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100
Which of the following best describes Mononeuropathies?

A) Injuries to one spinal nerve, only.
B) Injuries to a single spinal nerve, plexus or peripheral nerve trunk.
C) Injuries, which are usually systemic.
D) A.K.A ‘Mono’ or ‘the kissing disease’ caused by the Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV).

B) Injuries to a single spinal nerve, plexus or peripheral nerve trunk.
100
What is the general sequence of events when compression syndrome occurs?

A) Hypertonicity, muscle spasm, compression, functional loss
B) Ischemia, hypoxia, cell injury, tissue damage, necrosis, functional loss, compression
C) Compression, ischemia, hypoxia, cell injury, tissue damage, necrosis, functional loss
D) Inflammation, hypoxia, cell injury, vasoconstriction, compression

C) Compression, ischemia, hypoxia, cell injury, tissue damage, necrosis, functional loss
100
Which disorder presents with PNS lesion to the facial nerve, CN VII, causing unilateral facial paralysis?

a) Erb’s Palsy
b) Bell’s Palsy
c) Guillian-Barre Syndrome
d) Klumpke’s Paralysis

b) Bell’s Palsy
100
What is the most likely cause of median nerve deformity?

a) dislocation of GH joint
b) Colle's fracture
c) Pott's fracture
d) surgery

b) Colle's fracture
100
Which nerve is affected by carpal tunnel syndrome?

a) ulnar n.
b) radial n.
c) median n.
d) musculocutaneous n.

c) median n.
200
Which of the following best describes Polyneuropathies?

A) Injury to a nerve plexus, and is usually unilateral.
B) Injuries to a single spinal nerve, plexus or peripheral nerve trunk.
C) Injury to multiple nerves and is usually systemic.
D) Injury to multiple nerves and is usually local.

C) Injury to multiple nerves and is usually systemic.
200
Which of the following best describes sudden, severe, sharp pain along the course of a nerve?

A) Neuritis
B) Neuropathy
C) Causalgia
D) Neuralgia

D) Neuralgia
200
Which of the following is NOT a symptom of Bell's Palsy?

a) unable to close eye
b) facial distortion
c) hyperacusis (acute hearing)
d) increased blinking reflex

d) increased blinking reflex
200
Which motor DEFICITS are common in radial nerve deformity?

a) forearm pronation, wrist flexion, elbow flexion
b) forearm supination, wrist extension, elbow extension
c) finger and thumb flexion, wrist flexion, elbow flex ion
d) forearm pronation, wrist abduction, elbow flexion

b) forearm supination, wrist extension, elbow extension
200
Which tendons are squished when somebody has carpal tunnel syndrome?

a) tendons of flexor digitorum profundus and superficialis, and flexor pollicis longus
b) tendons of flexor carpi radialis and palmaris longus
c) tendons of flexor pollicis longus, flexor carpi radialis and ulnaris
d) tendons of extensor digitorum and extensor pollicis longus

a) tendons of flexor digitorum profundus and superficialis, and flexor pollicis longus
300
Which of the following statements about Wallerian Degeneration is FALSE?

A) Can occur in both CNS and PNS.
B) Describes when a nerve fiber is cut or crushed and there is degenerative changes to the axon, distal to injury site.
C) With crush injuries there is a better repair rate than with complete transection of the nerve.
D) The closer the injury site is to the cell body = better repair.

D) The closer the injury site is to the cell body = better repair.
300
Which of the following best describes acute, unrelenting burning pain of a distal limb due to sudden deformation of a peripheral nerve?

a) Causalgia
b) Neurasthenia
c) Hyperacusis
d) Neuritis

a) Causalgia
300
Your client presents with the following symptoms: scapulas protracted, shoulder adducted and rotated internally, elbow extended, forearm pronated, wrist & fingers flexed. Which pathology might they have?

a) Klumpke’s Paralysis “Claw hand”
b) Erb’s Palsy “Waiter’s tip”
c) Median nerve deformity “Ape hand”
d) Ulnar nerve deformity “Bishop’s hand”

b) Erb’s Palsy “Waiter’s tip”
300
Which nerve roots are involved in "wrist drop"?

a) C5-C6
b) C8-T1
c) CN 7
d) C5-T1

d) C5-T1
300
How many tendons pass through the carpal tunnel?

a) 5
b) 3
c) 9
d) 12

c) 9

4 tendons from flexor digitorum superficialis, 4 tendons of flexor digitorum profundus, and 1 tendon of flexor pollicis longus

400
Degeneration of vertebrae and intervertebral disks can result in which one of the following lesions?

A) Injury to a cranial nerve.
B) Injury to a nerve plexus.
C) Wallerian degeneration.
D) A nerve root injury.

D) A nerve root injury.
400
Which of the following is NOT a type of thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS)?

A) Anterior scalene syndrome
B) Periostalgia (soleus syndrome)
C) Pectoralis minor syndrome
D) Costoclavicular syndrome

B) Periostalgia (soleus syndrome)
400
Which of the following PNS disorders has sympathetic nervous system involvement?

a) Erb's Palsy
b) Bell's Palsy
c) Klumpke's Paralysis
d) Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

c) Klumpke's Paralysis

Nerve root injury to C8-T1

400
Which nerve roots are involved in "Ape hand"?

a) C1-C4
b) C5-C6
c) C5-T1
d) C8-T1

c) C5-T1
400
What statement about pathogenesis of Guillain-Barré syndrome is TRUE?

a) demyelination of ventral spinal roots
b) demyelination of oligodendrocytes
c) demyelination of dorsal spinal roots
d) Wallerian degeneration

a) demyelination of ventral spinal roots
500
What are the 4 stages of disc herniation in order?

A) Sequestration, Extrusion, Protrusion, Prolapse
B) Protrusion, Extrusion, Prolapse, Sequestration
C) Protrusion, Prolapse, Extrusion, Sequestration
D) Prolapse, Protrusion, Sequestration, Extrusion

C) Protrusion, Prolapse, Extrusion, Sequestration
500
Which of the following is NOT a cause of nerve entrapment syndromes?

A) External pressure
B) Internal pressure
C) Metabolic and immune imbalances
D) Hypotonicity

D) Hypotonicity
500
Which of the following is NOT a sign of Horner's syndrome?

a) hyperacusis
b) miosis
c) ptosis
d) anhydrosis

a) hyperacusis
500
Which nerve roots are involved in "Bishop's hand"?

a) C5-T1
b) C8-T1
c) C5-C7
d) C5-C6

b) C8-T1
500
Presentation of Guillain-Barré syndrome is:

a) hemiplegia
b) symmetric flaccid paralysis
c) symmetric spastic paralysis
d) quadriplegia

b) symmetric flaccid paralysis