Question

1.

Given a patient with a brain injury, match the symptom with the most likely area of the brain affected.

Difficulty understanding				brain stem
Severe personality changes				cerebellum
Difficulty speaking				frontal lobe
Difficulty maintaining balance				occipital lobe
Visual disturbances				parietal lobe
Difficulty regulating vital signs				temporal lobe

2.

Match the response to whether it is parasympathetic or sympathetic.

Increase in digestion				parasympathetic
Pupil constriction				sympathetic
Increase in heart rate
Increase in rate and depth of breathing

3.

Multiple sclerosis causes damage to:

a. Skeletal muscle

b. Synapse

c. Axon

d. Cell body

4.Selective serotonin uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) would BLANK serotonin levels.

A.decrease

B.increase

C.do nothing to

5.

Match the symptom with the vertebral nerve area.

Lower back and leg pain				cervical
Shoulder and neck pain				lumbar
Pain associated with lungs				thoracic

Answer 1

1)

FUNCTION DISTRUBED	AREA OF BRAIN
Difficulty understanding	PARIETAL LOBE
Severe personality changes	FRONTAL LOBE
Difficulty speaking	TEMPORAL LOBE
Difficulty maintaining balance	CEREBELLUM
Visual disturbances	OCCIPITAL LOBE
Difficulty regulating vital signs	BRAIN STEM

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2)

ACTIVITY	DIVISION OF ANS
INCREASE IN DIGESTION	PARASYMPATHETIC
PUPIL CONSTRICTION	PARASYMPATHETIC
INCREASE IN HEART RATE	SYMPATHETIC
INCREASE IN RATE AND DEPTH OF BREATHING	SYMPATHETIC

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3) ANSWER = (C) AXON

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4) ANSWER = (B) INCREASE

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5)

PAIN	PART OF VERTEBRAL COLOUMN
Lower back and leg pain	LUMBER
Shoulder and neck pain	CERVICAL
Pain associated with lungs	THORACIC