NAVY HOSPITAL CORPSMAN HCB
TEST 6 2026 STUDY GUIDE
PRACTICE QUESTIONS DETAILED
SOLUTIONS
◉ rapidly alternating involuntary contraction and relaxation of skeletal
muscle. Answer: clonic/clonus
◉ rigid extension of all four extremities with hyperpronation of the
forearms and plantar flexion of the feet. Answer: decerebrate posturing
◉ posturing manifested by the obtunded pt pulling arms and hands
medially toward the center of the body in response to noxious stimuli.
Answer: decorticate posturing
◉ the area of skin supplied by cuntaneous branches of single cranial or
spinal nerve. Answer: dermatome
◉ an acute inflammation of the brain and spinal cord involving the
meninges often due to a virus. Answer: encephalitis
◉ a chronic disorder characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures
secondary to any underlying brain abnormality. Answer: epilepsy
◉ muscular weakness or partial paralysis restricted to one side of the
body. Answer: hemiparesis
, ◉ total or partial paralysis of one side of the body that results from
disease of or injury to the motor centers of the brain. Answer:
hemiplegia
◉ a post infectious disorder following a nonspecific gastrointestinal or
respiratory infection that causes an acute neuromuscular paralysis.
Answer: guillian barre syndrome
◉ 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. Answer: paresthesia
◉ a prolonged seizure or situation when a person suffers two or more
convulsive seizures without regaining full consciousness. Answer: status
epilepticus
◉ main network of coordination and control for the body. Answer:
central nervous system (brain and spinal cord)
◉ 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. Answer: peripheral nervous system
TEST 6 2026 STUDY GUIDE
PRACTICE QUESTIONS DETAILED
SOLUTIONS
◉ rapidly alternating involuntary contraction and relaxation of skeletal
muscle. Answer: clonic/clonus
◉ rigid extension of all four extremities with hyperpronation of the
forearms and plantar flexion of the feet. Answer: decerebrate posturing
◉ posturing manifested by the obtunded pt pulling arms and hands
medially toward the center of the body in response to noxious stimuli.
Answer: decorticate posturing
◉ the area of skin supplied by cuntaneous branches of single cranial or
spinal nerve. Answer: dermatome
◉ an acute inflammation of the brain and spinal cord involving the
meninges often due to a virus. Answer: encephalitis
◉ a chronic disorder characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures
secondary to any underlying brain abnormality. Answer: epilepsy
◉ muscular weakness or partial paralysis restricted to one side of the
body. Answer: hemiparesis
, ◉ total or partial paralysis of one side of the body that results from
disease of or injury to the motor centers of the brain. Answer:
hemiplegia
◉ a post infectious disorder following a nonspecific gastrointestinal or
respiratory infection that causes an acute neuromuscular paralysis.
Answer: guillian barre syndrome
◉ 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. Answer: paresthesia
◉ a prolonged seizure or situation when a person suffers two or more
convulsive seizures without regaining full consciousness. Answer: status
epilepticus
◉ main network of coordination and control for the body. Answer:
central nervous system (brain and spinal cord)
◉ 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. Answer: peripheral nervous system
