SCI250 Week 7 Chapter 24 Nervous System Quiz

 

 

 

 

 

Section: Multiple Choice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Which of the following is associated with serious infection of the meninges?

 

 

 

 

 

· Clogging of blood vessels

 

· Increased pressure within the skull

 

· Decreased cerebrospinal fluid flow

 

· Impaired central nervous system function

 

· All of the above

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Which of the following is NOT true of the nervous system?

 

 

 

 

 

· Consists of central and peripheral systems

 

· Central nervous system is composed of brain and spinal cord

 

· Ganglia are part of brain

 

· Meninges is membrane that covers brain and spinal cord

 

· Normally free of microbes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Which of the following is a common cause of meningitis in non-immunized young children?

 

 

 

 

 

· Streptococcus pneumoniae

 

· Escherichia coli

 

· Staphylococcus

 

· Haemophilus influenzae

 

· None of the above

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. A complication of infection with this organism (Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome) can occur if the

 

 

 

organism becomes widely distributed in the body, leading to endotoxin shock and death. What is this

 

 

 

organism?

 

 

 

 

 

· Haemophilus influenzae

 

· Neisseria meningitidis

 

· Streptococcus pneumoniae

 

· Listeria monocytogenes

 

· None of the above

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. What is the microorganism that causes most cases of meningitis among adults?

 

 

 

 

 

· Haemophilus influenzae

 

· Neisseria meningitidis

 

· Listeria monocytogenes

 

 

 

· Streptococcus pneumoniae

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Which of the following bacteria that may cause meningitis is Gram positive and therefore does not cause

 

 

 

endotoxin shock in infected individuals?

 

 

 

 

 

· Escherichia coli

 

 

 

· Neisseria meningitidis

 

 

 

· Listeria monocytogenes

 

 

 

· Haemophilus influenzae

 

 

 

· None of the above

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. The disease associated with Chronic meningitis is caused by ________

 

 

 

A. Streptococcus pneumoniae.

 

 

 

B. Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

 

 

 

C. Staphylococcus.

 

 

 

D. Treponema pallidum.

 

 

 

E. B and D

 

 

 

 

 

8. Meningitis caused by Listeria monocytogenes is usually transmitted by ________

 

 

 

 

 

· food.

 

 

 

· water.

 

 

 

· aerosols.

 

 

 

· sexual contact.

 

 

 

· physical contact.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. What causes Hansen’s disease (leprosy)?

 

 

 

 

 

· Mycobacterium tuberculosis

 

 

 

· Mycobacterium leprae

 

 

 

· Listeria monocytogenes

 

 

 

· Clostridium botulinum

 

 

 

· Prions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. What is the only bacterium known to damage peripheral nerves?

 

 

 

 

 

· Naegleria fowleri

 

 

 

· Mycobacterium leprae

 

 

 

· Streptococcus pneumoniae

 

· Neisseria meningitidis

 

 

 

· Haemophilus influenzae

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11. Muscle spasms that can lead to an arched back and spasms of the jaw muscles (lockjaw) can be caused

 

 

 

by infections with ________

 

 

 

 

 

· Clostridium tetani.

 

 

 

· Clostridium botulinum.

 

 

 

· Mycobacterium leprae.

 

 

 

· Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

 

 

 

· Poliovirus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12. A vaccine that was developed in 1933 has proven effective in reducing the incidence of disease caused

 

 

 

by ________

 

 

 

 

 

· Clostridium botulinum.

 

 

 

· Mycobacterium leprae.

 

 

 

· Clostridium tetani.

 

 

 

· Streptococcus pneumoniae.

 

 

 

· Listeria monocytogenes.

 

 

 

 

 

13. What is the most common form of disease caused by Clostridium botulinum?

 

 

 

· Infant

 

 

 

· Wound

 

 

 

· Lung, followed by exposure to aerosols

 

 

 

· Foodborne

 

 

 

· None of the above

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14. A toxin that causes paralysis by preventing the release of acetylcholine at the junctions between neurons

 

 

 

and muscles is produced by strains of ________

 

 

 

 

 

· Clostridium botulinum.

 

 

 

· Mycobacterium leprae.

 

 

 

· Streptococcus thermicos.

 

 

 

· Clostridium tetani.

 

 

 

· Listeria monocytogenes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15. Preventing African sleeping sickness is nearly impossible because ________

 

 

 

A. the trypanosomes change their surface glycoproteins evading the host immune response.

 

 

 

B. the tsetse fly has a wide range and eradication is difficult.

 

C. vaccines must target many antigens.

 

 

 

D. All of the above

 

 

 

E. A and B

 

 

 

 

 

16. Poliovirus infections may cause no symptoms and go undetected in ________

 

 

 

 

 

· small children.

 

 

 

· teenagers.

 

 

 

· young adults.

 

 

 

· elderly.

 

 

 

· All of the above

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17. Which form of poliovirus vaccine is better at eliminating viruses in the gastrointestinal tract?

 

 

 

 

 

· Live attenuated vaccine

 

 

 

· Formalin-killed vaccine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18. A major difference between infections with prions and other agents is that infections with prions:

 

 

 

 

 

· Do not lead to an inflammatory response

 

 

 

· Are not transmissible

 

 

 

· Do not cause an increase in the size of astrocytes

 

 

 

· Are not fatal

 

 

 

· All of the above

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section: Matching

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19. Tissue necrosis, brain edema, headache, fever, occasionally seizures

 

 

 

 

 

· Bacterial meningitis

 

 

 

· Listeriosis

 

 

 

· Rabies

 

 

 

· Encephalitis

 

 

 

· Hansen’s disease

 

 

 

· Tetanus

 

 

 

· Botulism

 

 

 

· Poliomyelitis

 

 

 

· Transmissable spongiform encephalopathies

 

· Chagas’ disease

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20. A kind of meningitis seen in fetuses and immunodeficient patients

 

 

 

 

 

· Bacterial meningitis

 

 

 

· Listeriosis

 

 

 

· Rabies

 

 

 

· Encephalitis

 

 

 

· Hansen’s disease

 

 

 

· Tetanus

 

 

 

· Botulism

 

 

 

· Poliomyelitis

 

 

 

· Transmissable spongiform encephalopathies

 

 

 

· Chagas’ disease

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21. Invades nerves and brain; headache, fever, nausea, partial paralysis, coma, and death ensue unless

 

 

 

patient has immunity

 

 

 

 

 

· Bacterial meningitis

 

 

 

· Listeriosis

 

 

 

· Rabies

 

 

 

· Encephalitis

 

 

 

· Hansen’s disease

 

 

 

· Tetanus

 

 

 

· Botulism

 

 

 

· Poliomyelitis

 

 

 

· Transmissable spongiform encephalopathies

 

 

 

· Chagas’ disease

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22. Range of symptoms from loss of skin pigment and sensation to lepromas and erosion of skin and bone

 

 

 

 

 

· Bacterial meningitis

 

 

 

· Listeriosis

 

 

 

· Rabies

 

 

 

· Encephalitis

 

 

 

· Hansen’s disease

 

· Tetanus

 

 

 

· Botulism

 

 

 

· Poliomyelitis

 

 

 

· Transmissable spongiform encephalopathies

 

 

 

· Chagas’ disease

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23. Fever, back pain, muscle spasms, partial or complete flaccid paralysis from destruction of motor neurons

 

 

 

 

 

· Bacterial meningitis

 

 

 

· Listeriosis

 

 

 

· Rabies

 

 

 

· Encephalitis

 

 

 

· Hansen’s disease

 

 

 

· Tetanus

 

 

 

· Botulism

 

 

 

· Poliomyelitis

 

 

 

· Transmissable spongiform encephalopathies

 

 

 

· Chagas’ disease

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24. Death of brain cells leave holes, creating spongiform brain tissue; amyloid plaques form; long delay

 

 

 

before symptoms appear; then spasms rapidly worsening to collapse; no cure

 

 

 

 

 

· Bacterial meningitis

 

 

 

· Listeriosis

 

 

 

· Rabies

 

 

 

· Encephalitis

 

 

 

· Hansen’s disease

 

 

 

· Tetanus

 

 

 

· Botulism

 

 

 

· Poliomyelitis

 

 

 

· Transmissable spongiform encephalopathies

 

 

 

· Chagas’ disease

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25. Subcutaneous inflammation, damage to lymphatic tissues, muscle, and nerve ganglia; muscle pain and

 

 

 

paralysis of intestinal, heart, and skeletal muscle

 

· Bacterial meningitis

 

 

 

· Listeriosis

 

 

 

· Rabies

 

 

 

· Encephalitis

 

 

 

· Hansen’s disease

 

 

 

· Tetanus

 

 

 

· Botulism

 

 

 

· Poliomyelitis

 

 

 

· Transmissable spongiform encephalopathies

 

 

 

· Chagas’ disease

 

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