PEAT Exam #1 with
100% correct answers
2025(passed)
Name five diseases that cause lesions on UMN - answer
Hydrocephalus,
brain tumors,
huntington's,
MS, CP
Name five diseases that cause lesions on LMN - answer Guillian-
Barre,
polio,
muscular dystrophy,
Bell's palsy,
progressive/spinal muscular atrophy.
Which of the following is an upper motor neuron condition, with
symptoms of increased clonus or hyperreflexia: Post-Polio, Carpal
Tunnel, ALS, MS. - answer MS
Which motor neuron disease affects both UMN and LMN? - answer
ALS
MS can occur at any age with highest incidence occuring between :
10-15, 20-35, 40-55, 65+. - answer 20-35
, Which type of motor neuron disease tends to have symptoms such
as muscle atrophy, hypertonicity, hyperreflexia, and abnormal
reflexes? UMN or LMN? - answer UMN
Which type of motor neuron disease tends to have symptoms such
as fasciculations, muscle atrophy, absent reflexes? UMN or LMN? -
answer LMN
Which of the following is a LMN disease that is associated with
vaccinations and respiratory infections? MS, Gullian-barre, ALS,
muscular dystrophy. - answer GB
Which of the following spinal tracts affects motor function:
Corticospinal (ant), dorsal column, spinothalamic tract,
spinocerebellar tract? - answer coricospinal tract
A pt with a T6 ASIA C would have most difficulty with: feeling a tack
under their foot, crossing their legs, rising from a chair, performing
20 lb dumbbell curls. - answer rising from a chair
A pt with anterior cord syndrome at C6 would have most difficulty
with: resting inspiration, a proprioception test, reaching to scratch
their head, feeling the temperature of of the water with their toe. -
answer feeling the temperature of the water with their toe
A pt report with an incomplete ASIA simply states "complete
severing at C5-C6 junction" where would you test on the body to see
if they still had sensory from their C6 nerve roots? Thumb, middle
finger, little finger, or apex of axilla. - answer Thumb
A pt with an L2 ASIA grade of D that is otherwise normal and
healthy would most likely have a hip flexion MMT grade of: 0,1,2,4 -
answer 4
100% correct answers
2025(passed)
Name five diseases that cause lesions on UMN - answer
Hydrocephalus,
brain tumors,
huntington's,
MS, CP
Name five diseases that cause lesions on LMN - answer Guillian-
Barre,
polio,
muscular dystrophy,
Bell's palsy,
progressive/spinal muscular atrophy.
Which of the following is an upper motor neuron condition, with
symptoms of increased clonus or hyperreflexia: Post-Polio, Carpal
Tunnel, ALS, MS. - answer MS
Which motor neuron disease affects both UMN and LMN? - answer
ALS
MS can occur at any age with highest incidence occuring between :
10-15, 20-35, 40-55, 65+. - answer 20-35
, Which type of motor neuron disease tends to have symptoms such
as muscle atrophy, hypertonicity, hyperreflexia, and abnormal
reflexes? UMN or LMN? - answer UMN
Which type of motor neuron disease tends to have symptoms such
as fasciculations, muscle atrophy, absent reflexes? UMN or LMN? -
answer LMN
Which of the following is a LMN disease that is associated with
vaccinations and respiratory infections? MS, Gullian-barre, ALS,
muscular dystrophy. - answer GB
Which of the following spinal tracts affects motor function:
Corticospinal (ant), dorsal column, spinothalamic tract,
spinocerebellar tract? - answer coricospinal tract
A pt with a T6 ASIA C would have most difficulty with: feeling a tack
under their foot, crossing their legs, rising from a chair, performing
20 lb dumbbell curls. - answer rising from a chair
A pt with anterior cord syndrome at C6 would have most difficulty
with: resting inspiration, a proprioception test, reaching to scratch
their head, feeling the temperature of of the water with their toe. -
answer feeling the temperature of the water with their toe
A pt report with an incomplete ASIA simply states "complete
severing at C5-C6 junction" where would you test on the body to see
if they still had sensory from their C6 nerve roots? Thumb, middle
finger, little finger, or apex of axilla. - answer Thumb
A pt with an L2 ASIA grade of D that is otherwise normal and
healthy would most likely have a hip flexion MMT grade of: 0,1,2,4 -
answer 4
