7.3D Quizizz: Brain Dysfunctions

Hemiplegia and aphasia characterize those patients who have experienced a ________.

• concussion

• cerebrovascular accident (CVA), or stroke

• contusion

• cerebral edema

Which disease is a progressive, degenerative disease of the brain that ultimately results in dementia and is associated with a shortage of acetylcholine? (A Closer Look, pages 253-254)

• Parkinson's disease

• Alzheimer's disease

• Huntington's disease

• cerebral palsy

Which of the following brain dysfunctions is also known as a stroke?

• cerebrovascular accident (CVA)

• Alzheimer's disease

• aphasia

• cerebral edema

• Parkinson's disease

Occurs when brain injury is slight; victim may be dizzy, "see stars", or lose consciousness briefly, but no permanent brain damage occurs.

• contusion

• intracranial hemorrhage

• concussion

• cerebral edema

the result of marked tissue destruction

• concussion

• cerebral edema

• intracranial hemorrhage

• contusion

bleeding from ruptured vessels (death may occur)

• concussion

• cerebral edema

• intracranial hemorrhage

• contusion

swelling of the brain due to inflammatory response to injury (death may occur)

• concussion

• cerebral edema

• intracranial hemorrhage

• contusion

a one-sided paralysis

• cerebrovascular accident

• hemiplegia

• aphasia

• intracranial hemorrhage

a common result of damage to the left cerebral hemisphere, where the language areas are located

• cerebrovascular accident

• hemiplegia

• aphasia

• intracranial hemorrhage

restriction of blood flow (incomplete stroke)

• cerebrovascular accident

• hemiplegia

• transient ischemic attack

• intracranial hemorrhage