NAVY HOSPITAL CORPSMAN HCB TEST 8 EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+

NAVY HOSPITAL CORPSMAN HCB TEST 8 EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+ A temporary acute paralysis or weakness of one side of the face Correct answer: bells palsy rapidly alternating involuntary contraction and relaxation of skeletal muscle Correct answer: clonic/clonus rigid extension of all four extremities with hyperpronation of the forearms and plantar flexion of the feet Correct answer: decerebrate posturing posturing manifested by the obtunded pt pulling arms and hands medially toward the center of the body in response to noxious stimuli Correct answer: decorticate posturing the area of skin supplied by cuntaneous branches of single cranial or spinal nerve Correct answer: dermatome an acute inflammation of the brain and spinal cord involving the meninges often due to a virus Correct answer: encephalitis a chronic disorder characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures secondary to any underlying brain abnormality Correct answer: epilepsy muscular weakness or partial paralysis restricted to one side of the body Correct answer: hemiparesis total or partial paralysis of one side of the body that results from disease of or injury to the motor centers of the brain Correct answer: hemiplegia a post infectious disorder following a nonspecific gastrointestinal or respiratory infection that causes an acute neuromuscular paralysis Correct answer: guillian barre syndrome a sensation of prickling tingling or creeping on the skin having no objective cause and usually associated with injury or irritation of a sensory nerve or nerve root Correct answer: paresthesi