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AAMI PATHOLOGY FOR EMBALMERS FINAL
EXAM | FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS | BRAND NEW!
What is the nerve damage caused by in multiple sclerosis. - ✔✔✔
correct answer > inflammation
This occurs when the bodys own immune cells attack the
nervous system which can occur along any area of the brain,
optic nerve, and spinal cord. - ✔✔✔ correct answer > inflammation
People with ______ may experience:
- muscular weakness
- poor coordination
- tremors
- visual problems
- involuntary, rapid eye movements - ✔✔✔ correct answer > multiple
sclerosis
People with ms typically experience periods of exacerbation and
remission. T/f - ✔✔✔ correct answer > true
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A chronic disorder of the brain that leads to shaking and
difficulty walking, movements and coordination which appears to
gradually and progresses slowly. - ✔✔✔ correct answer > parkinsons
disease
What is parkinsons disease also known as? - ✔✔✔ correct answer >
shaking palsy
Parkinsons disease usually develops after someone turns - ✔✔✔
correct answer > 50
What is one of the most common nervous system disorders of
the elderly? - ✔✔✔ correct answer > parkinsons disease
Nerve cells use a brain chemical called ________ to help control
muscle movement. - ✔✔✔ correct answer > dopamine
This occurs when the nerve cells in the brain that make
dopamine are slowly destroyed. - ✔✔✔ correct answer > parkinsons
disease
This disease is characterized by:
- slow tremors, especially in hands and fingers
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- muscular rigidity
- posture is stooped forward with head flexed to the chest
- wrists are flexed, and the knees are bent
- walking occurs in short, rapid steps, often resulting in loss of
balance and falling
- expressionless face with slow and deliberate speech - ✔✔✔
correct answer > parkinsons disease
A condition of deteriorated mental ability accompanied by
emotional instability. - ✔✔✔ correct answer > dementia
It is a progressive, irreversible decline in mental function,
marked by memory impairment and, often, deficits in reasoning,
judgement, abstract thought, registration, comprehension,
learning, task execution, and use of language. - ✔✔✔ correct answer >
dementia
What is the most common form of dementia among older people
in the united states? - ✔✔✔ correct answer > alzheimers disease
Alzheimers disease involves the part of the brain that controls
_______, _______, and ______ - ✔✔✔ correct answer > thought, memory,
language
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What age does alzheimers usually begin after? - ✔✔✔ correct answer
> 60
This is an idiopathic disease and there is currently no cure for it -
✔✔✔ correct answer > dementia
This is a rare yet deadly disease - ✔✔✔ correct answer > creutzfeldt-
jakob disease
This disease causes a slow degeneration of the central nervous
system resulting in a gradual mental deterioration called
dementia. - ✔✔✔ correct answer > cjd
It is believed that a small protein particale called a ______ is
responsible for causing cjd - ✔✔✔ correct answer > prion
This is a progressive disease that causes spongeform
degeneration of the brain - ✔✔✔ correct answer > cjd
This is a "slow" virus that may remain dormant in the body for 17-
20 years because causing any signs of the illness. - ✔✔✔ correct
answer > cjd
AAMI PATHOLOGY FOR EMBALMERS FINAL
EXAM | FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS | BRAND NEW!
What is the nerve damage caused by in multiple sclerosis. - ✔✔✔
correct answer > inflammation
This occurs when the bodys own immune cells attack the
nervous system which can occur along any area of the brain,
optic nerve, and spinal cord. - ✔✔✔ correct answer > inflammation
People with ______ may experience:
- muscular weakness
- poor coordination
- tremors
- visual problems
- involuntary, rapid eye movements - ✔✔✔ correct answer > multiple
sclerosis
People with ms typically experience periods of exacerbation and
remission. T/f - ✔✔✔ correct answer > true
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A chronic disorder of the brain that leads to shaking and
difficulty walking, movements and coordination which appears to
gradually and progresses slowly. - ✔✔✔ correct answer > parkinsons
disease
What is parkinsons disease also known as? - ✔✔✔ correct answer >
shaking palsy
Parkinsons disease usually develops after someone turns - ✔✔✔
correct answer > 50
What is one of the most common nervous system disorders of
the elderly? - ✔✔✔ correct answer > parkinsons disease
Nerve cells use a brain chemical called ________ to help control
muscle movement. - ✔✔✔ correct answer > dopamine
This occurs when the nerve cells in the brain that make
dopamine are slowly destroyed. - ✔✔✔ correct answer > parkinsons
disease
This disease is characterized by:
- slow tremors, especially in hands and fingers
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- muscular rigidity
- posture is stooped forward with head flexed to the chest
- wrists are flexed, and the knees are bent
- walking occurs in short, rapid steps, often resulting in loss of
balance and falling
- expressionless face with slow and deliberate speech - ✔✔✔
correct answer > parkinsons disease
A condition of deteriorated mental ability accompanied by
emotional instability. - ✔✔✔ correct answer > dementia
It is a progressive, irreversible decline in mental function,
marked by memory impairment and, often, deficits in reasoning,
judgement, abstract thought, registration, comprehension,
learning, task execution, and use of language. - ✔✔✔ correct answer >
dementia
What is the most common form of dementia among older people
in the united states? - ✔✔✔ correct answer > alzheimers disease
Alzheimers disease involves the part of the brain that controls
_______, _______, and ______ - ✔✔✔ correct answer > thought, memory,
language
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What age does alzheimers usually begin after? - ✔✔✔ correct answer
> 60
This is an idiopathic disease and there is currently no cure for it -
✔✔✔ correct answer > dementia
This is a rare yet deadly disease - ✔✔✔ correct answer > creutzfeldt-
jakob disease
This disease causes a slow degeneration of the central nervous
system resulting in a gradual mental deterioration called
dementia. - ✔✔✔ correct answer > cjd
It is believed that a small protein particale called a ______ is
responsible for causing cjd - ✔✔✔ correct answer > prion
This is a progressive disease that causes spongeform
degeneration of the brain - ✔✔✔ correct answer > cjd
This is a "slow" virus that may remain dormant in the body for 17-
20 years because causing any signs of the illness. - ✔✔✔ correct
answer > cjd
