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N618 Patho FINAL EXAM 4 Questions (Fall 2026-Dr. Kinchen)

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N618 Patho FINAL EXAM 4 Questions (Fall 2026-Dr. Kinchen)

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NURS 618
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Kinchen)

A 48 year-old male has a new diagnosis of Guillain-Barre syndrome. Which of the following
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processes underlies the deficits that accompany the degeneration of myelin in his peripheral ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




nervous system (PNS)? - correct answer✔✔Nerve cells lack insulation and impulse ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




conduction is compromised by the ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




destruction of myelin. ||\\//|| ||\\//||




A badly burned firefighter has been in an induced coma for three weeks. When he awakens,
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he thanks his son for singing to him a week earlier. Which part of the brain is responsible for
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allowing him to hear and comprehend while comatose? - correct answer✔✔Thalamus
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Following a motor vehicle accident 3 months prior, a 20-year-old female who has been in a ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




coma since her accident has now had her condition declared a persistent vegetative state.
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How can her care providers most accurately explain an aspect of her situation to her
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parents? - correct answer✔✔"Though she still goes through a cycle of sleeping and waking, ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




her condition is unlikely to change."
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A nurse on a neurology unit is assessing a female client with a brain-injury. The client is
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unresponsive to speech, and her pupils are dilated and do not react to light. She is breathing ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




regularly, but her respiratory rate is 45 breaths per minute. In response to a noxious
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stimulus, her arms and legs extend rigidly. What is her level of impairment? - correct ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




answer✔✔Coma



A male newborn infant has been diagnosed with spina bifida occulta. Which of the following
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pathophysiological processes has most likely contributed to the infant's health problem? - ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




correct answer✔✔The vertebral arches around his neural tube have failed to completely
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close.

, During a clinical assessment of a 68 year-old client who has suffered a head injury, a
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neurologist suspects that a client has a sustained damage to her vagus (CN X). Which of the ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




following assessment findings is most likely to lead the physician to this conclusion? - correct
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answer✔✔The client has difficulty swallowing and has had recent constipation and
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hypoactive bowel sounds. ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Following a spinal cord injury suffered in a motor vehicle accident, a 22 year-old male has
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lost fine motor function of his finger and thumb, but is still able to perform gross motor
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movements of his hand and arm. Which of the following components of his white matter has ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




most likely been damaged? - correct answer✔✔The outer layer (neolayer)
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Several months ago, a 20-year-old male suffered a spinal cord injury brought about by a
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snowboard trick gone wrong. The lasting effects of his injury include flaccid bowel and ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




bladder and the inability to obtain an erection. While sensation has been completely
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preserved in his legs and feet, his motor function is significantly impaired. What type of ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




incomplete spinal cord injury has the man most likely experienced? - correct ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




answer✔✔Conus medullaris syndrome ||\\//|| ||\\//||




A nurse educator is explaining basic neuroanatomy to a class of prospective nursing students.
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Which of the following statements best conveys an aspect of the role of cerebrospinal fluid
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(CSF)? - correct answer✔✔CSF cushions the brain and provides a near-water medium for
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diffusion of ||\\//||




nutrients.



A 9 year-old girl has a diffuse collection of symptoms that are indicative of deficits in
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endocrine and autonomic nervous system control, and she also suffers from persistent fluid ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




and electrolyte imbalances. On which of the following aspects of the nervous system would
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her care providers focus their diagnostic efforts? - correct answer✔✔Impaired function of
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her hypothalamus ||\\//||




A nurse educator is explaining the divisions of the nervous system to a class of prospective
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nursing students. Which of these characterizations of the organization of the nervous system
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is most accurate? - correct answer✔✔The ANS is represented in both the CNS and PNS.
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