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Nervous System Disorders

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which nervous disorder is due to failure of the brain to develop normally from a young age?

a)

Mental illness

b)

Neurosis

c)

Mental Handicap

d)

Epilepsy

2.

If anxiety or depression becomes so excessive that it interferes with normal living, a person may be suffering from _______________?

a)

Neurosis

b)

Psychosis

c)

Dementia

d)

Schizophrenia

3.

An extreme fear of enclosed spaces is known as:

a)

arachnophobia

b)

agoraphobia

c)

claustrophobia

d)

acrophobia

4.

A Grand mal seizure (epilepsy) is when unconsciousness is accompanied by:

a)

Headache

b)

Migraine

c)

Convulsions

d)

Mania

5.

In which group of mental illness does the person be out of touch with reality and are unaware that their behavior is considered abnormal?

a)

Neurosis

b)

Psychosis

6.

What is the name given for a severe one sided headache lasting a few hours to a whole day?

(a)  

7.

This disease of the nervous system is caused by a loss of brain cells resulting in absent mindedness, confusion, loss of the ability to think, and loss of personality:

(a)  

8.

In which form of psychosis does the person be emotionally distant and cool and withdraw into an unreal world with delusions and hallucinations?

a)

Schizophrenia

b)

Manic Depression

9.

You would restrain the limbs of a patient having an attack of epilepsy in order to prevent him from hurting himself.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

German measles infection during early pregnancy may cause mental handicap in the baby born?

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) usually affects people in these categories:

a)

Females ages

20-30

b)

Males ages

40-50

c)

Both sexes ages

20-50

d)

Both sexes ages 30-60

12.

_________ ____________, caused by head injury , meningitis and poisoning (eg. by lead) may have similar effects to mental handicap.

(a)  

13.

This neurosis can be the cause of fainting, dizziness, headaches, tremor, sweating, poor concentration, diarrhea, breathlessness and sexual difficulties:

a)

Mania

b)

Depression

c)

Anxiety

d)

Schizophrenia