UNDERSTANDING PATHO EXAM SUCCESS: ULTIMATE
A+, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS BREAKDOWN
Which structure is involved in pain transmission?
A) Posterior horn
B) Substantia gelantinosa
C) Anterior horn
D) Dorsal root ganglia
B) Substantia gelantinosa
It is true that the brain's Broca area:
A) makes receptive responses possible.
B) is responsible for motor speech.
C) when traumatized, results in the inability to hear.
D) is found in the right cerebral hemisphere
B) is responsible for motor speech.
A patient who was outside on a summer day and is now experiencing increased sweating and thirst,
weakness, and dizziness is exhibiting signs of:
A) heat cramps.
B) heat exhaustion.
C) hyperthermic stroke.
D) malignant hyperthermia.
B) heat exhaustion.
The appropriate definition of perceptual dominance is:
A) the duration of time or intensity of pain before overt pain responses are initiated.
B) pain at one location that may cause an increase in threshold at another location.
C) repeated exposure to a pain stimulus.
D) the point at which pain is perceived.
B) pain at one location that may cause an increase in threshold at another location.
A patient who exhibits involuntary twisting movements caused by slow muscle contraction on the
right side of the body is experiencing:
A) hypertonia.
B) spasticity.
C) hemidystonia.
D) paratonia.
C) hemidystonia.
, Abnormal findings in which of the following evaluations would indicate possible neurological
dysfunction? Select all that apply.
Level of consciousness
Pattern of breathing
Heart rate
Eye position
Skeletal muscle motor responses
...
A patient is experiencing pain that courses over the buttocks and into the calf and ankle. This is
suggestive of a herniated disc at which vertebral level?
A) Cervical
B) Thoracic
C) Lumbar
D) Coccyx
C) Lumbar
The person at highest risk for traumatic brain injury (TBI) is:
A) African American and economically disadvantaged.
B) male and disabled.
C) female and 20 years of age.
D) an economically advantaged young adult.
A) African American and economically disadvantaged.
A patient has a hernial protrusion of a saclike cyst containing meninges, spinal fluid, and a portion of
the spinal cord through a deficit in the spinal column. This condition is described as a(n):
A) encephalocele.
B) meningocele.
C) myelomeningocele.
D) Arnold-Chiari malformation.
C) myelomeningocele.
Pathology reports indicate that a child's brain tumor developed in the vermis of the cerebellum and
extended into the fourth ventricle. The tumor is most likely a(n):
A) medulloblastoma.
B) ependymoma.
C) cerebellar astrocytoma.
D) brain stem glioma
A+, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS BREAKDOWN
Which structure is involved in pain transmission?
A) Posterior horn
B) Substantia gelantinosa
C) Anterior horn
D) Dorsal root ganglia
B) Substantia gelantinosa
It is true that the brain's Broca area:
A) makes receptive responses possible.
B) is responsible for motor speech.
C) when traumatized, results in the inability to hear.
D) is found in the right cerebral hemisphere
B) is responsible for motor speech.
A patient who was outside on a summer day and is now experiencing increased sweating and thirst,
weakness, and dizziness is exhibiting signs of:
A) heat cramps.
B) heat exhaustion.
C) hyperthermic stroke.
D) malignant hyperthermia.
B) heat exhaustion.
The appropriate definition of perceptual dominance is:
A) the duration of time or intensity of pain before overt pain responses are initiated.
B) pain at one location that may cause an increase in threshold at another location.
C) repeated exposure to a pain stimulus.
D) the point at which pain is perceived.
B) pain at one location that may cause an increase in threshold at another location.
A patient who exhibits involuntary twisting movements caused by slow muscle contraction on the
right side of the body is experiencing:
A) hypertonia.
B) spasticity.
C) hemidystonia.
D) paratonia.
C) hemidystonia.
, Abnormal findings in which of the following evaluations would indicate possible neurological
dysfunction? Select all that apply.
Level of consciousness
Pattern of breathing
Heart rate
Eye position
Skeletal muscle motor responses
...
A patient is experiencing pain that courses over the buttocks and into the calf and ankle. This is
suggestive of a herniated disc at which vertebral level?
A) Cervical
B) Thoracic
C) Lumbar
D) Coccyx
C) Lumbar
The person at highest risk for traumatic brain injury (TBI) is:
A) African American and economically disadvantaged.
B) male and disabled.
C) female and 20 years of age.
D) an economically advantaged young adult.
A) African American and economically disadvantaged.
A patient has a hernial protrusion of a saclike cyst containing meninges, spinal fluid, and a portion of
the spinal cord through a deficit in the spinal column. This condition is described as a(n):
A) encephalocele.
B) meningocele.
C) myelomeningocele.
D) Arnold-Chiari malformation.
C) myelomeningocele.
Pathology reports indicate that a child's brain tumor developed in the vermis of the cerebellum and
extended into the fourth ventricle. The tumor is most likely a(n):
A) medulloblastoma.
B) ependymoma.
C) cerebellar astrocytoma.
D) brain stem glioma
