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Neuroscience FINAL EXAM – USA (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Exam Prep with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A Q: is ataxia ipsilateral or contralateral to the side of the lesion? why? Answer: Ipsilateral; pathways from the cerebellum to the lateral motor systems and periphery are "double crossed" Q: What do midline lesions cause? Answer: unsteady gait (truncal ataxia) and eye movement abnormalities Q: What do lesions lateral to the vermis cause? ...

Cell proliferation in the developing nervous system begins in which area? - correct answer Ventricular Zone Which of the following are upper motor neuron lesions? - correct answer -Spinal cord injury affecting the corticospinal tracts -Cerebrovascular accident affecting the motor homunculus A PTA student is working with a patient who has right LE extensor spasticity. What do you expect to see? - correct answer Hip adduction, hip IR. knee extension, ankle plantarflexion A physical...

Topic 13: Integration of Nervous System Functions Question 1 Question text A nurse is caring for a patient who exhibits the following symptoms: (1) inability to maintain balance while walking (2) normal intelligence (3) can initiate voluntary movements although they are somewhat uncoordinated. (4) decreased tone in the skeletal muscles The patient is probably suffering from a condition that affected the Select one: a. midbrain. b. cerebellum. c. basal ganglia. d. cerebral cortex. e. brainstem. Q...

NM3 Rare Diseases: ALS, PPS, CMT (ALS, Post-Polio, CMT) Questions and Answers ALS is what type of disease? Motor neuron disease that is inherited or sporadic (UMN and LMN) Most common motor neuron disease? ALS (and most commonly limb onset vs bulbar) ALS is the degeneration of? Motor neurons in SC, brainstem, and brain ALS affects what population more? Men In ALS, 20% of hereditary cases have a defect with the gene encoding? Copper-zinc super oxide dismutase What areas of the brain...

Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function Chapter 13 (Saladin 7th edition) Questions & Answers A+ This spinal cord tract carries information about position and movement of the lower extremities to the brain. A) tectospinal B) cuneate fasciculus C) spinothalamic D) gracile fasciculus - ANS-D) gracile fasciculus During childbirth, some women receive anesthetics injected into which of the following spaces to block pain signals from the pelvic region? A) epidural space B) su...

lost productivity - Answer one measure of the cost to society due to injury or disease; includes the loss of wages a person would have earned if they had not become unemployable due to disability, loss of taxes contributing to economy, costs to the government of supporting the individual, etc.; lost productivity costs DO NOT include cost of treatment and support post-injury or illness acquired brain injury (ABI) - Answer An injury to the brain that is not hereditary, congenital, degenerati...

In BAEP's, cochlear nucleus lesion causes? Increased III-V, increased I-V Which modality is most useful in monitoring the integrity of the corticospinal tracts during resection of an intramedullary spinal cord tumor? D-Waves The stimulus used in a brainstem auditory evoked potential study is a click with a peak acoustic power in the range of 2000 to 4000Hz Which of the following tibial nerve responses is not a near field response? N31 How many amperes of current ...

controls the visual reflexes superior colliculi controls the auditory reflexes inferior colliculi contains the corticospinal tracts crus cerebri this is associated with Parkinson's disease substantia nigra connects the hypothalamus to the posterior part of the pituitary gland infundibulum of the brain manufactures cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) choroid plexus the fifth lobe hidden in the floor of the lateral sulcus insula primary motor cortex is here precentral gyrus primary somatose...

Spinal Cord Injury - NPTEFF Exam Questions All Answered Correctly Spinal cord ends at what vertebral level? - Answer -L1 Order of meninges from superficial to deep - Answer -dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater At what vertebral level is a lumbar puncture taken? - Answer -Between L1-L4 is where lumbar puncture will be taken to assess IgG (MS) In what meningeal space does CSF circulate? - Answer -subarachnoid space Which of the following contain the cerebrospinal fluid and maj...

NM3 Rare Diseases: ALS, PPS, CMT (ALS, Post-Polio, CMT) Questions and Answers ALS is what type of disease? Motor neuron disease that is inherited or sporadic (UMN and LMN) Most common motor neuron disease? ALS (and most commonly limb onset vs bulbar) ALS is the degeneration of? Motor neurons in SC, brainstem, and brain ALS affects what population more? Men In ALS, 20% of hereditary cases have a defect with the gene encoding? Copper-zinc super oxide dismutase What areas of the brain...