorrhage? Answer Hyperventilation What is the indentation between the nose and the forehead? Answer Nasion BENIGN EPILEPTIFORM TRANSIENTS OF SLEEP Answer peak at 30-60 years Which of the following time constants would best display delta activity? Answer 1.0 second STAGE N3 (STAGE 3...

Agnosia answer the inability to recognize familiar objects. Apraxia answer difficulty with motor planning to perform tasks or movements (your brain knows but it cant carry out) How often does osha check leakage of current answer semiannually What kind of seizure begins with the head and eyes turning to one side answer adversive seizure What dysfunction is indicated by the presence of unilateral babinski signs answer pyramidal tract dysfunction What is the unilateral babinski signs...

Once EEG data is acquired there is an expectation that the information will be protected. This means Answer all staff are accountable for protecting the patient confidentiality Temporal Lobe Epilepsy accounts for what % of all patients with epilepsy? Answer 60% Precocious puberty is associated with pathology of the Answer hypothalamus What clinical signs are expected to be seen if a patient has a stroke involving the left anterior cerebral artery? Answer Right lower extremity sensory lo...

What info do you need to calculate sensitivity? Answer Deflection (mm) and Voltage (uV) Normal alpha in an adult should NOT be seen in the... Answer Frontal head region What disease is caused by a proteinaceous particle or prion? Answer Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Syringomyelia is... Answer An abnormal cavity or cyst in the spinal cord Spinocerebellar degeneration Answer Friedreich's Ataxia Without dietetic treatment, this hereditary disease may cause mental retardation and infanti...

Through what opening do the lateral ventricles merge with the third ventricle? a. foramen of magendie b. aqueduct of sylvius c. foramen of luschka d. foramen of munro Answer foramen of munro Where is the cingulate cortex located in relation to the corpus collosum? a. inferiorly b. superiorly c. laterally d. medially Answer superiorly Cranial Nerves a. six have both sensory and motor functions b. all have both sensory and motor functions c. two have both sensory and motor ...

correct answers The activity in the red box would be best describes as: a. EMG b. RTTD c. EKG d. BETS Answer EMG Which of the following is characteristic of triphasic waves? a. They have a sharp initial positive phase b. They are posterior dominant c. They have a time lag from frontal to posterior head regions d. They are usually unilateral Answer They have a time lag from frontal to posterior head regions What is happening in the first 2 seconds and the last 2 seconds in the ...

An EEG obtained within 24 hours following a closed head injury would be LEAST likely to show a. focal polymorphic delta activity b. focal spike activity c. asymmetry of the background activity d. slowing over the posterior head regions Answer focal spike activity The EEG of a patient with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is most likely to show: a. occipital spikes b. 1.5 Hz spike and wave discharges c. temporal sharp waves d. 3 Hz spike and wave discharges Answer 1.5 Hz spike and wave disc...

HYPERVENTILATION result Answer Hypocapnia: state of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood Photoparoxysmal response Answer EEG response to light with spikes, spike-wave discharge and/or intermittent slow waves Input impedance should be Answer very high According to the Guidelines, how many bits of resolution is required? Answer 11 Which of the following is the WORST prognostic feature in the EEG of a comatose patient? Answer monorhythmic tracing without variability SMALL SHARP SPIKES...

Beta coma most commonly results from a. hepatic encephalopathy b. hypoglycemia c. drug overdose d. anoxic insult Answer drug overdose Skull defect a. diffuse slowing b. periodic complexes c. breach rhythm d. alpha squeak Answer breach rhythm Hypothalamic hamartoma a. myoclonic seizure b. reflex seizure c. gelastic seizure d. absence seizure Answer gelastic seizure (tumor that causes gelastic seizures)

Calibration is required a. at the start of the recording b. at the end of the recording c. at the start and end of the recording d. only when Sensitivity changes are made during the recording Answer c. at the start and end of the recording Duration is measured in a. Hertz b. Millimeters c. Microvolts d. Milliseconds Answer d. Milliseconds If the duration of a wave is .2 seconds the frequency would be? a. 1 Hz b. 2 Hz c. 5 Hz d. 10 Hz Answer c. 5 Hz Which LF would best demon...