MED SURG NEURO EXAMS SET 2026 PREMIUM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULL SOLUTION VIEW AHEAD

MED SURG NEURO EXAMS SET 2026
PREMIUM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
FULL SOLUTION VIEW AHEAD

●● Brudzinski's sign.
Answer: test for meningitis


●● Kernig's sign.
Answer: test for meningitis


●● decorticate.
Answer: towards the center


●● decerebrate.
Answer: extension away from body


●● babinski reflex.
Answer: Reflex in which a newborn fans out the toes when the sole of
the foot is touched


●● cerebral angiography.
Answer: study of cerebral circulation w/ contrast medium

,●● EEG.
Answer: brain waves


●● headache.
Answer: pain within the cranial vault


●● patho of headache.
Answer: - expanding brain mass
- intracranial bleeding
-meningitis
- head trauma
- cerebral hypoxia
- psychological factors


●● migraine.
Answer: chronic, episodic disorder w/ multiple subtypes


●● prodrome stage.
Answer: mild headache,


●● aura phase of migraine.

, Answer: -smell, feeling, flashing light that tells you that a migraine is on
its way.


●● headache phase.
Answer: few hours to a few days; 4-72 hours


●● migraine treatment.
Answer: - abortive therapy
- preventative


●● abortive therapy.
Answer: alleviating pain during the early aura phase or soon after the
headache has started


●● cluster headache.
Answer: histamine cephalgia


●● cluster headache caused.
Answer: unknown; attributed to vasoreactivity and oxyhemoglobin


●● cluster headache location.
Answer: unilateral, usually behind or around the eye or temple