Exam 13: Diseases of the Nervous System and the Special Senses

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Because a stroke is a vascular disease, stroke and heart disease share many risk factors.

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_____ may be focal, affecting one part of the brain, or generalized, affecting many areas of the brain.

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Bell's palsy is a paralysis of facial muscles caused by _____ of the facial nerve.

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One of the risk factors for botulism includes eating honey.

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If a person is unimmunized against tetanus, _____ injections are necessary to neutralize the toxin.

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The cause of trigeminal neuralgia remains unknown, although it may be related to _____ of trigeminal neurons.

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Following entry into human tissue, the rabies virus moves to the _____ nervous system.

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Falls are the leading cause of traumatic brain injury.

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The inner part of the cerebrum contains basal _____ that control muscle coordination and steady movement.

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The _____ lobes interpret the meaning of incoming sensory signals that arrives from the opposite side of the body.

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There is no evidence to link brain tumors to electromagnetic radiation from cell phones.

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Multiple sclerosis is an _____ disease.

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The word chorea refers to involuntary and ceaseless, rapid, jerky movements.

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_____ is the typical onset for ALS, MS, Huntington's, and some cases of Parkinson's.

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The tetanus bacteria live in animal and human intestines.

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The layers of the meninges affected by meningitis are the _____.

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_____ lateral sclerosis is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

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The botulism bacteria thrive in anaerobic conditions.

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One type of neuron is the _____, which conveys messages from the CNS to muscles.

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_____ chorea is a progressive degenerative disease of the brain that affects motor and cognitive function.

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