Central Nervous System

Your brain will experience damage after how many minutes without oxygen?

• 60-100

• 5-10

• 12-20

• 4-8

Damage to vertebrae T1-L5 ends in damage to 2 or more extremities. What is this?

• paraplegia

• quadriplegia

• tetraplegia

• atrophy

Due to an increase in intracranial pressure. Common in newborns. Can use a shunt to drain fluid.

• muscular dystrophy

• cranial dystonia

• cerebral palsy

• hydrocephalus

Caused by progressive degeneration, abnormal lesions clog the brain from beta-amyloid plaques is

• meningitis

• hydrocephalus

• alzheimers

• quadriplegia

Chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system in which the immune cells attack the myelin sheath of the nerve cell axons is

• Multiple sclerosis

• muscular dystrophy

• muscle atrophy

• hydrocephalus

Severly contagious disease that may be viral or bacterial which causes inflammation of th elining of the brain and spinal cord Spinal tap is the diagnostic test.

• alzheimers

• dementia

• meningitis

• epilepsy

A seizure disorder. Those with this cannot drive because of problem with seizures

• meningitis

• epilepsy

• alzheimers

• dementia

When one has a seizure, you should do what with the patient?

• hold their tongue down

• put in a bite block

• keep the person safe

• call the coroner

When people experience mild, flu-like symptoms that is due to a mosquito bite, it is known as

• malaria

• alpha gal

• west nile virus

• rocky mountain spotted fever

When there is a mass of blood on the brain, typically between the meninges, it is known as

• west nile

• hematoma

• nystagmus

• alzheimers