Nervous System

Which nervous system disease is characterized by memory loss, confustion, and the gradual loss of control over mental and physical abilities?

• Multiple Sclerosis

• Alzheimer's Disease

• Huntington's Disease

• Parkinson's Disease

Which nervous system disease is associated with uncontrolled shaking, shuffled gait, and problems with speaking?

• Multiple Sclerosis

• Parkinson's Disease

• Alzheimer's Disease

• Huntington's Disease

Meningitis may cause

• a blockage of blood flow to the brain

• headache, stiff neck, nausea and vomiting due to inflammation of the meninges

• a slow, gradual loss of memories.

• All of the above can be caused by Meningitis.

Which neurological disorder is characterized by abnormal brain activity causing seizures?

• Cerebral Palsy

• Epilepsy

• Encephalitis

• Parkinson's Disease

Which disease is caused by injury to the developing brain?

• Cerebral Palsy

• Epilepsy

• Encephalitis

• Meningitis

In which disease does progressive loss of muscle control result from the destruction of the myelin sheath in the central nervous system?

• Multiple sclerosis” ““

• Myasthenia gravis”

• Cerebrovascular accident”

A nervous system disorder that may affect someone's ability to move, breath or have any sensation/feeling

• Parkinson's

• neuritis

• meningitis

• spinal cord injury

Which division of the nervous system is injured if someone has numbness, burning sensation and tingling on one part their body?

• autonomic nervous system

• central

  nervous system

• peripheral

  nervous system

• parasympatheic nervous system

How would a doctor check your spinal nerves?

• lumbar puncture

• hitting the patellar tendon (knee) with a reflex hammer

• blood test

• EEG

  (electroencephalogram)

Slurred speech, paralysis, facial drooping are all signs of:

• CVA (stroke)

• poliomyelitis

• encephalitis

• phantom pain