NM702 EXAM 3 COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
GUIDE 2026
◉ Blocking.
Answer: Sudden interruption in train of thought; person stops
speaking mid-sentence and may not recall what they were saying.
◉ Neologism.
Answer: Invented or made-up words with meaning only to the
patient. Example: "I need my flibberizer."
◉ Depersonalization.
Answer: Feeling detached from oneself; feeling unreal or outside
one's body.
◉ Hallucinations.
Answer: Sensory perceptions without external stimuli.
◉ Flight of Ideas.
Answer: Rapid shifting between unrelated topics; thoughts race.
◉ Affect.
,Answer: Observable emotional expression.
◉ Lethargic.
Answer: Drowsy, sluggish, but easily aroused.
◉ Stuporous.
Answer: Requires vigorous stimuli to arouse.
◉ Comatose.
Answer: Unresponsive to stimuli.
◉ Decerebrate Posturing.
Answer: Rigid extension of arms/legs; indicates brainstem damage.
◉ Spastic Hemiparesis.
Answer: Weakness + increased muscle tone on one side of body.
◉ Flaccidity.
Answer: Loss of muscle tone.
◉ Rigidity.
Answer: Increased muscle tone; stiff resistance to movement.
, ◉ Ataxia.
Answer: Lack of coordination.
◉ Bell's Palsy.
Answer: Unilateral facial nerve (CN VII) paralysis.
◉ Babinski Reflex.
Answer: Stroke lateral sole of foot: Normal adult: toes curl
downward; Positive Babinski: big toe dorsiflexes (abnormal in
adults).
◉ Nystagmus.
Answer: Involuntary rhythmic eye movement.
◉ Atrophy.
Answer: Decrease in muscle size.
◉ Hypertrophy.
Answer: Increase in muscle size.
◉ Crepitus.
GUIDE 2026
◉ Blocking.
Answer: Sudden interruption in train of thought; person stops
speaking mid-sentence and may not recall what they were saying.
◉ Neologism.
Answer: Invented or made-up words with meaning only to the
patient. Example: "I need my flibberizer."
◉ Depersonalization.
Answer: Feeling detached from oneself; feeling unreal or outside
one's body.
◉ Hallucinations.
Answer: Sensory perceptions without external stimuli.
◉ Flight of Ideas.
Answer: Rapid shifting between unrelated topics; thoughts race.
◉ Affect.
,Answer: Observable emotional expression.
◉ Lethargic.
Answer: Drowsy, sluggish, but easily aroused.
◉ Stuporous.
Answer: Requires vigorous stimuli to arouse.
◉ Comatose.
Answer: Unresponsive to stimuli.
◉ Decerebrate Posturing.
Answer: Rigid extension of arms/legs; indicates brainstem damage.
◉ Spastic Hemiparesis.
Answer: Weakness + increased muscle tone on one side of body.
◉ Flaccidity.
Answer: Loss of muscle tone.
◉ Rigidity.
Answer: Increased muscle tone; stiff resistance to movement.
, ◉ Ataxia.
Answer: Lack of coordination.
◉ Bell's Palsy.
Answer: Unilateral facial nerve (CN VII) paralysis.
◉ Babinski Reflex.
Answer: Stroke lateral sole of foot: Normal adult: toes curl
downward; Positive Babinski: big toe dorsiflexes (abnormal in
adults).
◉ Nystagmus.
Answer: Involuntary rhythmic eye movement.
◉ Atrophy.
Answer: Decrease in muscle size.
◉ Hypertrophy.
Answer: Increase in muscle size.
◉ Crepitus.
