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A patient experiences a seizure that manifests with repetitive hand rubbing and reports of
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hallucinations right before the seizure occurred. They have experienced which type of seizure? |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




- correct answer✔✔focal seizure with impairment of consciousness or awareness
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*A patient is having difficulty tracking their eye laterally. Which cranial nerve is affected? -
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correct answer✔✔CN VI |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




You are seeing a patient with Parkinson's disease in your office. You notice they have difficulty
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turning themselves around to sit in the chair, freezing in the process. This is an example of
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what physical manifestation of the disease? - correct answer✔✔bradykinesia
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*Delta waves appear in which stage of sleep? |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




REM

Stage 1 |||\\\




Stage 2 |||\\\




Stage 3 - correct answer✔✔stage 3 |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




A person reports feelings of anhedonia, guilt, and worthlessness that seem to be worse in the
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morning. They also exhibit excessive weight loss and experience insomnia. What type of |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




depression are they experiencing? - correct answer✔✔melancholic depression |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




*Each of the following statements is true regarding the organization of the nervous system
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except:

The CNS has an afferent and efferent division
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The ANS can be divided into the PNS and SNS
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The CNS contains the hindbrain, midbrain, and forebrain
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The PNS contains the cranial nerves - correct answer✔✔the CNS has an afferent and efferent
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division



*Each of the following statements is true regarding Alzheimer's disease except:
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Neurofibrillary tangles are composed of deteriorating nerve pieces that arrange themselves |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




around a sticky protein core called amyloid beta (Neuritic plaques, not neurofibrillary tangles)
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Tau protein is resistant to breakdown even after the neuron that produced it dies
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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy contributes tot he pathogenesis of the disease. - correct
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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:
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Male

African american |||\\\




HTN

Fam hx - correct answer✔✔HTN
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*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 - correct answer✔✔can also be called comorbid
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insomnia (comorbid is secondary) |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\

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