2. Pathophysiology
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1. Spatial relations and the body image will be damaged - the dorsal medullar funi-
in a patient that has a lesion in: culi
- the dorsal medullar funiculi - the right parietal cortex
- the right premotor cortex
- the right cerebellar hemisphere
- the right parietal cortex
2. A person whose cortical EEG presents low voltage and - dreaming
high frequency (beta) waves is probably: - in REM sleep
- dreaming
- in REM sleep
- in stage 2 (moderate deep) non-REM sleep
- in a coma
3. What population of patients is predisposed to loss of - patients with DM II
consciousness? - patients with cardiac in-
- AIDS patients sufficiency
- patients with DM II
- elderly patients
- patients with cardiac insufficiency
4. Conditions that often lead to a sudden loss of con- - arrhythmias
sciousness include: - cerebral ischemia
- chronic renal failure
- arrhythmias
- cerebral ischemia
- cerebellar hemorrhage
5. Which of the following mechanisms participate in heat - failure of mechanisms of
stroke development? temperature regulation
- blockage of blood flow to the brain - heat induced swelling of
- failure of mechanisms of temperature regulation brain tissue
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- heat induced swelling of brain tissue
- extreme constriction of all blood vessels
6. Which of the following conditions contribute to acute - septic shock
heat loss? - alcohol intoxication
- septic shock
- alcohol intoxication
- malnutrition
- uremia
7. A 60-year-old man develops a tremor in his fingers. - cerebellar hemisphere
The tremor is most pronounced when he reaches for - fronto-ponto-cerebellar
his coffee cup or points to an object. Which of the tract
following components of the motor system is most
likely to be involved?
- basal ganglia
- cerebellar hemisphere
- fronto-ponto-cerebellar tract
- thalamic nuclei
8. A 45-year-old man has abnormal circadian variation in - suprachiasmatic thalam-
body temperature, disruption of the sleep-wake cycle, ic
and an impaired nocturnal surge of secretion of mela- - supraoptic
tonin. The lesion can involve which of the following
nuclei:
- preoptic
- pretectal
- suprachiasmatic thalamic
- supraoptic
9. Delayed relaxation of striated muscles following vol- - myotonia
untary contraction due to hyperexcitability of muscle - myopathy
membrane is called: