COMLEX Level 3-Questions with 100% Correct
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SBS movement flexion equivalent of sacral movement is...
Couternutation (sacral extension)
SBS movement extension equivalent of sacral movement is...
Nutation (sacral flexion)
Epidural hematoma caused by what rupture and scenario, presenting signs? Imaging finding
is?
Middle meningeal a. after trauma to the head such as in car accident or fight. LOC followed by
lucid interval followed by comatose episode. CT w/o contrast will show convex lens shaped
hyperdensity
Subdural hematoma caused by what rupture and scenario, presenting signs? Imaging finding
is?
Bridging vein rupture in mild to moderate head trauma in elderly or alcohol patients ie. ground
level falls. Vague symptoms, headache, AMS. CT crescent shaped, concave hyperdensity
Anterior cerebral a. stroke causes what?
Contralateral LE motor and sensory deficit
Middle cerebral a. stroke causes what?
Contralateral UE, face, and hand motor and sensory deficit. If on the dominant side, Broca's
aphasia or Wernicke's aphasia too.
Broca's aphasia
An aphasia associated with damage to the Broca's area of the brain, demonstrated by the
impairment in producing understandable speech. Nonfluent speech with intact comprehension
, Wernicke's aphasia
Aphasia resulting from damage to the Wernicke's area of the frontal lobe. Affects written and
spoken language. Poor comprehension with coherent speech
Medication to increase breastmilk production after other causes of difficulties with breast
feeding are ruled out is...
Dopamine antagonist such as metoclopramide.
Sheehan's syndrome
Massive hemorrhage during birth that causes pituitary necrosis and will lead to decreased
breast ilkk production
Pellegra is deficiency of what? What are the symptoms?
Niacin B3 deficiency. D's - diarrhea, dementia, dermatitis. Others include angular stomatitis,
glossitis
Scurvy is deficiency of what? What are the symptoms?
Vitamin C ascorbic acid deficiency. Coiled hair, hyperkeratotic papules around hair follicles,
dental caries, receding gums, gingivitis.
Wernicke's encephalopathy is due to deficiency of what? Symptoms?
Thiamine in chronic alcoholism. Nystagmus, double vision, wide based gait ataxia, confusion
Vitamin A deficiency symptoms?
Think skin and eye changes!! Xerosis, hair dryness, night blindness, keratomalacia (opacification
of the cornea), acne like skin, follicular keratosis
Beriberi is a deficiency of what vitamin? Symptoms?
Thiamine deficiency in alcoholism, recent bariatric surgery, TPN. Dry - myelin degeneration
causing distal symmetric peripheral neuropathy, weakness, muscle atrophy, decreased or
Answers
SBS movement flexion equivalent of sacral movement is...
Couternutation (sacral extension)
SBS movement extension equivalent of sacral movement is...
Nutation (sacral flexion)
Epidural hematoma caused by what rupture and scenario, presenting signs? Imaging finding
is?
Middle meningeal a. after trauma to the head such as in car accident or fight. LOC followed by
lucid interval followed by comatose episode. CT w/o contrast will show convex lens shaped
hyperdensity
Subdural hematoma caused by what rupture and scenario, presenting signs? Imaging finding
is?
Bridging vein rupture in mild to moderate head trauma in elderly or alcohol patients ie. ground
level falls. Vague symptoms, headache, AMS. CT crescent shaped, concave hyperdensity
Anterior cerebral a. stroke causes what?
Contralateral LE motor and sensory deficit
Middle cerebral a. stroke causes what?
Contralateral UE, face, and hand motor and sensory deficit. If on the dominant side, Broca's
aphasia or Wernicke's aphasia too.
Broca's aphasia
An aphasia associated with damage to the Broca's area of the brain, demonstrated by the
impairment in producing understandable speech. Nonfluent speech with intact comprehension
, Wernicke's aphasia
Aphasia resulting from damage to the Wernicke's area of the frontal lobe. Affects written and
spoken language. Poor comprehension with coherent speech
Medication to increase breastmilk production after other causes of difficulties with breast
feeding are ruled out is...
Dopamine antagonist such as metoclopramide.
Sheehan's syndrome
Massive hemorrhage during birth that causes pituitary necrosis and will lead to decreased
breast ilkk production
Pellegra is deficiency of what? What are the symptoms?
Niacin B3 deficiency. D's - diarrhea, dementia, dermatitis. Others include angular stomatitis,
glossitis
Scurvy is deficiency of what? What are the symptoms?
Vitamin C ascorbic acid deficiency. Coiled hair, hyperkeratotic papules around hair follicles,
dental caries, receding gums, gingivitis.
Wernicke's encephalopathy is due to deficiency of what? Symptoms?
Thiamine in chronic alcoholism. Nystagmus, double vision, wide based gait ataxia, confusion
Vitamin A deficiency symptoms?
Think skin and eye changes!! Xerosis, hair dryness, night blindness, keratomalacia (opacification
of the cornea), acne like skin, follicular keratosis
Beriberi is a deficiency of what vitamin? Symptoms?
Thiamine deficiency in alcoholism, recent bariatric surgery, TPN. Dry - myelin degeneration
causing distal symmetric peripheral neuropathy, weakness, muscle atrophy, decreased or
