Deck 12: Disorders of the Peripheral Nervous

Question 1

Pain that is out of proportion to the stimulus is known as ____.

A) allodynia
B) aphasia
C) hyperalgesia
D) paresthesia

Answer 1

hyperalgesia

Question 2

____ is a disorder that involves the destruction of the nerve myelin sheath, is an inflammatory disorder thought to be triggered by either a viral or environmental cause.

A) Gullain-Barré syndrome
B) Parkinson's disease
C) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
D) Multiple sclerosis

Answer 2

Multiple sclerosis

Question 3

____ is a movement disorder that produces muscle rigidity, slow movements, and classic motor findings on physical examination.

A) Poliomyelitis
B) Parkinson's disease
C) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
D) Multiple sclerosis

Answer 3

Parkinson's disease

Question 4

Although the nervous system is divided anatomically into the central and peripheral nervous system, in reality the peripheral nervous system is a seamless continuation of the central nervous system.

Question 5

Nerve fibers are covered in a connective tissue formed by layers of ____ cells.

A) Schwann
B) Huxley
C) Hodgkin
D) Golgi

Question 6

Pain from a non-painful stimulus e.g., light touch on the affected limb is known as ____.

A) paresthesia
B) allodynia
C) aphasia
D) hyperalgesia

Question 7

A patient who presents with progressive paralysis that starts in the legs and moves upwards toward the arms and torso is often suggestive of ____.

A) Poliomyelitis
B) Parkinson's disease
C) Gullain-Barré
D) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Question 8

The ____ in a nerve cell receives information from other nerves and transmits it to the cell body in the form of a series of electrical impulses that travel down the dendrite toward the cell body.

A) body
B) dendrite
C) axon
D) synapse

Question 9

A patient in ____ develops profound motor weakness to the point where the patient cannot maintain a gag reflex.

A) myasthenic crisis
B) hemiparesic crisis
C) amyotropic crisis
D) pleural crisis

Question 10

____ is an autoimmune condition in which the body's immune system is triggered to attack the myelin sheath in peripheral motor nerve fibers, causing significantly slowed nerve conduction.

A) Gullain-Barré syndrome
B) Parkinson's disease
C) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
D) Multiple sclerosis

Question 11

Each nerve cell may have multiple dendrites, each receiving information from different sources.

Question 12

____, made famous by baseball player Lou Gehrig, affects motor function and balance, creates cranial nerve dysfunction, and eventually causes dementia from destruction of frontal lobe neurons in the brain.

A) Poliomyelitis
B) Parkinson's disease
C) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
D) Multiple sclerosis

Question 13

Post-polio syndrome can occur up to 30 years after the initial infection and involves a loss of the patient's surviving motor neurons.

Question 14

The amount of monitoring performed during transport is most dependent on the requirements of the medical regulations in place for your location.

Question 15

____ is a viral condition that produces widespread destruction of motor neurons and can lead to total paralysis.

A) Multiple sclerosis
B) Poliomyelitis
C) Poliomyelitis Post-polio syndrome
D) Parkinson's disease

Question 16

Death often occurs from disease complications between ____ years after the onset of Huntington's disease.

A) 5 to 10
B) 10 to 15
C) 15 to 20
D) 20 to 25

Question 17

____ nerves are typically fast-conducting nerves because of the layered insulation.

A) Unmyelinated
B) Presynaptic
C) Impulse
D) Myelinated

Question 18

____ is a genetic movement disorder that involves bizarre, uncontrolled movements and progressive dementia.

A) Huntington's disease
B) Poliomyelitis
C) Parkinson's disease
D) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Question 19

The division between the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system is distinct from a functional standpoint; however, from an anatomical standpoint the lines are blurry.

Question 20

Parkinson's disease develops due to a lack of ____ in the substantia nigra part of the brain, a key area for regulating motor movement.

A) epinephrine
B) norepinephrine
C) adrenaline
D) dopamine

Question 21

The ____________________ nervous system is organized into pairs of nerve roots that leave the spinal cord at discrete levels and pass through the spaces between the vertebrae laterally.

Question 22

The ____________________ nervous system consists of the nerves that originate in the brain (cranial nerves) or spinal cord (spinal nerves) and reach out to the body.

Question 23

An emergent consideration for the Paramedic treating a patient who has ____________________'s disease is management of complications of falls and syncope.

Question 24

The key to narrowing the paramedical differential diagnosis is detailing the ____________________ as much as reasonably possible.

Question 25

In a nerve cell, the ____________________ receives and processes all of these signals and develops an appropriate output action.