FINAL SCRIPT STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
QUESTIONS ANSWERS UPDATED
ACCURATE GUARANTEED PASS
●● 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