Exam 17: Alterations in Cognitive Systems,Cerebral Hemodynamics,and Motor Function

Neurofibrillary tangles characterize which neurologic disorder?

The body compensates for a rise in intracranial pressure by first displacing the:

What type of posturing exists when a person with a severe closed head injury has all four extremities in rigid extension with the forearms in hyperpronation and the legs in plantar extension?

Most dysphasias are associated with cerebrovascular accidents involving which artery?

The existence of regular,deep,and rapid respirations after a severe closed head injury is indicative of neurologic injury to the:

Which intracerebral disease process is capable of producing diffuse dysfunction?

Since his cerebrovascular accident,a man has been denying his left hemiplegia.What term is used to describe this finding?

Which dyskinesia involves involuntary movements of the face,trunk,and extremities?

Cheyne-Stokes respirations are described as a:

Characteristics of primary motor neuron atrophy include:

A sudden,explosive,disorderly discharge of cerebral neurons is termed:

Dementia is commonly characterized by the deterioration in which abilities? (Select all that apply.)

What stimulus causes posthyperventilation apnea (PHVA)?

What term describes the loss of the comprehension or production of language?

Dilated and sluggish pupils,widening pulse pressure,and bradycardia are clinical findings evident of which stage of intracranial hypertension?

The weakness resulting from the segmental paresis and paralysis characteristic of anterior horn cell injury is difficult to recognize because:

Tactile agnosia is related to injury of which area of the brain?

A clinical manifestation caused by damage to the lower pons includes an abnormal:

Dilation of the ipsilateral pupil,following uncal herniation,is the result of pressure on which cranial nerve (CN)?

Which characteristic is the most critical index of nervous system dysfunction?