PATHOLOGY CHAP8 EXAM REPORTED
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Which projection is useful in demonstrating fractures of the zygomatic arches? -
Answer-SMV
Which of the following involve bilateral and horizontal fractures of the maxillae? -
Answer-Le Fort fracture
What term is used to denote the sudden and dramatic development of a focal
neurologic deficit? - Answer-Stroke
Paralysis on one side of the body is termed: - Answer-Hemiplegia
Focal neurologic defects that completely resolve within 24 hours are known as: -
Answer-Transient ischemic attacks (TIA)
Which of the following is used to initially screen patients suspected of a transient
ischemic attack? - Answer-Color-flow Doppler ultrasound
A rupture of a berry aneurysm is a major cause of: - Answer-Subarachnoid hemorrhage
In patients under 20 years of age, _____ is the most common cause of nontraumatic
intraparenchymal hemorrhage. - Answer-AVM
A condition in which brain impulses are disturbed and causes symptoms ranging from
loss of consciousness to violent seizures is: - Answer-Epilepsy
Which of the following CNS degenerative disorders has the CT pathologic hallmark of
atrophy of the caudate nucleus and putamen, causing focal dilatation of the frontal
horns? - Answer-Huntington's disease
Which of the following degenerative neurologic diseases causes widespread selective
atrophy and loss of motor nerves that eventually leads to paralysis and death? -
Answer-Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig)
Viral inflammation of the brain is termed: - Answer-Encephalitis
Which type of primary brain tumor usually arises in the walls of the fourth ventricle in
children and in the lateral ventricles in adults? - Answer-Ependymoma
Which benign CNS tumor arises from arachnoid lining cells and is attached to the dura?
- Answer-Meningioma
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Which projection is useful in demonstrating fractures of the zygomatic arches? -
Answer-SMV
Which of the following involve bilateral and horizontal fractures of the maxillae? -
Answer-Le Fort fracture
What term is used to denote the sudden and dramatic development of a focal
neurologic deficit? - Answer-Stroke
Paralysis on one side of the body is termed: - Answer-Hemiplegia
Focal neurologic defects that completely resolve within 24 hours are known as: -
Answer-Transient ischemic attacks (TIA)
Which of the following is used to initially screen patients suspected of a transient
ischemic attack? - Answer-Color-flow Doppler ultrasound
A rupture of a berry aneurysm is a major cause of: - Answer-Subarachnoid hemorrhage
In patients under 20 years of age, _____ is the most common cause of nontraumatic
intraparenchymal hemorrhage. - Answer-AVM
A condition in which brain impulses are disturbed and causes symptoms ranging from
loss of consciousness to violent seizures is: - Answer-Epilepsy
Which of the following CNS degenerative disorders has the CT pathologic hallmark of
atrophy of the caudate nucleus and putamen, causing focal dilatation of the frontal
horns? - Answer-Huntington's disease
Which of the following degenerative neurologic diseases causes widespread selective
atrophy and loss of motor nerves that eventually leads to paralysis and death? -
Answer-Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig)
Viral inflammation of the brain is termed: - Answer-Encephalitis
Which type of primary brain tumor usually arises in the walls of the fourth ventricle in
children and in the lateral ventricles in adults? - Answer-Ependymoma
Which benign CNS tumor arises from arachnoid lining cells and is attached to the dura?
- Answer-Meningioma
