QBANK WEEK 8 NEUROLOGY QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS
A disease that produces sporadic, progressive weakness and abnormal
fatigue of voluntary skeletal muscles is: Correct Answers Myasthenia
gravis
A complex pathophysilogic process that affects the brain and is a result
of direct external contact forces is: Correct Answers Concussion
The type of seizure that affects both cerebral hemispheres and causes an
impairment of consciousness is: Correct Answers Generalized seizure
Inflammation of the dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater and
underlying cortex that causes increased intracranial pressure is: Correct
Answers Meningitis
The condition caused by inability of the brain to understand sound
despite normal detection of sound by the inner ear is known as: Correct
Answers Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder
A dysfunction of cranial nerve VI (abductees nerve) would likely result
in: Correct Answers Esotropia
A progressive neurodegenerative disease that destroys motor neuron is:
Correct Answers Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
, An abnormally excessive curvature of the thoracic spine is know as:
Correct Answers Kyphosis
Paroxysmal events associated with abnormal electrical discharge of
neurons in the brain are known as: Correct Answers Seizures
A 34 year old patient who has experienced a traumatic brain injury and
has been diagnosed with retrograde amnesia will NOT: Correct Answers
Remember events tat occurred immediately before the head trauma
The cause of movement disorder in Parkinson's disease is thought to be
related to destruction of cells in the: Correct Answers Substantia nigra
In a patient with meningitis secondary to Haemophilius influenza
infection, the history may reveal recent: Correct Answers Sinusitis
Which diagnostic study can be useful in differentiating Alzheimer's
disease from dementia with Lewy bodies? Correct Answers PET scan
Which of the following is a disorder of the spinal nerve root that results
from compression, inflammation, or tearing of the nerve roots at the
vertebral canal? Correct Answers Radiculopathy (pinched nerve)
A decrease in oxygen and glucose to brain tissue that is related to
congestion and edema in affected vessel is caused by: Correct Answers
A thrombus
DETAILED VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS
A disease that produces sporadic, progressive weakness and abnormal
fatigue of voluntary skeletal muscles is: Correct Answers Myasthenia
gravis
A complex pathophysilogic process that affects the brain and is a result
of direct external contact forces is: Correct Answers Concussion
The type of seizure that affects both cerebral hemispheres and causes an
impairment of consciousness is: Correct Answers Generalized seizure
Inflammation of the dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater and
underlying cortex that causes increased intracranial pressure is: Correct
Answers Meningitis
The condition caused by inability of the brain to understand sound
despite normal detection of sound by the inner ear is known as: Correct
Answers Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder
A dysfunction of cranial nerve VI (abductees nerve) would likely result
in: Correct Answers Esotropia
A progressive neurodegenerative disease that destroys motor neuron is:
Correct Answers Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
, An abnormally excessive curvature of the thoracic spine is know as:
Correct Answers Kyphosis
Paroxysmal events associated with abnormal electrical discharge of
neurons in the brain are known as: Correct Answers Seizures
A 34 year old patient who has experienced a traumatic brain injury and
has been diagnosed with retrograde amnesia will NOT: Correct Answers
Remember events tat occurred immediately before the head trauma
The cause of movement disorder in Parkinson's disease is thought to be
related to destruction of cells in the: Correct Answers Substantia nigra
In a patient with meningitis secondary to Haemophilius influenza
infection, the history may reveal recent: Correct Answers Sinusitis
Which diagnostic study can be useful in differentiating Alzheimer's
disease from dementia with Lewy bodies? Correct Answers PET scan
Which of the following is a disorder of the spinal nerve root that results
from compression, inflammation, or tearing of the nerve roots at the
vertebral canal? Correct Answers Radiculopathy (pinched nerve)
A decrease in oxygen and glucose to brain tissue that is related to
congestion and edema in affected vessel is caused by: Correct Answers
A thrombus
