Exam 15: Alterations of Neurologic Function

An initial clinical manifestation associated with acute spinal cord injury is:

The main source of bleeding in extradural (epidural) hematomas is:

A 15-month-old child from Pennsylvania was brought to the ER for fever, seizure activity, cranial palsies, and paralysis. Which of the following is the most likely cause?

The cause of multiple sclerosis (MS) seems to be an interaction between:

A 15-year-old male is brought to the emergency department for treatment of injuries received in a motor vehicle accident. An MRI reveals spinal cord injury, and his body temperature fluctuates markedly. The most accurate explanation of this phenomenon is that:

A 39-year-old male suffers a severe brain injury when he falls off a building while working. CT scan reveals that he has a basilar skull fractures. One major concern for this patient is:

A 25-year-old male was in an automobile accident. At impact, his forehead struck the windshield. In this situation, the coup injury would occur in the:

A 65-year-old male suffers a subarachnoid hemorrhage secondary to uncontrolled hypertension. He appears drowsy and confused with pronounced focal neurologic deficits. This condition is a grade:

The most common primary CNS tumors in adults are:

A 72-year-old male demonstrates left-sided weakness of upper and lower extremities. The symptoms disappear in 24 hours. He most likely experienced a(n):

Of the following groups, who are at highest risk for a cerebrovascular accident?

A major contributing process in cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) is the development of atheromatous plaques in cerebral circulation. These most commonly form:

A 50-year-old male presents with low back pain. He denies trauma and says he just woke up and it was hurting. An MRI reveals that the vertebra at L5 slid forward relative to those above and below it. This condition is called:

A 23-year-old female begins having problems with tiredness, weakness, and visual changes. Her diagnosis is multiple sclerosis (MS). The pathogenic model of multiple sclerosis includes:

Myasthenia gravis results from:

Six weeks ago a female patient suffered a T6 spinal cord injury. She then developed a blood pressure of 200/120, a severe headache, blurred vision, and bradycardia. She is likely experiencing:

One risk factor for thrombotic stroke is:

The most severe diffuse brain injury caused by rotational acceleration is most likely to be located:

A 33-year-old male is brought to the emergency department for treatment of injuries received in a motor vehicle accident. An MRI reveals an injury of the cervical cord. Cord swelling in this region may be life threatening because:

A cause of hydrocephalus in subarachnoid hemorrhage is: