Systems Path: Quiz 2

Dementia may be a clinical manifestation in all of the following, EXCEPT: a.) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis b.) Huntington's Disease c.) Alzheimer's Disease d.) Pick's Disease e.) Jakob-Creutzfeldt Disease

a.) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

The type of CVA that most often causes loss of consciousness is an ischemic CVA. True False

False

The most common type of neoplasms found in the Central Nervous System are what? a.) Astrocytomas b.) Oilgodendrogliomas c.) Ependymomas d.) Microgliomas e.) Metastatic tumors

e.) Metastatic tumors

The mononuclear phagocytic cell of the CNS is called a: a.) Kupffer cell b.) Dust cell c.) Langerhans cell d.) Mesangial cell e.) Microglial cell

e.) Microglial cell

A tubular cavity in the spinal cord that may develop following spinal cord injury that produces dissociated anesthesia with a cape-like distribution initially, but eventually leads to quadriplegia. a.) Epidural abscess b.) Acute spinal cord syndrome c.) Poliomyelitis d.) Lambert-Eaton syndrome e.) Syringomyelia

e.) Syringomyelia

The disease/condition that is inherited with an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance and that manifests with bilateral acoustic neuromas, progressive loss of motor function, deafness, paralysis, and eventual death? a.) Neurofibromatosis type II b.) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis c.) Neurofibromatosis type 1 d.) Von Recklinghausen's disease

a.) Neurofibromatosis type II

A progressively enlarging cyst in the spinal cord that begins in the posterior columns and presents with loss of sensation across the shoulders in a cape-like distribution is referred to as a a.) Syringomyelia b.) Brown-Sequard syndrome c.) Sturge Weber syndrome d.) Duret's cyst

a.) Syringomyelia

Which of the following pathological findings is not an associated finding with Arnold-Chiari syndrome? a.) enlarged occipital fossa b.) myelomeningocele c.) stenosis of the cerebral aqueduct d.) tonsillar herniation

a.) enlarged occipital fossa

Cowdry bodies are a type of inclusion body observed in neural tissue associated with: a.) herpes simplex virus b.) papovavirus c.) rabies virus d.) measles virus

a.) herpes simplex virus

The etiology of cerebral palsy is: a.) mechanical b.) infectious c.) genetic d.) autoimmune

a.) mechanical

Which one of the following changes within a cell is considered irreversible? a.) pyknosis b.) hydropic change c.) cloudy swelling d.) membrane bleb formation

a.) pyknosis

On examination of a patient the following findings are obtained. The patient has paraplegia of the right lower limb. The patient also shows loss of pain and temperature sensation of the left lower extremity with loss of position and vibration sense on the right. What is this a description of? a.) Myasthenia gravis b.) Brown-Sequard syndrome c.) Arnold-Chiari syndrome d.) Syringomyelia syndrome e.) Compartmental syndrome

b.) Brown-Sequard syndrome

The rupture of bridging veins connecting to the dural venous sinuses produce: a.) an epidural hematoma b.) a subdural hematoma c.) a subarachnoid hemorrhage d.) an intracerebral hemorrhage

b.) a subdural hematoma

General Paresis Neurosyphilis affects: a.) temporal lobes of the brain b.) frontal lobes lobes of the brain c.) dorsal portion of the parietal lobes d.) sensory tracks of of the spinal cord

b.) frontal lobes lobes of the brain

An atherosclerotic aneurysm is described as a ______ aneurysm. a.) saccular b.) fusiform c.) dissecting

b.) fusiform

The flaccid paralysis often associated with the neurological deficits of polio are described as a/an: a.) upper motor neuron lesion b.) lower motor neuron lesion

b.) lower motor neuron lesion

All of the following are associated with Sturge-Weber syndrome, EXCEPT: a.) mental retardation b.) meningocele c.) cavernous hemangioma d.) calcium deposition in the frontal lobes

b.) meningocele

Ruptured bridging veins from the surface of the brain produce a/an ____________ hematoma. a.) Charcot-Bouchard b.) subdural c.) subarachnoid d.) epidural

b.) subdural

A cerebral hemorrhage involving the bridging veins of the CNS will eventually result in the formation of a/an: a.) subarachnoid hemorrhage b.) subdural hematoma c.) intracerebral hematoma d,.) epidural hematoma

b.) subdural hematoma

A cerebral hemorrhage involving the bridging veins of the CNS will eventually result in the formation of a/an: a.) subarachnoid hemorrhage b.) subdural hematoma c.) intracerebral hematoma d.) epidural hematoma

b.) subdural hematoma

The mechanism of hydrocephalus caused by Arnold-Chiari malformation is: a.) Deficient absorption of CSF b.) Inflammation c.) Obstruction due to tonsillar herniation d.) Overproduction of CSF

c.) Obstruction due to tonsillar herniation

A Lewy body inclusion is associated with a.) Huntington's chorea b.) Parkinsonian syndrome c.) Parkinson's disease d.) Alzheimer's disease e.) Polio

c.) Parkinson's disease

Which of the following is not classified as a neuroglial cell of the CNS? a.) Ependymal cell b.) Astrocyte c.) Schwann cell d.) Microglial cell e.) Oligodendrocyte

c.) Schwann cell

A Duret hemorrhage is most frequently associated with which one of the following? a.) herniation of tonsils of the cerebellum b.) herniation of frontal lobe through a surgical defect in the skull c.) shearing of vessels off the basilar artery producing pontine hemorrhaging d.) herniation of cingulate gyrus

c.) shearing of vessels off the basilar artery producing pontine hemorrhaging

Cerebral palsy in a premature infant most likely will eventually demonstrate: a.) an underlying genetic etiology b.) signs of quadriplegia c.) signs of paraplegia d.) severe mental retardation

c.) signs of paraplegia

All of the following are classic features of an increase in intracranial pressure, EXCEPT: a.) papilledema b.) headaches c.) stiff neck d.) vomiting

c.) stiff neck

Beta amyloid plaques are commonly associated with: a.) Parkinson's disease b.) Huntington's disease c.) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis d.) Alzheimer's disease

d.) Alzheimer's disease

Contrecoup injuries of the brain: a.) Are often associated with secondary infections b.) Are brain contusions just beneath the area of trauma to the skull. c.) Are related to penetrating skull injuries d.) Are brain contusions that occur opposite the area of trauma to the head of a falling person.

d.) Are brain contusions that occur opposite the area of trauma to the head of a falling person.

The presence of a cyst protruding from the spine that contains CSF, spinal nerves, and a portion of the spinal cord is referred to as a/an: a.) Meningocele b.) anencephaly c.) spina bifida occulta d.) myelomeningocele

d.) myelomeningocele

Which of the following is not a feature of the cerebrospinal fluid in meningococcal meningitis? a.) Increased Gram negative cocci b.) Elevated protein content c.) Elevated pressure d.) Decreased glucose level e.) Increased lymphocytes

e.) Increased lymphocytes