Pathophysiology Final Exam Review

This neurological injury can occur during violent impacts to the head. 

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

Cerebral Vascular Accident is also known as _________.

• heart attack

• stroke

• blood clot

The brain region that maintains balance is ___________.

• cerebrum

• cerebellum

• axon

• neuron

If a person's spinal cord is damaged, which of the following would be a likely effect?

• The person may become blind
• The person may become deaf
• The person may not be able to move his/her body above the injury
• The person may not be able to move his/her body below the injury

What is NOT part of the peripheral nervous system (PNS)?

• axons
• sensory receptors
• spinal cord
• motor neurons

A disorder characterized by loss of function below

the neck is ___________.

• epilepsy

• paraplegia

• quadriplegia

• meningitis

A disorder characterized by loss of function in the

lower trunk and legs is ______________.

• paraplegia

• meningitis

• quadriplegia

• epilepsy

It is a condition involving a progressive loss of brain

function with major consequences for memory,

thinking, and behavior.

• epilepsy

• multiple sclerosis

• dementia

• Alzheimer's disease

A chronic nervous system disease characterized

by a slowly spreading tremor, muscular

weakness, and rigidity

• epilepsy

• muscular dystophy

• Parkinson's disease

• meningitis

What disease is characterized by abnormally shaped red blood cells?

• hemophilia
• sickle cell anemia
• phenylketonuria
• Huntington's