Motor neuron diseases - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Maryville NURS 612 Final Exam Questions and Answers Latest Updated 2024/2025 | 100% Verified | Graded. The Examiner asks the patient to close her eyes and then place a vibrating tuning fork on the patients ankle and asks her to indicate what is felt. What is being assessed? correct answers Primary sensory function Multiple sclerosis correct answers Fatigue, bowel and bladder dysfunction, sexual dysfunction, sensory changes, muscle weakness Myasthenia gravis correct answers An autoimmune dis...

Maryville NURS 612 Final Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed Which of the Following disorders is known to be heredity? Peripheral neuropathy Meningitis Huntington Chorea Seizure disorder Huntington Chorea The Examiner asks the patient to close her eyes and then place a vibrating tuning fork on the patients ankle and asks her to indicate what is felt. What is being assessed? Primary sensory function Multiple sclerosis Fatigue, bowel and bladder dysfunction, sexual dysfunction, sensory...

What is homeostasis? - Answer-how varied components of living things adjust to maintain a constant internal living environment. There is a balanced dynamic state! Diseases result from homeostatic imbalances (diabetes) What are the levels of organization? - Answer-chemical - cellular - tissue - organ - organ system - organismal What is the nervous system made of? - Answer-The Central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system (cranial nerves and spinal nerves)....

NM3 Rare Diseases: ALS, PPS, CMT (ALS, Post-Polio, CMT) Questions and Answers ALS is what type of disease? Motor neuron disease that is inherited or sporadic (UMN and LMN) Most common motor neuron disease? ALS (and most commonly limb onset vs bulbar) ALS is the degeneration of? Motor neurons in SC, brainstem, and brain ALS affects what population more? Men In ALS, 20% of hereditary cases have a defect with the gene encoding? Copper-zinc super oxide dismutase What areas of the brain...

Spinal cord injuries can result from: Disease, Trauma, Tumors, and congenital or Acquired deformities Spinal Shock A: is Always permanent B: results in increased blood flow to the injury site C: usually last 3-4 weeks D: contributes to further damage of spinal cord Answer: B: Results in increased blood flow to the injury site and C: Usually last 3-4 weeks Directly after a spinal cord injury it is imperative that: the client is provided with a loaner or rental wheelchair unti...

Causes of paralysis - ANSWER-trauma to the brain or spinal cord, tumors, vascular insult, motor neuron or demyelinating diseases, inflammation, and infection Certain terms are often used when describing paralysis of specific areas of the body: - ANSWER-monoplegia/monoparesis diplegia hemiplegia/hemiparesis paraplegia/paraparesis quadraplegia/tetraplegia and tetraparesis monoplegia/monoparesis - ANSWER-paralysis or paresis of a single limb diplegia - ANSWER-is bilateral, usually af...

Maryville NURS 612 Final Exam Questions and Answers Latest Updated 2024/2025 (100% Verified) Which of the Following disorders is known to be heredity? Peripheral neuropathy Meningitis Huntington Chorea Seizure disorder correct answers Huntington Chorea The Examiner asks the patient to close her eyes and then place a vibrating tuning fork on the patients ankle and asks her to indicate what is felt. What is being assessed? correct answers Primary sensory function Multiple sclerosis correct...

3 Types of blood vessels: - Arteries: carry blood away from the heart Veins: carry blood towards the heart Capillaries: Very tiny branches of blood vessels that branch into bodily tissues a mechanism for explaining gene x environment interactions - Epigenetics A reason why experiments must be replicated: - Biases and confounds are still possible even with statistically significant data Alleles - one of two or more different forms of a gene combination is what creates the outward appearanc...

ALU 301 Chapter 11 Question and answers already passed 2024 Paralysis - correct answer A loss of muscle function of one or more muscle groups. Often a result of trauma to the brain or spinal cord, but other major causes include tumors, vascular insult, motor neuron or demyelinating diseases, inflammation and infection. Can be temporary, intermittent, progressive or permanent. Paresis - correct answer Incomplete or partial paralysis. Monoplegia/monoparesis - correct answer Paralysis o...

What is suggested when touch and position sense are normal or only slightly impaired, and there is a disproportionate decrease in, or loss of, discriminative sensations? - ANSWER suggests disease of the sensory cortex. Stereognosis, number identification, and two-point discrimination are impaired in? - ANSWER posterior column disease. What does primary headaches include? - ANSWER migraine, tension, cluster, and chronic daily headaches Where does secondary headaches arise? - ANSWER secon...