Last neuro Hw part 3

The limbic system acts as our emotional, or affective (feelings), brain.

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The light of dawn and the buzz of an alarm clock lead to wakefulness through the ________.

• basal nuclei

• limbic system

• reticular activating system

• cerebellar peduncles

The terms fainting and syncope describe the same thing.

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Which statement about coma is true?

• Coma is a form of deep sleep.

• Coma is neurologically identical to syncope.

• During coma, brain oxygen consumption resembles that of a waking state.

• Coma may be caused by widespread cerebral or brain stem trauma.

Which protective covering of the brain provides passageways for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to drain into the superior sagittal sinus?

• pia mater

• arachnoid mater

• membranous part of the dura mater

• periosteal part of the dura mater

Which statement about epilepsy is most accurate?

• The aura in tonic-clonic seizures typically occurs as the patient regains consciousness.

• Epilepsy is often genetically induced but also frequently caused by head trauma, stroke, infection, and tumor.

• Absence seizures typically begin in adolescence and are often severely disabling.

• During seizures, sensory messages are processed normally but responses are blocked.

Sleepwalking may occur during ________.

• NREM stage 4

• REM

• NREM stage 1

• NREM stage 2

Which of the meninges is a delicate connective tissue membrane that clings tightly to the brain like cellophane wrap following its every convolution?

• arachnoid mater

• pia mater

• 
  periosteal layer of the dura mater

• meningeal layer of the dura mater

The blood brain barrier is the protective mechanism that helps maintain the brain's stable environment.

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• F

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Cerebrospinal fluid circulates within the ventricles of the brain and in the subarachnoid space.

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• F