Exam 13: Nervous System and Psychologic Disorders

You are observing a patient's quality of movement and notice abnormally increased motor function. Which of the following terms best describes your observation?

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Question 41

Release of a nerve sheath or relief of tension on a nerve is called:

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Question 42

Paralysis of the legs and lower part of the body is an example of:

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Question 43

Suturing of a cut nerve is called:

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Question 44

A large category of psychiatric disorders in which the symptoms are distressing to the person, reality testing is within normal limits, and behavior does not violate gross social norms refers to:

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Question 45

Which of the following is a true statement about anesthesia?

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Question 46

Which of the following is characterized by an abnormal, uncontrollable, and recurrent urge to steal?

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Question 47

Recording and analysis of the electrical activity of the brain is called:

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Question 48

_____ is sexual perversion in general.

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Question 49

Abnormal slowness of movement or sluggishness of mental and physical processes is called:

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Question 50

The clinic you work at is at the top of a skyscraper. A patient who is scheduled to see you today calls to say that he has a severe fear of heights and will not come up from the lobby. This patient is displaying:

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Question 51

You are treating a professional athlete who many colleagues say has a "big ego." Clinically, this is called:

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Question 52

A disorder characterized by an acute emotional response after a traumatic event is:

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Question 53

Abstention from eating that results from an inability to swallow is called:

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Question 54

Which of the following is a true statement about the peripheral nervous system?

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Question 55

Which term refers to temporary dysfunction caused by impaired blood flow to the brain?

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Question 56

You have a 43-year-old female patient who frequently schedules appointments following a popular medical show and is concerned that she has the diagnoses highlighted on the show, despite not having physical symptoms that match the diagnoses she discussed. What is likely the cause of her appointment?

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Question 57

Which of the following is a chronic disease of the central nervous system that involves progressive destruction of the myelin sheaths of the neurons?

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Question 58

A term for paralysis of all four extremities is:

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Question 59

Herniation of the meninges is called:

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Question 60

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You are observing a patient's quality of movement and notice abnormally increased motor function. Which of the following terms best describes your observation?

Release of a nerve sheath or relief of tension on a nerve is called:

Paralysis of the legs and lower part of the body is an example of:

Suturing of a cut nerve is called:

A large category of psychiatric disorders in which the symptoms are distressing to the person, reality testing is within normal limits, and behavior does not violate gross social norms refers to:

Which of the following is a true statement about anesthesia?

Which of the following is characterized by an abnormal, uncontrollable, and recurrent urge to steal?

Recording and analysis of the electrical activity of the brain is called:

_____ is sexual perversion in general.

Abnormal slowness of movement or sluggishness of mental and physical processes is called:

The clinic you work at is at the top of a skyscraper. A patient who is scheduled to see you today calls to say that he has a severe fear of heights and will not come up from the lobby. This patient is displaying:

You are treating a professional athlete who many colleagues say has a "big ego." Clinically, this is called:

A disorder characterized by an acute emotional response after a traumatic event is:

Abstention from eating that results from an inability to swallow is called:

Which of the following is a true statement about the peripheral nervous system?

Which term refers to temporary dysfunction caused by impaired blood flow to the brain?

You have a 43-year-old female patient who frequently schedules appointments following a popular medical show and is concerned that she has the diagnoses highlighted on the show, despite not having physical symptoms that match the diagnoses she discussed. What is likely the cause of her appointment?

Which of the following is a chronic disease of the central nervous system that involves progressive destruction of the myelin sheaths of the neurons?

A term for paralysis of all four extremities is:

Herniation of the meninges is called:

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