BMB Unit 3 Quiz

Question 1

049: Multiselect: A comatose patient with small, reactive pupils might have which lesion?

Accepted Answer

Early supratentorial

Question 2

062: Which findings would suggest a PROXIMAL (rather than distal) MCA occlusion? [MULTI-SELECT]

Accepted Answer

Absence of cortical findings

Question 3

059: Pt presents to ER after a "thunderclap headache." Which type of stroke is most likely?

Accepted Answer

Hemorrhagic (subarachnoid)

Question 4

049: True or false: Stupor is defined as eye opening in response to verbal stimulus.

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 5

046: Suitable treatment options for Alzheimer's dementia? (multi-select)

Accepted Answer

memantine, tacrine, donepezil

Question 6

046: Executive planning area of the brain?

Accepted Answer

anterior association area

Question 7

059: Best secondary stroke prevention therapy for patients with atrial fibrillation?

Accepted Answer

Warfarin

Question 8

065: What brain area loss triggers agnosia

Accepted Answer

Inferior Temporal Lobe

Question 9

065: What area of the brain will trigger writing?

Accepted Answer

Broca's Area

Question 10

058: Select all the histological features associated with oligodendrogliomas (MULTI-SELECT)

Accepted Answer

Calcifications

Question 11

061:(Hypothalamus) Lesion in Ventromedial N. and Lateral N. causes __ & ___, respectively.

Accepted Answer

overeating; anorexia

Question 12

060: A pt cannot recall parents' names but has intact digit span and repeats a short story. Dx?

Accepted Answer

Hollywood (psychogenic) amnesia

Question 13

060: A patient is disorientated to time and place. What is the type of memory deficit?

Accepted Answer

Short-term memory

Question 14

055: Which of the following would be considered a secondary injury?

Accepted Answer

Edema

Question 15

053: Multiselect. Breakthrough Seizures are often due to...

Accepted Answer

Non-adherence

Question 16

047: Which are required for a diagnosis of mild intellectual disability? [MULTI-SELECT]

Accepted Answer

Onset before 18 years old, Interferes with adaptive function

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT a side effect of cholinergic drugs?

Accepted Answer

Tachycardia

Question 18

061: (Hypothalamus) Anterior nucleus responds to (..) & posterior nucleus responds to (..) temp

Accepted Answer

Warm; Cold

Question 19

063: Pt's hand performs purposeful actions that he did not intend. Lesion? [MULTI-SELECT]

Accepted Answer

Contralateral parietal lobe, Corpus callosum

Question 20

047: Which findings would be consistent with a dx of autism? [MULTI-SELECT]

Accepted Answer

Lack of mutual attention, Difficulty inferring the mental states of others, Initially smiled at faces but now does not respond to name, Mild intellectual disability

Question 21

063: Pt w/homonymous hemianopia, macula spared. Extension to the basilar artery can damage...

Accepted Answer

Reticular Activating System -> Coma

Question 22

050: A lesion in the LEFT frontal eye field would result in:

Accepted Answer

Gaze directed to the left

Question 23

062: No light reflex; abulia; aphasia; hemiplegia/sensory loss (arm=leg); hemianopia: artery?

Accepted Answer

Superior MCA

Question 24

062: Which symptoms are consistent with a PICA stroke? [MULTI-SELECT]

Accepted Answer

Contralateral loss of pain and temperature, Ipsilateral loss of sensation to soft palate, Horner syndrome

Question 25

050: The Anterior Cingulate Cortex is involved in:

Accepted Answer

Learning from errors

Question 26

058: Which tumor is always defined as CNS WHO grade 4 regardless of histology?

Accepted Answer

Medulloblastoma

Question 27

056: Which of the following pupils would be seen in an uncal herniation?

Accepted Answer

Unilateral, dilated non-reactive

Question 28

053: Which of the following cause(s) Na+ channel inactivation, reducing high frequency firing?

Accepted Answer

PHENYTOIN

Question 29

053: Clonic convulsions are best described as…

Accepted Answer

Semi-rhythmic movement of limbs

Question 30

057: MCA superior division stroke could cause these deficits: (MULTI-SELECT)

Accepted Answer

ipsilateral deviation of head/eyes, Broca's Aphasia

Question 31

048: Cortical neuron resting membrane potential pacemaker…

Accepted Answer

Thalamic reticular nucleus

Question 32

049: Multiselect: Comatose patient with absent fast/abnormal slow EOM might have which lesion?

Accepted Answer

Sub tentorial, Late supratentorial

Question 33

046: Pt has agrammatical/non-fluent speech, can follow commands, and is able to repeat. Dx?

Accepted Answer

Trans-cortical motor aphasia

Question 34

050: What best describes the decision making mode System I (multi-select):

Accepted Answer

Fast, Orbitofrontal Cortex

Question 35

056: Which CSF WBC count would be most indicative of a viral meningitis?

Accepted Answer

90

Question 36

048: Multiselect. The narcolepsy tetrad includes ___________.

Accepted Answer

Sleep paralysis, Excessive daytime sleepiness, Cataplexy

Question 37

048: Frequency band at 10 Hz. Which wave?

Accepted Answer

Alpha

Question 38

059: For which of the following patients would carotid endarterectomy be appropriate?

Accepted Answer

78 M with R carotid bruit (70% stenosis), L stroke signs

Question 39

065: What is the most common cause of vascular dementia?

Accepted Answer

Ischemia

Question 40

060: Which of the following is NOT part of the Papez circuit?

Accepted Answer

VL thalamic nucleus

Question 41

061: Which two Thalamic nuclei are part of limbic circuit? [MULTI-SELECT]

Accepted Answer

Mediodorsal Nuclei, Anterior Nucleus

Question 42

051: "Simultanagnosia" on neurological exam would indicate a deficit in which structure:

Accepted Answer

Posterior cortex

Question 43

055: A patient who doesn't open their eyes, has no verbal or motor response has a GCS of:

Accepted Answer

3

Question 44

055: Multiselect: Temporizing measures to decrease ICP include:

Accepted Answer

Hyperventilation

Question 45

051: Frontotemporal dementia is associated w/ which of the pathogenic proteins (multi-select):

Accepted Answer

TDP-43, Tau

Question 46

058: T/F: MGMT deletion mutations are a BAD prognostic marker for glioma.

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 47

051: Alpha-synuclein is a pathogenic protein in (multi-select):

Accepted Answer

Parkinson disease, Lewy body dementia

BMB Unit 3 Quiz

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BMB Unit 3 Quiz

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