Definitions

Question 1

Ganglion

Answer 1

collection of neuronal cell bodies in PNS

Question 2

Nucleus

Answer 2

collection go neuronal cell bodies in CNS

Question 3

Nerve

Answer 3

Bundle of axons in PNS

Question 4

Tract

Answer 4

Bundle of axons in CNS

Question 5

UMN

Answer 5

Has cell body in motor cortex

Question 6

LMN

Answer 6

Has cell body in nucleus of a cranial nerve or in grey matter (anterior horn) of spinal chord

Question 7

First order sensory neuron

Answer 7

Has cell body in posterior (dorsal) root ganglion

Question 8

Second order sensory neuron

Answer 8

Has cell body in spinal chord, will send sensory information to brain

Question 9

Ventral

Answer 9

Anterior

Question 10

Dorsal

Answer 10

Posterior

Question 11

Rostral

Answer 11

Anterior/Superior

Question 12

Caudal

Answer 12

Posterior/Inferior

Question 13

Ipsilateral

Answer 13

Lesion on certain side fo the brain will affect structures on same side of the body

Question 14

Contralateral

Answer 14

Lesion on certain side of the brain will affect structures on opposite side of body

Question 15

MMSE

Answer 15

Folstein Mini-Mental State Evaluation

Help assess cognition (MOCA is better)

Question 16

MSE

Answer 16

Mental Status Exam

Question 17

Blunted affect

Answer 17

Decreased intensity

Question 18

Euthymic

Answer 18

normal mood

Question 19

Euphoric

Answer 19

elevated mood

Question 20

Flat affect

Answer 20

No variation in expression

Question 21

Restricted affect

Answer 21

Only expresses some emotions

Question 22

Labile expression

Answer 22

Rapidly shifting/intense emotions

Question 23

Inappropriate expression

Answer 23

Not matching what is discussed

Question 24

Tangential thought process

Answer 24

initially connected but answer to question is never reached

Question 25

Circumstantial thought process

Answer 25

Question eventually answered but slight disconnection or irrelevant information included

Question 26

Overinclusive thought process

Answer 26

Direct connection but too much details

Question 27

Word salad thought process

Answer 27

Nearly every word is disconnected from each other (clang + neologism)

Question 28

Loosening of associations thought process

Answer 28

Sentences are disconnected from one another

Question 29

Persecutory delusion

Answer 29

Believing that you are being targeted by someone or something

Question 30

Somatic delusions

Answer 30

Belief that something is happening in or with body

Question 31

Nihilistic delusion

Answer 31

Belief that you are dead, the world is dying or you are decaying inside

Question 32

Capgras syndrome

Answer 32

Belief that everyone in your life are replaced and impostors

Question 33

Fregoli syndrome

Answer 33

Belief that different people in your life are really the same person who is in disguise

Question 34

Extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS)

Answer 34

Movements problems brought by antipsychotics

Question 35

Catatonia

Answer 35

Motor changes characterized by mutism and immobility (can include purposeless hyperactivity)

Question 36

Not attentive person

Answer 36

confusion

Question 37

Not appropriate person

Answer 37

somnolent

Question 38

Not alert person

Answer 38

Stupor

Question 39

Not awake person

Answer 39

unconscious

Question 40

Speech

Answer 40

ability to produce the sounds of spoken language (motor function)

Question 41

Language

Answer 41

ability to decode or encode the written or spoken symbols of communication (cognitive function)

Question 42

Muscle tone

Answer 42

resistance to passive movement of joint