Health Assessment Exam 3 | Questions with 100% Verified
Answers | Latest Update 2026/2027
Question: Anxiety
Answer: -An emotional state of high energy, with the stress response as the body's reaction to
it.
-Worried, uneasy, apprehensive from the anticipation of a danger whose source is
unknown
Question: Anxiety Disorders
Answer: -Panic attack
-Specific phobia
-Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
-Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
-Agraphobia
-Social anxiety disorder
-Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Question: Aphasia
Answer: impairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere damage either to Broca's
area
(impairing speaking) or to Wernicke's area (impairing understanding)
Question: Global aphasia
Answer: The most common and severe form. Spontaneous speech is absent or reduced to a
few
stereotyped words or sounds. Comprehension is absent or reduced to only the person's
own name and a few select words. Repetition, reading, and writing are severely impaired.
Prognosis for language recovery is poor. Caused by a large lesion that damages most of
combined anterior and posterior language areas.
Question: Broca aphasia
Answer: Expressive aphasia. The person can understand language but cannot express himself
or
herself using language. This is characterized by nonfluent, dysarthric, and effortful
speech. The speech is mostly nouns and verbs (high-content words) with few grammatic
fillers, termed agrammatic or telegraphic speech. Repetition and reading aloud are
severely impaired. Auditory and reading comprehensions are surprisingly intact. Lesion is
in anterior language area called the motor speech cortex or Broca area.
,Question: Wernicke aphasia
Answer: Receptive aphasia. The linguistic opposite of Broca aphasia. The person can hear
sounds
and words but cannot relate them to previous experiences. Speech is fluent, effortless,
and well articulated but has many paraphasias (word substitutions that are malformed or
wrong) and neologisms (made-up words) and often lacks substantive words. Speech can
be totally incomprehensible. Often there is a great urge to speak. Repetition, reading,
and writing also are impaired. Lesion is in posterior language area called the association
auditory cortex or Wernicke area.
Question: Astereognosis
Answer: Inability to identify object correctly, occurs in sensory cortex lesions (e.g. stroke)
Question: Ataxia
Answer: uncoordinated or unsteady gait or movement
Question: Aura
Answer: a subjective sensation that precedes a seizure; it could be auditory, visual, or motor.
(e.g. ears ringing, blurring of vision, lightheadedness)
Question: Coma
Answer: -completely unconscious, no response to pain or any external/internal stimuli
-light coma has some reflex activity but no purposeful movement, deep coma has no
motor response
Question: compulsion
Answer: Unwanted repetitive, purposeful act; driven to do it; behavior thought to neutralize or
prevent discomfort or some dreaded event
Question: delirium
Answer: -An acute confused state, potentially preventable in hospitalized persons.
-Characterized by disorientation, disordered thinking & perception (illusions and
hallucinations), defective memory, agitation, inattention
Question: Dementia
Answer: -A chronic progressive loss of cognitive & intellectual functions, although perception
and
consciousness are intact
-Characterized by disorientation, impaired judgment, memory loss
Question: Depression
Answer: A long-term depressed mood (>2 weeks) with lack of pleasure, disrupted sleep &
appetite, feelings of hopelessness, guilt, worthlessness, sadness, loneliness, and despair;
suicide ideation often seen
, Question: Dysphasia
Answer: difficulty with language comprehension or expression
Question: Dysphonia
Answer: Difficulty or discomfort in talking, with abnormal pitch or volume, caused by laryngeal
disease. Voice sounds hoarse or whispered, but articulation and language are intact.
Question: Euphoria
Answer: Excessive well-being; unusually cheerful or elated, which is inappropriate considering
physical and mental condition; implies a pathologic mood
Question: Graphesthesia
Answer: The ability to "read" a number by having it traced on the skin with eyes closed, is a
good
measure of sensory loss
Question: Irritability
Answer: annoyed, easily provoked, impatient
Question: Lethargy
Answer: Aka Somnolent, not fully alert, drifts off to sleep when not stimulated, can be aroused
to
name when called in normal voice but looks drowsy, responds appropriately, to
questions or commands but thinking seems slow and fuzzy; inattentive; looses train of
thought; spontaneous movements are decreased
Question: Nystagmus
Answer: back-and-forth oscillation of the eyes; occurs with disease of the vestibular system,
cerebellum, or brainstem
Question: Obtunded
Answer: -Transitional state between lethargy and stupor; some sources omit this level
-Sleeps most of time, difficult to arouse—needs loud shout or vigorous shake, acts
confused when is aroused, converses in monosyllables, speech may be mumbled and
incoherent, requires constant stimulation for even marginal cooperation.
Question: Paresis
Answer: A partial or incomplete paralysis
Question: Paresthesia
Answer: Abnormal tactile sensation often described as creeping, burning, tingling, or
numbness
Question: Phobia
Answer: Strong, persistent, irrational fear of an object or situation; feels driven to avoid it
Answers | Latest Update 2026/2027
Question: Anxiety
Answer: -An emotional state of high energy, with the stress response as the body's reaction to
it.
-Worried, uneasy, apprehensive from the anticipation of a danger whose source is
unknown
Question: Anxiety Disorders
Answer: -Panic attack
-Specific phobia
-Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
-Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
-Agraphobia
-Social anxiety disorder
-Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Question: Aphasia
Answer: impairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere damage either to Broca's
area
(impairing speaking) or to Wernicke's area (impairing understanding)
Question: Global aphasia
Answer: The most common and severe form. Spontaneous speech is absent or reduced to a
few
stereotyped words or sounds. Comprehension is absent or reduced to only the person's
own name and a few select words. Repetition, reading, and writing are severely impaired.
Prognosis for language recovery is poor. Caused by a large lesion that damages most of
combined anterior and posterior language areas.
Question: Broca aphasia
Answer: Expressive aphasia. The person can understand language but cannot express himself
or
herself using language. This is characterized by nonfluent, dysarthric, and effortful
speech. The speech is mostly nouns and verbs (high-content words) with few grammatic
fillers, termed agrammatic or telegraphic speech. Repetition and reading aloud are
severely impaired. Auditory and reading comprehensions are surprisingly intact. Lesion is
in anterior language area called the motor speech cortex or Broca area.
,Question: Wernicke aphasia
Answer: Receptive aphasia. The linguistic opposite of Broca aphasia. The person can hear
sounds
and words but cannot relate them to previous experiences. Speech is fluent, effortless,
and well articulated but has many paraphasias (word substitutions that are malformed or
wrong) and neologisms (made-up words) and often lacks substantive words. Speech can
be totally incomprehensible. Often there is a great urge to speak. Repetition, reading,
and writing also are impaired. Lesion is in posterior language area called the association
auditory cortex or Wernicke area.
Question: Astereognosis
Answer: Inability to identify object correctly, occurs in sensory cortex lesions (e.g. stroke)
Question: Ataxia
Answer: uncoordinated or unsteady gait or movement
Question: Aura
Answer: a subjective sensation that precedes a seizure; it could be auditory, visual, or motor.
(e.g. ears ringing, blurring of vision, lightheadedness)
Question: Coma
Answer: -completely unconscious, no response to pain or any external/internal stimuli
-light coma has some reflex activity but no purposeful movement, deep coma has no
motor response
Question: compulsion
Answer: Unwanted repetitive, purposeful act; driven to do it; behavior thought to neutralize or
prevent discomfort or some dreaded event
Question: delirium
Answer: -An acute confused state, potentially preventable in hospitalized persons.
-Characterized by disorientation, disordered thinking & perception (illusions and
hallucinations), defective memory, agitation, inattention
Question: Dementia
Answer: -A chronic progressive loss of cognitive & intellectual functions, although perception
and
consciousness are intact
-Characterized by disorientation, impaired judgment, memory loss
Question: Depression
Answer: A long-term depressed mood (>2 weeks) with lack of pleasure, disrupted sleep &
appetite, feelings of hopelessness, guilt, worthlessness, sadness, loneliness, and despair;
suicide ideation often seen
, Question: Dysphasia
Answer: difficulty with language comprehension or expression
Question: Dysphonia
Answer: Difficulty or discomfort in talking, with abnormal pitch or volume, caused by laryngeal
disease. Voice sounds hoarse or whispered, but articulation and language are intact.
Question: Euphoria
Answer: Excessive well-being; unusually cheerful or elated, which is inappropriate considering
physical and mental condition; implies a pathologic mood
Question: Graphesthesia
Answer: The ability to "read" a number by having it traced on the skin with eyes closed, is a
good
measure of sensory loss
Question: Irritability
Answer: annoyed, easily provoked, impatient
Question: Lethargy
Answer: Aka Somnolent, not fully alert, drifts off to sleep when not stimulated, can be aroused
to
name when called in normal voice but looks drowsy, responds appropriately, to
questions or commands but thinking seems slow and fuzzy; inattentive; looses train of
thought; spontaneous movements are decreased
Question: Nystagmus
Answer: back-and-forth oscillation of the eyes; occurs with disease of the vestibular system,
cerebellum, or brainstem
Question: Obtunded
Answer: -Transitional state between lethargy and stupor; some sources omit this level
-Sleeps most of time, difficult to arouse—needs loud shout or vigorous shake, acts
confused when is aroused, converses in monosyllables, speech may be mumbled and
incoherent, requires constant stimulation for even marginal cooperation.
Question: Paresis
Answer: A partial or incomplete paralysis
Question: Paresthesia
Answer: Abnormal tactile sensation often described as creeping, burning, tingling, or
numbness
Question: Phobia
Answer: Strong, persistent, irrational fear of an object or situation; feels driven to avoid it
