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Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. All answers to questions asking for a combining form must be written in the combining form style, meaning word root/combining vowel. For example, a combining form meaning heart is cardi/o. All answers to questions asking for a suffix must be written in suffix form, meaning a hyphen before your answer. For example, the suffix meaning cell is -cyte. All answers to questions asking for a prefix must be written in prefix form, meaning a hyphen after your answer. For example, a prefix meaning two is bi-. Do not capitalize any of your answers or include a period at the end of your answer. The computer will not recognize your answer as correct if it is written in any other style. -A medical term that means absence of pain is ________.

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Which of the following abbreviations is a pathological condition?


A) CP
B) EEG
C) PET
D) ANS

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Which of the following conditions is a collection of blood within the meninges?


A) meningocele
B) subdural hematoma
C) meningioma
D) astrocytoma

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Which of the following pathological conditions is due to an insufficient neurotransmitter at a synapse?


A) Guillain-Barré syndrome
B) multiple sclerosis
C) myasthenia gravis
D) shingles

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Delirium is the impairment of intellectual functioning.

A) True
B) False

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Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. All answers to questions asking for a combining form must be written in the combining form style, meaning word root/combining vowel. For example, a combining form meaning heart is cardi/o. All answers to questions asking for a suffix must be written in suffix form, meaning a hyphen before your answer. For example, the suffix meaning cell is -cyte. All answers to questions asking for a prefix must be written in prefix form, meaning a hyphen after your answer. For example, a prefix meaning two is bi-. Do not capitalize any of your answers or include a period at the end of your answer. The computer will not recognize your answer as correct if it is written in any other style. -A medical term that means record of the spinal cord is ________.

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myelogram

Which of the following statements regarding the spinal cord is not true?


A) Ascending tracts carry sensory information up to the brain.
B) Cerebrospinal fluid is found within the central canal of the spinal cord.
C) Descending tracts carry motor commands from the brain to a peripheral nerve.
D) The spinal cord extends from the medulla oblongata down to the sacrum.

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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D

Which of the following surgical procedures removes an obstruction from one of the major arteries of the neck?


A) cerebrospinal fluid shunt
B) laminectomy
C) carotid endarterectomy
D) nerve block

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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Which of the following conditions results from a Herpes zoster virus infection of the nerve root?


A) Guillain-Barré syndrome
B) multiple sclerosis
C) myasthenia gravis
D) shingles

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Symptoms of a migraine include severe head pain, nausea, and sensitivity to light.

A) True
B) False

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The nerve root is the point where a nerve is attached to the central nervous system.

A) True
B) False

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Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. All answers to questions asking for a combining form must be written in the combining form style, meaning word root/combining vowel. For example, a combining form meaning heart is cardi/o. All answers to questions asking for a suffix must be written in suffix form, meaning a hyphen before your answer. For example, the suffix meaning cell is -cyte. All answers to questions asking for a prefix must be written in prefix form, meaning a hyphen after your answer. For example, a prefix meaning two is bi-. Do not capitalize any of your answers or include a period at the end of your answer. The computer will not recognize your answer as correct if it is written in any other style. -A medical term that means lack of speech is ________.

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The condition of being awake and alert to one's surroundings is called:


A) conscious
B) dementia
C) aura
D) unconscious

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Which part of the brain serves as a center for relaying impulses from the eyes, ears, and skin to the cerebrum?


A) hypothalamus
B) cerebrum
C) pons
D) thalamus

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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An aura is an unusual sensation that occurs before a seizure.

A) True
B) False

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Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. All answers to questions asking for a combining form must be written in the combining form style, meaning word root/combining vowel. For example, a combining form meaning heart is cardi/o. All answers to questions asking for a suffix must be written in suffix form, meaning a hyphen before your answer. For example, the suffix meaning cell is -cyte. All answers to questions asking for a prefix must be written in prefix form, meaning a hyphen after your answer. For example, a prefix meaning two is bi-. Do not capitalize any of your answers or include a period at the end of your answer. The computer will not recognize your answer as correct if it is written in any other style. -A medical term that means head pain is ________.

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Which of the following conditions is characterized by encephalopathy and organ damage and is associated with aspirin use in children?


A) Alzheimer's disease
B) Reye's syndrome
C) Bell's palsy
D) Parkinson's disease

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. All answers to questions asking for a combining form must be written in the combining form style, meaning word root/combining vowel. For example, a combining form meaning heart is cardi/o. All answers to questions asking for a suffix must be written in suffix form, meaning a hyphen before your answer. For example, the suffix meaning cell is -cyte. All answers to questions asking for a prefix must be written in prefix form, meaning a hyphen after your answer. For example, a prefix meaning two is bi-. Do not capitalize any of your answers or include a period at the end of your answer. The computer will not recognize your answer as correct if it is written in any other style. -The combining form that means gray matter is ________.

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Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. All answers to questions asking for a combining form must be written in the combining form style, meaning word root/combining vowel. For example, a combining form meaning heart is cardi/o. All answers to questions asking for a suffix must be written in suffix form, meaning a hyphen before your answer. For example, the suffix meaning cell is -cyte. All answers to questions asking for a prefix must be written in prefix form, meaning a hyphen after your answer. For example, a prefix meaning two is bi-. Do not capitalize any of your answers or include a period at the end of your answer. The computer will not recognize your answer as correct if it is written in any other style. -The combining form that means medulla oblongata is ________.

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Which of the following surgical procedures treats hydrocephalus?


A) cerebrospinal fluid shunt
B) laminectomy
C) carotid endarterectomy
D) nerve block

E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

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