Exam 3: NU606 / NU 606 (Latest Update 2025 / 2026) Advanced Pathophysiology | Test Questions and Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct - Regis

Exam 3: NU606 / NU 606 (Latest
Update ) Advanced
Pathophysiology | Test Questions
and Answers | Grade A | 100%
Correct - Regis


Question:
What causes brain tumors?
Answer:
Autosomal dominant disorder neurofibromatosis more likely to develop brain
tumors




Question:
What is the most common form of primary brain tumors?
Answer:
Neuroglia

,Question:
Name the different types of primary brain tumors?
Answer:
Neuroglia and neurons (medullablastoma)




Question:
Meningiomas
Answer:
tumors that grow between the meninges


from the meningiomas cells of the arachnoid




Question:
Do brain tumors seldom metastases except for within the CNS itself?
Answer:
yes this is true




Question:
Metastasis to the brain from other sites is more common than primary tumors
Answer:
yes this is true

,Question:
Focal disturbances
Answer:
Dysfunction of particular brain areas
Seizures, hallucinations, weakness or palsies in specific areas, sensory deficits




Question:
generalized disturbances
Answer:
Increased intracranial pressure: headache, vomiting, visual problems




Question:
Why do people have headaches when they have a brain tumor?
Answer:
due to the compression or distortion of pain sensitive dural or vascular
structures

, Question:
Why is vomiting a sign of a brain tumor?
Answer:
Vomitting is a common symptom of increased ICP. Direct stimulation of the
vomiting center (in medulla) may contribute to the vomiting that occurs with
brain tumor.




Question:
Papilledema
Answer:
edema (swelling) of the optic disk




Question:
Papilledema can be caused by
Answer:
results from increased ICP. Papilledema causes visual defects. This is why a
person will first seek medical care when they have a brain tumor.




Question:
Can a brain tumor cause papilledema?
Answer:
yes