PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MODULE 6 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT!
A patient experiences a seizure that manifests with repetitive hand rubbing and reports
of hallucinations right before the seizure occurred. They have experienced which type of
seizure? - ANSWER focal seizure with impairment of consciousness or awareness
*A patient is having difficulty tracking their eye laterally. Which cranial nerve is affected?
- ANSWER CN VI
You are seeing a patient with Parkinson's disease in your office. You notice they have
difficulty turning themselves around to sit in the chair, freezing in the process. This is an
example of what physical manifestation of the disease? - ANSWER bradykinesia
*Delta waves appear in which stage of sleep?
REM
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3 - ANSWER stage 3
A person reports feelings of anhedonia, guilt, and worthlessness that seem to be worse
in the morning. They also exhibit excessive weight loss and experience insomnia. What
type of depression are they experiencing? - ANSWER melancholic depression
*Each of the following statements is true regarding the organization of the nervous
system except:
The CNS has an afferent and efferent division
The ANS can be divided into the PNS and SNS
The CNS contains the hindbrain, midbrain, and forebrain
The PNS contains the cranial nerves - ANSWER the CNS has an afferent and efferent
division
*Each of the following statements is true regarding Alzheimer's disease except:
, Neurofibrillary tangles are composed of deteriorating nerve pieces that arrange
themselves around a sticky protein core called amyloid beta (Neuritic plaques, not
neurofibrillary tangles)
Tau protein is resistant to breakdown even after the neuron that produced it dies
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy contributes tot he pathogenesis of the disease. - ANSWER
Neurofibrillary tangles are composed of deteriorating nerve pieces that arrange
themselves around a sticky protein core called amyloid beta (Neuritic plaques, not
neurofibrillary tangles)
Additional: Tau protein is broken down when the neuron that produced it dies
*Non- modifiable factors related to stroke are included here except:
Male
African american
HTN
Fam hx - ANSWER HTN
*Primary insomnia is characterized by each of the following except:
Difficulty initiating sleep
Difficult maintaining sleep
Waking up too early
can also be called comorbid insomnia - ANSWER can also be called comorbid insomnia
(comorbid is secondary)
*What type of seizure manifests with a blank stare, lasts only for a few seconds, and
often goes unnoticed? - ANSWER absence seizure
Sleep disturbances associated with narcolepsy include each of the following except: -
ANSWER sleep apnea
*Each of the following statements is true of Parkinson's disease except:
It affects the substantia nigra of the brain
It is characterized by loss of dopaminergic neurons
Incidence increases with age
Environmental factors alone lead to disease development - ANSWER Environmental
factors alone lead to disease development
Efferent neurons deliver _______ input from the CNS to the periphery. - ANSWER
motor
_______ work by blocking membrane receptors and the subsequent reuptake of
serotonin and norepinephrine. - ANSWER tri-cyclic anti-depressants
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT!
A patient experiences a seizure that manifests with repetitive hand rubbing and reports
of hallucinations right before the seizure occurred. They have experienced which type of
seizure? - ANSWER focal seizure with impairment of consciousness or awareness
*A patient is having difficulty tracking their eye laterally. Which cranial nerve is affected?
- ANSWER CN VI
You are seeing a patient with Parkinson's disease in your office. You notice they have
difficulty turning themselves around to sit in the chair, freezing in the process. This is an
example of what physical manifestation of the disease? - ANSWER bradykinesia
*Delta waves appear in which stage of sleep?
REM
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3 - ANSWER stage 3
A person reports feelings of anhedonia, guilt, and worthlessness that seem to be worse
in the morning. They also exhibit excessive weight loss and experience insomnia. What
type of depression are they experiencing? - ANSWER melancholic depression
*Each of the following statements is true regarding the organization of the nervous
system except:
The CNS has an afferent and efferent division
The ANS can be divided into the PNS and SNS
The CNS contains the hindbrain, midbrain, and forebrain
The PNS contains the cranial nerves - ANSWER the CNS has an afferent and efferent
division
*Each of the following statements is true regarding Alzheimer's disease except:
, Neurofibrillary tangles are composed of deteriorating nerve pieces that arrange
themselves around a sticky protein core called amyloid beta (Neuritic plaques, not
neurofibrillary tangles)
Tau protein is resistant to breakdown even after the neuron that produced it dies
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy contributes tot he pathogenesis of the disease. - ANSWER
Neurofibrillary tangles are composed of deteriorating nerve pieces that arrange
themselves around a sticky protein core called amyloid beta (Neuritic plaques, not
neurofibrillary tangles)
Additional: Tau protein is broken down when the neuron that produced it dies
*Non- modifiable factors related to stroke are included here except:
Male
African american
HTN
Fam hx - ANSWER HTN
*Primary insomnia is characterized by each of the following except:
Difficulty initiating sleep
Difficult maintaining sleep
Waking up too early
can also be called comorbid insomnia - ANSWER can also be called comorbid insomnia
(comorbid is secondary)
*What type of seizure manifests with a blank stare, lasts only for a few seconds, and
often goes unnoticed? - ANSWER absence seizure
Sleep disturbances associated with narcolepsy include each of the following except: -
ANSWER sleep apnea
*Each of the following statements is true of Parkinson's disease except:
It affects the substantia nigra of the brain
It is characterized by loss of dopaminergic neurons
Incidence increases with age
Environmental factors alone lead to disease development - ANSWER Environmental
factors alone lead to disease development
Efferent neurons deliver _______ input from the CNS to the periphery. - ANSWER
motor
_______ work by blocking membrane receptors and the subsequent reuptake of
serotonin and norepinephrine. - ANSWER tri-cyclic anti-depressants
