EEG/CLTM Practice Exam| 230 Questions| With Complete Solutions

Where is the hippocampus located? correct answer: Temporal lobe, responsible for learning and memory What is the amygdala responsible for? correct answer: Long term emotional, processing of memory, the amygdalae are considered part of the limbic system. Located in Temporal Lobe Foramen Ovale Electrodes correct answer: Used to diagnose mesial temporal lobe epilepsy without penetration of the skull. These are 1 to 4 contact flexible platinum wires inserted by needle thru the cheek in the ambient cistern with the help of an X-ray Todd's Paralysis correct answer: Paralysis or weakness in a part of the body after a seizure. This weakness typically affects arms or legs, but may also affect speech, eye position or vision. usually subsides completely within 48 hours. Rasmussen's Encepholopathy correct answer: Rare, chronic focal encephalitis, characterized by frequent severe seizures, loss of motor skills and speech, hemiparesis, and dementia. The illness affects a single cerebral hemisphere and generally occurs in children under the age of 15. SUDEP correct answer: defined as the sudden and unexpected, non-traumatic and non-drowning death of a person with epilepsy without a known cause. Current CPR chest compressions correct answer: 30 to 2, or 100 per minute for adults. And 15 to 2 for children Hip Thrusting correct answer: #1 Characteristic of Non epileptic events Gelastic Seizures correct answer: Are associated with several different conditions, but mainly hypothalamic hamartomas. Characterized by sudden outbursts of Laughter, crying or cough for no apparent or appropriate reason. Cataplexy correct answer: A sudden and transient episode of