Navy Hospital Corpsman, HCB FINAL Exam ALL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST
UPDATE THIS YEAR
QUESTION: an acute inflammation of the brain and spinal cord involving the meninges often
due to a virus - CORRECT ANSWER>>encephalitis
QUESTION: a chronic disorder characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures secondary to
any underlying brain abnormality - CORRECT ANSWER>>epilepsy
QUESTION: muscular weakness or partial paralysis restricted to one side of the body - CORRECT
ANSWER>>hemiparesis
QUESTION: total or partial paralysis of one side of the body that results from disease of or
injury to the motor centers of the brain - CORRECT ANSWER>>hemiplegia
QUESTION: a post infectious disorder following a nonspecific gastrointestinal or respiratory
infection that causes an acute neuromuscular paralysis - CORRECT ANSWER>>guillian barre
syndrome
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QUESTION: a sensation of prickling tingling or creeping on the skin having no objective cause
and usually associated with injury or irritation of a sensory nerve or nerve root - CORRECT
ANSWER>>paresthesia
QUESTION: a prolonged seizure or situation when a person suffers two or more convulsive
seizures without regaining full consciousness - CORRECT ANSWER>>status epilepticus
QUESTION: main network of coordination and control for the body - CORRECT
ANSWER>>central nervous system (brain and spinal cord)
QUESTION: nerves that enter and exit the spinal cord between the vertebrae the 12 pairs of
the cranial nerves that travel between the brain and the organs without passing through the
spinal cord and all of the body's other motor sensory nerves - CORRECT ANSWER>>peripheral
nervous system
Q; A temporary acute paralysis or weakness of one side of the face - CORRECT ANSWER>>bells
palsy
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QUESTION: rapidly alternating involuntary contraction and relaxation of skeletal muscle -
CORRECT ANSWER>>clonic/clonus
QUESTION: rigid extension of all four extremities with hyperpronation of the forearms and
plantar flexion of the feet - CORRECT ANSWER>>decerebrate posturing
QUESTION: posturing manifested by the obtunded pt pulling arms and hands medially toward
the center of the body in response to noxious stimuli - CORRECT ANSWER>>decorticate
posturing
QUESTION: the area of skin supplied by cuntaneous branches of single cranial or spinal nerve -
CORRECT ANSWER>>dermatome
QUESTION: coordinates and regulates the internal organs of the body such as cardiac muscle
and smooth muscle. it has two divisions each tending to balance the impulses of the other -
CORRECT ANSWER>>autonomic nervous system
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QUESTION: prods the body into action during times of physiologic and psychological stress -
CORRECT ANSWER>>sympathetic division
QUESTION: fxs in a complimentary and counterbalancing manner to conserve the body
resources and maintain day to day body fxs such as digestion and elimination - CORRECT
ANSWER>>parasympathetic division
QUESTION: the brain and spinal cord are protected by - CORRECT ANSWER>>skull & vertebrae
meninges
CSF
QUESTION: three layers of the meninges surround the brain and spinal cord assisting in the
production and drainage of cerebrospinal fluid - CORRECT ANSWER>>meninges
QUESTION: circulates between an interconnecting system of ventricles in the brain and around
the brain and spinal cord serving as a shock absorber - CORRECT ANSWER>>cerebrospinal fluid
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