Rapid, involuntary, jerky, arrhythmic movements of muscle groups, that can be generalized,
symmetric, asymmetric or unilateral describes what disorder? - Answers Chorea
The single most important source of information in reducing diagnostic uncertainty - Answers is
the H & P
The root word "cardio" means: - Answers heart
The Glasgow Scale is used to determine: - Answers the patient's degree of consciousness
The conceptional age is defined as the: - Answers gestational age plus the chronological age
Cataplexy is seen in: - Answers narcolepsy
______ is a rare progressive cerebrovascular disorder primarily in children but also adults,
caused by blocked arteries in the basal ganglia. The name means "puff of smoke" named for the
appearance of a tangle of tiny blood vessels that develop to compensate for the blockage and
appear on X Ray. Symptoms include stroke and TIAs with associated weakness and paralysis. -
Answers Moya Moya Disease
Prozac(fluoxetine), Welbutrin (bupropion), Lexapro(escitalopram Oxalate), Zoloft (sertraline),
Paxil (paroxetine), Celexa (citalopram), Effexor XL(venlafazine HCI) - Answers Antidepressants
On a neurological exam, a typical question might be: "How is a car like a bicycle?" The patient's
response is determined by: - Answers -the patient's hearing
-the patient's comprehension of English
-the patient's ability to compare items in an abstract fashion
Body tissue contains excessive fluid: - Answers edema
The suffix -"itis" means: - Answers inflammation
Define Angiography: - Answers serial X-rays of blood vessels following the injection of a
radiopaque substance.
TIA: - Answers Transient Ischemic Attack
Define Acute: - Answers (of a bad, difficult, or unwelcome situation, symptoms or phenomenon)
present or experienced to a severe or intense degree, often of short duration and contrasted
with the term "chronic".
QRS complex refers to: - Answers ventricular excitation of the myocardium
Sign of increased intracranial pressure (ICP): - Answers Papilledema
, P.O. stands for: - Answers by mouth
What does QD, BID and TID mean on a prescription? - Answers One per day, two per day and
three per day
Thorazine (chlorpromazine), Haldol (haloperidol), Stelazine (trifluoperazine), Mellaril
(thioridazine), Clozapine (clozaril), Risperdal (risperdone), Zyprexa (olanzapine) - Answers
Psychotherapeutics/Neuroleptics
Abnormally low concentration of sodium in the blood is called: - Answers hyponatremia
Define Aneurysm: - Answers localized abnormal dilatation of a blood vessel, usually an artery.
The term incidence refers to: - Answers the number of new patients with a given diagnosis
appearing in a defined population over a period of time
A neonate is born at 29 weeks gestational age. An EEG is performed when she is 8 weeks old.
Her conceptional age is: - Answers 37
A biphasic horizontal, vertical, diagonal or rotational ocular oscillation in which at least one
phase is slow: - Answers Nystagmus
Aphasia is: - Answers a language disorder
A clinical sign of meningitis is: - Answers nuchal rigidity
inability to perform purposeful movements although there is no sensory or motor impairment. -
Answers Apraxia
thickening, hardening, and loss of elasticity in the walls of the arteries, occurring typically in old
age. - Answers Arteriosclerosis
purposeless or quasi-purposeful movements or behavior that occur without the patient's
awareness with subsequent amnesia for the actions that may be seen at the onset of a complex
partial seizure with or without secondary generalization. - Answers Automatism
loss of memory for events occurring after the trauma. - Answers Anterograde amnesia
loss of comprehension of auditory, visual, or other sensations although the sensory pathways
are intact. - Answers Agnosia
a disease of the arteries characterized by the deposition of plaques of fatty material on their
inner walls. - Answers Atherosclerosis
symptom, or sensation that preludes the onset of a physical development such as a migraine or
a seizure. A sensation felt by the patient originally thought to be a "warning" of a seizure. -
Answers Aura