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In terms of risk factors, cerebral vascular accidents (strokes) are most similar to
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Myocardial infarctions
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The most common cause of a transietn ischemic attack (TIA) is an obstruction of a cerebral artery by
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A thrombus
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In the pathophysiology of cerebral infarction, the release of which substance is associated with neuron hyperpolarization and seizure activity?
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Excitotoxins
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In subarachnoid hemorrage (SAH), blood acculates
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In the cerebrospinal fluid (CFS) between the brain and the skull.
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All of the following problems are complications of SAH except
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Increased cerebral blood flow
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An individual who is unable to visually recognize and identify objects because of injury to the sensory cortex has
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Agnosia
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A decrease in cerebral perfusion pressure (CCP) is related to which of the following physiologic changes?
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Decreased arterial blood pressure
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The displacement of teh temporal lobe into the tentorial notch resulting in brain stem compression is known as
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Uncal herniation
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Excess CSF accumulation in the ventricles or subarachnoid space is called
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Hydrocephalus
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Rish factors for stroke symptomes include all of the following except
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Anticoagulant medications
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Intracerebral hemorrhages most frequently occur in the
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Frontal and occipital lobes
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Alzheimer disease
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Is most prevelant as a late-onset dementia
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Which of the following cerebral functions is not impaired in the dementia process?
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Level of consciousness
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Which of the following events initiates teh process of atherosclerosis?
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Endothelial injury and the release of cytokines
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Which of the following white blood cells play a role in hte development of the fatty streak in atherosclerosis
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Macrophages
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