Nervous System 2 + Review

This neurological injury is defined as a group of nervous system disorders caused by damage to the brain before or during birth.  

• Cerebral Palsy
• Alzheimer's Disease
• Dementia
• Traumatic Brain Injury

Quadriplegia means the patient is paralyzed from 

• the neck down
• the waist down
• only the legs
• isn't paralyzed at all

Your patient arrives complaining of a stiff neck with a headache and fever.  You suspect they may have: 

• meningitis
• multiple sclerosis
• epilepsy
• dementia

Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease in which the body's own immune system destroys the _____________ of the nerve axons. 

• Myelin
• Dendrites
• Axon Terminal
• Nodes of Ranvier

Cerebral Vascular Accident is also known as a: 

• heart attack
• stroke
• blood clot

Which symptom is NOT consistent with a stroke? 

• facial drooping
• weakened one side
• clear speech
• weakness in walking

The correct medical term for someone who suffers from chronic seizures is: 

• epilepsy 
• cerebral palsy
• meningitis
• concussion

Which disease is an overproduction of cerebral spinal fluid?

• spina bifida

• hydrocephalus

• multiple sclerosis

• Parkinson's

This disease is a result of degeneration of neurons causing memory loss and lack of response to stimuli

• Parkinson's disease

• ALS

• multiple sclerosis

• Alzheimer's disease

This is usually a temporary problem that is caused by trauma to the head

• cerebral palsy

• hydrocephalus

• concussion

• Parkinson's disease