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Which neurons transmit impulses from neuron to neuron?

What are Interneurons 

100

Glutamate

What is an excitatory neurotransmitter 

100

Which criterion is not used when determining brain death?

  •  Unresponsive coma
  •  No spontaneous respiration
  •  Isoelectric electroencephalogram (EEG)
  •  Ocular response to head turning

What is 

Ocular response to head turning

100

Which statement is true regarding spinal shock? 

  • It is characterized by a complete loss of reflex function. 
  •  It is permanent.
  •  It causes increased muscle tone below the lesion.
  •  No disruption of thermal control results.

What is 

It is characterized by a complete loss of reflex function. 

100

Which best describes schizophrenia?

  •  Positive personality
  •  Negative personality
  •  Disruption of thoughts 
  •  Constant hallucinations

What is  Disruption of thoughts

200

Which part of the brain contains all cell bodies and dendrites of the neurons

What is the Grey Matter

200

Which type of pain arises from connective tissue, muscle, bone, and skin?

What is Somatic Pain

200

A person is in status epilepticus. What are the greatest concerns when treating this individual? 

  • Cerebral hypoxia 
  •  Aspiration 
  •  Bleeding of the tongue
  •  Musculoskeletal trauma

What are 

Cerebral hypoxia  And Aspiration 

200

An older adult who abuses alcohol has fallen and is diagnosed with a hematoma that is located on the top of the brain. Which type of hematoma fits this description? 

  • Subdural 
  •  Epidural 
  •  Extradural
  •  Intracerebral

What is Subdural

200

Which statement is true of anxiety disorders?

  •  Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent psychiatric illness. 
  •  Anxiety disorders and depression are not linked.
  •  Anxiety disorders are normal and will correct themselves.
  •  Benzodiazepines are first-line, single treatment for panic disorder

What is

Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent psychiatric illness. 

300

Broca’s area

What Is responsible for motor speech 

300

Which two systems regulate the complex emotional responses to pain?

What are the  Limbic and reticular systems 

300

An individual having difficulty concentrating is restless and irritable and briefly confused. These changes have developed over 2–3 days. Which describes this condition? 

  • Alzheimer disease
  •  Dementia
  •  Delirium 
  •  Coma


What is Delirium

300

A person experiences a vertebral fracture in which the C1 vertebra is fractured into several fragments. This type of fracture can be described as which of the following? 

  • Simple
  •  Compressed 
  •  Comminuted
  •  Wedge

What is Comminuted

300

When an individual reports that, “Voices are telling me to steal money from the church,” the nurse determines that the person is experiencing

What are Hallucinations 

400

Substantia gelatinosa

What is involved in pain transmission 

400

 Which mechanism of heat loss involves electromagnetic waves?

What is Radiation 

400

An individual sustains a cerebral vascular accident (CVA) that results in left-sided paralysis. What term describes this condition?

What is Hemiplegia 

400

A 23-year-old reports bilateral pain with a sensation of a tight band around the head. Which type of headache fits this description?

What is a Tension Headache 

400

Which statement is true regarding mood disorders?

  •  The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) system hormones are decreased in a large percentage of individuals with major depression. 
  • Depression occurs with deficits in brain norepinephrine.
  •  Environmental factors play no role in depression.
  •  No genetic role exists in depression.

What is 

  • Depression occurs with deficits in brain norepinephrine.
500

An insulating substance for the neuron

What is Myelin 

500

Free nerve endings in the afferent peripheral nervous system that selectively respond to different chemical, mechanical, and thermal stimuli?

What are Nociceptors

500

Vomiting is a result of a central nervous system (CNS) injury caused by which of the following?

  •  Impingement directly on the floor of the third ventricle
  •  Decrease in intracranial pressure
  •  Involvement of the vestibular nuclei 
  •  Decompression of the brainstem 

What is  Involvement of the vestibular nuclei

500

The person at highest risk for traumatic brain injury (TBI) is

  •  black and economically disadvantaged. 
  •  male and disabled.
  •  female and over 20 years of age. Incorrect
  •  an economically advantaged young adult.

What is  black and economically disadvantaged

Reasoning - Those at highest risk for TBI are children 0–4 years of age, older adolescents aged 15–19 years, and adults aged 65 years and older. Males have the highest incidence in every age group. TBI is highest among black and in lower- and median-income families. 

500

Which term describes the inability to experience emotions, especially pleasure?

What is Anhedonia