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SCI250 Week 7 Chapter 24 Nervous System Quiz
Section: Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following is associated with serious infection of the meninges?
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A. Clogging of blood vessels
B. Increased pressure within the skull
C. Decreased cerebrospinal fluid flow
D. Impaired central nervous system function
E. All of the above
2. Which of the following is NOT true of the nervous system?
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A. Consists of central and peripheral systems
B. Central nervous system is composed of brain and spinal cord
C. Ganglia are part of brain
D. Meminges is membrane that covers brain and spinal cord
E. Normally free of microbes
3. Which of the following is a common cause of meningitis in non-immunized young children?
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A. Streptococcus pneumoniae
B. Escherichia coli
C. Staphylococcus
D. Haemophilus influenzae
E. 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?
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A. Haemophilus influenzae
B. Neisseria meningitidis
C. Haemophilus influenza
D. Streptococcus pneumoniae
E. Listeria monocytogenes
5. Because patients who survive serious disease with this microorganism may have permanent central
nervous system disorders, it is the leading cause of mental retardation in the world.
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A. Haemophilus influenzae
B. Neisseria meningitidis
C. Streptococcus pneumoniae
D. Listeria monocytogenes
6. What is the microorganism that causes most cases of meningitis among adults?
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A. Haemophilus influenzae
B. Neisseria meningitidis
C. Haemophilus influenzae
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D. Listeria monocytogenes
E. Streptococcus pneumoniae
7. Which of the following bacteria that may cause meningitis is Gram positive and therefore does not cause
endotoxin shock in infected individuals?
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A. Escherichia coli
B. Neisseria meningitidis
C. Listeria monocytogenes
D. Haemophilus influenzae
E. None of the above
8. The disease associated with Chronic meningitis is caused by ________
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A. Streptococcus pneumoniae.
B. Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
C. Staphylococcus.
D. Treponema pallidum.
E. B and D
9. Meningitis caused by Listeria monocytogenes is usually transmited by ________
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A. food.
B. water.
C. aerosols.
C. sexual contact.
D. physical contact.
10. Which of the following can most easily pass through the blood–brain barrier?
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A. Penicillin
B. Chloramphenicol
C. Antibodies
D. Complement
E. All of the above
11. What causes Hansen's disease (leprosy)?
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A. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
B. Mycobacterium leprae
C. Listeria monocytogenes
D. Clostridium botulinum
E. Prions
12. An immunofluorescent antibody test (IFAT) has replaced the older test for the presence of inclusions in
neurons (Negri bodies) for the detection of infections caused by ________
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A. Neisseria meningitides.
B. Enteroviruses.
C. Mumps virus.
D. Rabies virus.
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E. Haemophilus influenzae.
13. What viruses most likely cause encephalitis?
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A. Togaviruses
B. Enteroviruses
C. Mumps virus
D. Rabies virus
E. Hepatitis viruses
14. What is the only bacterium known to damage peripheral nerves?
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A. Naegleria fowleri
B. Mycobacterium leprae
C. Streptococcus pneumoniae
D. Neisseria meningitidis
E. Haemophilus influenzae
15. Muscle spasms that can lead to an arched back and spasms of the jaw muscles (lockjaw) can be caused
by infections with ________
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A. Clostridium tetani.
B. Clostridium botulinum.
C. Mycobacterium leprae.
D. Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
E. Poliovirus.
16. A vaccine that was developed in 1933 has proven effective in reducing the incidence of disease caused
by ________
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A. Clostridium botulinum.
B. Mycobacterium leprae.
C. Clostridium tetani.
D. Streptococcus pneumoniae.
E. Listeria monocytogenes.
17. What is the most common form of disease caused by Clostridium botulinum?
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A. Infant
B. Wound
C. Lung, followed by exposure to aerosols
D. Foodborne
E. None of the above
18. A toxin that causes paralysis by preventing the release of acetylcholine at the junctions between neurons
and muscles is produced by strains of ________
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A. Clostridium botulinum.
B. Mycobacterium leprae.
C. Streptococcus thermicos.
D. Clostridium tetani.
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E. Listeria monocytogenes.
19. Preventing African sleeping sickness is nearly impossible because ________
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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
20. Poliovirus infections may cause no symptoms and go undetected in ________
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A. small children.
B. teenagers.
C. young adults.
D. elderly.
E. All of the above
21. Which form of poliovirus vaccine is better at eliminating viruses in the gastrointestinal tract?
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A. Live attenuated vaccine
B. Formalin-killed vaccine
22. A major difference between infections with prions and other agents is that infections with prions:
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A. Do not lead to an inflammatory response
B. Are not transmissible
C. Do not cause an increase in the size of astrocytes
D. Are not fatal
E. All of the above
Section: Matching
23. Tissue necrosis, brain edema, headache, fever, occasionally seizures
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A. Bacterial meningitis
B. Listeriosis
C. Rabies
D. Encephalitis
E. Hansen's disease
F. Tetanus
G. Botulism
H. Poliomyelitis
I. Transmissable spongiform encephalopathies
J. Chagas' disease
24. A kind of meningitis seen in fetuses and immunodeficient patients
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A. Bacterial meningitis
B. Listeriosis
C. Rabies
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D. Encephalitis
E. Hansen's disease
F. Tetanus
G. Botulism
H. Poliomyelitis
I. Transmissable spongiform encephalopathies
J. Chagas’ disease
25. Invades nerves and brain; headache, fever, nausea, partial paralysis, coma, and death ensue unless
patient has immunity
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A. Bacterial meningitis
B. Listeriosis
C. Rabies
D. Encephalitis
E. Hansen's disease
F. Tetanus
G. Botulism
H. Pliomyelitis
I. Transmissable spongiform encephalopathies
J. Chagas' disease
26. Shrinkage and lysis of neurons of the central nervous system; headache, fever, and sometimes brain
necrosis and convulsions
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A. Bacterial meningitis
B. Listeriosis
C. Rabies
D. Encephalitis
E. Hansen's disease
F. Tetanus
G. Botulism
H. Poliomyelitis
I. Transmissable spongiform encephalopathies
J. Chagas' disease
27. Range of symptoms from loss of skin pigment and sensation to lepromas and erosion of skin and bone
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A. Bacterial meningitis
B. Listeriosis
C. Rabies
D. Encephalitis
E. Hansen's disease
F. Tetanus
G. Botulism
H. Poliomyelitis
I. Transmissable spongiform encephalopathies
J. Chagas' disease
28. Toxin-mediated disease; muscle stiffness, spasms, paralysis of respiratory muscles, heart damage, and
usually death
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A. Bacterial meningitis
B. Listeriosis
C. Rabies
D. Encephalitis
E. Hansen's disease
F. Tetanus
G. Botulism
H. Pioliomyelitis
I. Transmissable spongiform encephalopathies
J. Chagas' disease
29. Preformed toxin from food prevents release of acetylcholine; paralysis and death result unless treated
promptly; in infants and wounds, endospores germinate and produce toxin
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A. Bacterial meningitis
B. Listeriosis
C. Rabies
D. Encephalitis
E. Hansen's disease
F. Tetanus
G. Botulism
H. Poliomyelitis
I. Transmissable spongiform encephalopathies
J. Chagas' disease
30. Fever, back pain, muscle spasms, partial or complete flaccid paralysis from destruction of motor neurons
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A. Bacterial meningitis
B. Listeriosis
C. Rabies
D. Encephalitis
E. Hansen's disease
F. Tetanus
G. Botulism
H. Poliomyelitis
I. Transmissable spongiform encephalopathies
J. Chagas' disease
31. 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
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A. Bacterial meningitis
B. Listeriosis
C. Rabies
D. Encephalitis
E. Hansen's disease
F. Tetanus
G. Botulism
H. Poliomyelitis
I. Transmissable spongiform encephalopathies
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J. Chagas' disease
32. Subcutaneous inflammation, damage to lymphatic tissues, muscle, and nerve ganglia; muscle pain and
paralysis of intestinal, heart, and skeletal muscle
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A. Bacterial meningitis
B. Listeriosis
C. Rabies
D. Encephalitis
E. Hansen's disease
F. Tetanus
G. Botulism
H. Poliomyelitis
I. Transmissable spongiform encephalopathies
J. Chagas' disease