Exam 2026/2027 Latest Testbank
What emergency may be occuring if patient on depakote reports upper
abdominal pain? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** Pancreatitis
What lab should you check if patient has right upper quadrant pain and dark
brown urine? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** LFTs
What lab means pregnancy? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** HCG
Why is Clozaril used? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** Treatment resistant
schizophrenia, improves SI, and improves negative symptoms of schizophrenia
What two medications have the highest risk of agranulocytosis and aplastic
anemia? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** Clozaril and Tegretol
What symptoms may mean a Clozaril induced infection? - SELECTED
ANSWER 👀**** Sore throats, sores in mouth/gums, fever
When should you discontinue Clozaril or Tegretol? - SELECTED ANSWER
👀**** WBC < 2000 or ANC <1000
,What should you check in Asian patients taking Tegretol? - SELECTED
ANSWER 👀**** For the HLA-B*1502 allele (higher risk of SJS)
What two epidermal issues can arise from Tegretol or Lamictal? - SELECTED
ANSWER 👀**** Toxic epidermal necrosis and SJS
What may be the issue if a patient on Lamictal presents with a fever and severe
headache? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** Aspetic meningitis
What three antipsychotics have very low weight gaining effects? - SELECTED
ANSWER 👀**** Geodon, Abilify, and Latuda
Mini-Cog - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** 3 word recall and
clock drawing
MMSE scoring - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** 24-30 severe impairment
18-23 mild impairment
17 and less no impairment
What happens during pruning? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** Brain eliminates
extra synapses during infancy
,autism and pruning - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** Excess synapses caused by
under-pruning (patient oversensitive to light/sounds and seizures)
schizophrenia and pruning - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** Fewer synapses
caused by over-pruning
grey matter vs white matter - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** Grey matter-
synapses, working area of brain, dendrites
White matter- myelinated axons
axons and dendrites - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** axon away from cell and
dendrites to neuron's cell body
CNS is made up of - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** brain and spinal cord
PNS consists of - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** cranial nerves and spinal
nerves- responsible for voluntary movement
somatic nervous system - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** the division of the
peripheral nervous system that controls the body's skeletal muscles
autonomic nervous system - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** the part of the
peripheral nervous system that controls the glands and the muscles of the
internal organs
, parasympathetic nervous system - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** the division of
the autonomic nervous system that calms the body, conserving its energy
sympathetic nervous system - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** the division of the
autonomic nervous system that arouses the body, mobilizing its energy in
stressful situations
prefrontal cortex - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** part of frontal lobe responsible
for thinking, planning, and language
What part of the brain is responsible for perception of pain? - SELECTED
ANSWER 👀**** Prefrontal cortex- Explains TMS
What is the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex responsible for? - SELECTED
ANSWER 👀**** Executive functioning- undergoes maturation until adulthood
orbitofrontal cortex - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** a region of the brain that
controls impulses and attention (ADHD explained)
frontal lobe - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** associated with reasoning, planning,
parts of speech (Broca-forming), movement, emotions, and problem solving
parietal lobe - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** A region of the cerebral cortex
whose functions include memory, attention, perception, cognition, taste, and
reading/writing