Quiz on thermoregulation and herniation syndrome

What are the key brain regions involved

in temperature control?

• hypothalamus

• hypothalamus &

  periaqueductal gray

• medullary nucleus

  raphe pallidus

• hypothalamus,

  periaqueductal gray, and medullary nucleus

  raphe pallidus

What are the

sources of inputs for the autonomic network

responsible for temperature control?

• peripheral (skin

  cold and warm sensors)

• peripheral (skin

  cold and warm sensors) and central receptors

  (warm-sensitive neurons within the preoptic-anterior

  hypothalamus).

• central receptors

  (warm-sensitive neurons within the preoptic-anterior

  hypothalamus).

• none of the above

What are individuals with high-level spinal cord injuries called when they cannot maintain a constant core body temperature?

• poikilotherms

• spinal nerve thermoregulatory disorder

• autonomous thermoregulatory dysfunction

• none of the above

What is the primary means of evaporative heat loss in humans to maintain thermoregulation?

• shivering

• sweating

• sunbath

• cold compress

displacement of cerebrum

• supratentorial hernia

• infratentorial hernia

• none of the above

•Some people experience weakness on the same side of the body as the side of the brain that was affected by the stroke. This is known as _______________

• ipsilateral hemiparesis

• unilateral hemiparesis

• bilateral hemiparesis

• none of the above

sunset eyes in seen in _______

• tonsillar herniation

• central herniation

• uncal herniation

• upward herniation

Hyperventilation causes hypocapnia, which causes vasoconstriction, thus decreasing cerebral blood flow globally and maintains ICP

• true

• false