Exam 20: Assisting in Neurology and Mental Health

CVAs are the most common cerebrovascular events each year in the United States.Define the three types of strokes that can occur and five typical symptoms that may be seen in an affected patient.

Patients with a grand mal seizure disorder may experience a(n)__________ that warns them of an impending seizure.

The cerebellum is responsible for

HIPAA privacy regulations have special stipulations regarding access to which of the following information?

Faulty development of fetal tissue results in an infant who is born with ____________.

A CVA may be caused by a(n)_____________,which is a thrombus that has broken away from the site of origin and lodged in a blood vessel of the brain.

The body's systems attempt to maintain a constant internal environment in which all body functions are in balance;this is called ______________.

Dysthymic disorders are a severe type of major depression.

Thrombolytic medication can effectively treat ischemia only if it is given when?

MS is diagnosed most frequently in the southern U.S.states,and adolescent females are affected most often.

Which statement is not true about suicide statistics in the United States?

Which structure in the brain controls the autonomic nervous system and regulates endocrine processes?

Patients who experience TIAs have temporary symptoms,because the tissue ischemia is short-lived.

A type of neuroglial cell creates the myelin sheath that protects the axon of the neuron.

A patient diagnosed with encephalitis will be admitted to the hospital and immediately placed on IV antibiotics.

A child who has a febrile seizure is diagnosed with epilepsy.

Bell's palsy is a sudden paralysis of the seventh cranial nerve.

CSF circulates around the brain and spinal cord in the epidural space.

The _______________,located deep in the center of the cerebrum near the superior portion of the brainstem,is made up of the thalamus and the hypothalamus.

An elderly patient with signs and symptoms of dementia is going through the normal phases of aging.