NAVY HOSPITAL CORPSMAN HCB
TEST 8 2025 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
A temporary acute paralysis or weakness of one side of the face -
....ANSWER ...-bells palsy
rapidly alternating involuntary contraction and relaxation of skeletal muscle -
....ANSWER ...-clonic/clonus
rigid extension of all four extremities with hyperpronation of the forearms and
plantar flexion of the feet - ....ANSWER ...-decerebrate posturing
posturing manifested by the obtunded pt pulling arms and hands medially toward
the center of the body in response to noxious stimuli - ....ANSWER ...-
decorticate posturing
the area of skin supplied by cuntaneous branches of single cranial or spinal nerve -
....ANSWER ...-dermatome
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, an acute inflammation of the brain and spinal cord involving the meninges often
due to a virus - ....ANSWER ...-encephalitis
a chronic disorder characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures secondary to
any underlying brain abnormality - ....ANSWER ...-epilepsy
muscular weakness or partial paralysis restricted to one side of the body -
....ANSWER ...-hemiparesis
total or partial paralysis of one side of the body that results from disease of or
injury to the motor centers of the brain - ....ANSWER ...-hemiplegia
a post infectious disorder following a nonspecific gastrointestinal or respiratory
infection that causes an acute neuromuscular paralysis - ....ANSWER ...-
guillian barre syndrome
a sensation of prickling tingling or creeping on the skin having no objective cause
and usually associated with injury or irritation of a sensory nerve or nerve root -
....ANSWER ...-paresthesia
a prolonged seizure or situation when a person suffers two or more convulsive
seizures without regaining full consciousness - ....ANSWER ...-status
epilepticus
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TEST 8 2025 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
A temporary acute paralysis or weakness of one side of the face -
....ANSWER ...-bells palsy
rapidly alternating involuntary contraction and relaxation of skeletal muscle -
....ANSWER ...-clonic/clonus
rigid extension of all four extremities with hyperpronation of the forearms and
plantar flexion of the feet - ....ANSWER ...-decerebrate posturing
posturing manifested by the obtunded pt pulling arms and hands medially toward
the center of the body in response to noxious stimuli - ....ANSWER ...-
decorticate posturing
the area of skin supplied by cuntaneous branches of single cranial or spinal nerve -
....ANSWER ...-dermatome
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, an acute inflammation of the brain and spinal cord involving the meninges often
due to a virus - ....ANSWER ...-encephalitis
a chronic disorder characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures secondary to
any underlying brain abnormality - ....ANSWER ...-epilepsy
muscular weakness or partial paralysis restricted to one side of the body -
....ANSWER ...-hemiparesis
total or partial paralysis of one side of the body that results from disease of or
injury to the motor centers of the brain - ....ANSWER ...-hemiplegia
a post infectious disorder following a nonspecific gastrointestinal or respiratory
infection that causes an acute neuromuscular paralysis - ....ANSWER ...-
guillian barre syndrome
a sensation of prickling tingling or creeping on the skin having no objective cause
and usually associated with injury or irritation of a sensory nerve or nerve root -
....ANSWER ...-paresthesia
a prolonged seizure or situation when a person suffers two or more convulsive
seizures without regaining full consciousness - ....ANSWER ...-status
epilepticus
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