NURS 5315 Advanced Pathophysiology
2025/2026 Exam 4 Questions with Correct
Answers Well Accredited (ORIGINAL EXAM) A+
Graded UTA
What type of cerebral edema occurs when permeability of the capillary endothelium
increases after injury to the vascular structure?
Vasogenic
Which edema is most often observed with noncommunicating hydrocephalus?
Interstitial
Which dyskinesia involves involuntary movements of the face, trunk, and extremities?
Tardive
Antipsychotic drugs cause tardive dyskinesia by mimicking the effects of increased:
Dopamine
,The existence of regular, deep, and rapid respirations after a severe closed head injury
is indicative of neurologic injury to the:
Lower Midbrain
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
plantrar extension?
Decerebrate
Since his cerebrovascular accident, a man has been denying his left hemiplegia. What
term is used to describe this finding?
Anosognosia
After a cerebrovvascular accident, a man is unable to either feel or identify a comb
with his eyes closed. This is an example of:
Tactile Agnosia
Most dysphasias are associated with cerebrovascular accidents involving which
artery?
Middle Cerebral
, Tactile agnosia is related to innury of which area of the brain?
Parietal
Neurofibrillary tangles characterize which neurologic disorder?
Alzheimer disease
The body compensates for a rise in intracranial pressure by first displacing the:
Cerebrospinal fluid
Stage 1 intracranial hypertension is caused by the:
Displacement of cerebrospinal fluid, followed by compression of the cerebral venous
system
Dilated and sluggish pupils, widening pulse pressure, and bradycardia are clinical
findings evident of which state of intracranial hypertension?
3
Dilation of the ipsilateral pupil, following uncal herniation, is the result of pressure on
which cranial nerve (CN)?
Oculomotor (CN III)
2025/2026 Exam 4 Questions with Correct
Answers Well Accredited (ORIGINAL EXAM) A+
Graded UTA
What type of cerebral edema occurs when permeability of the capillary endothelium
increases after injury to the vascular structure?
Vasogenic
Which edema is most often observed with noncommunicating hydrocephalus?
Interstitial
Which dyskinesia involves involuntary movements of the face, trunk, and extremities?
Tardive
Antipsychotic drugs cause tardive dyskinesia by mimicking the effects of increased:
Dopamine
,The existence of regular, deep, and rapid respirations after a severe closed head injury
is indicative of neurologic injury to the:
Lower Midbrain
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
plantrar extension?
Decerebrate
Since his cerebrovascular accident, a man has been denying his left hemiplegia. What
term is used to describe this finding?
Anosognosia
After a cerebrovvascular accident, a man is unable to either feel or identify a comb
with his eyes closed. This is an example of:
Tactile Agnosia
Most dysphasias are associated with cerebrovascular accidents involving which
artery?
Middle Cerebral
, Tactile agnosia is related to innury of which area of the brain?
Parietal
Neurofibrillary tangles characterize which neurologic disorder?
Alzheimer disease
The body compensates for a rise in intracranial pressure by first displacing the:
Cerebrospinal fluid
Stage 1 intracranial hypertension is caused by the:
Displacement of cerebrospinal fluid, followed by compression of the cerebral venous
system
Dilated and sluggish pupils, widening pulse pressure, and bradycardia are clinical
findings evident of which state of intracranial hypertension?
3
Dilation of the ipsilateral pupil, following uncal herniation, is the result of pressure on
which cranial nerve (CN)?
Oculomotor (CN III)
