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Health and Neurological Disorders

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Health and neurological disorders focus on medical conditions affecting the brain, nerves, and overall well being. This category includes questions on neurodegenerative diseases, language disorders, and physical disabilities. It is highly relevant for exams featuring biology and general science.

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Health and Neurological Disorders Questions

Multiple choice
  1. Lingua villosa nigra

  2. Melkersson–Rosenthal syndrome

  3. Senear–Usher syndrome

  4. Behçet's syndrome

  5. Graham-Little syndrome

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This option is correct because Melkersson–Rosenthal syndrome is a neurological disorder characterised by recurring facial paralysis, swelling of the face and lips (usually the upper lip), and the development of folds and furrows in the tongue.

Multiple choice
  1. attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

  2. dyslexia

  3. mental retardation

  4. autistic spectrum disorders

  5. none of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorders) is a disorder of development that affects language, social skills and behaviour. Children with ASD are unable to interpret the world and what is happening around them in the same way that other children do. There is a range of severity and intellectual ability, from the severely impaired child with classical autism, to a child with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism Children with Asperger syndrome may have a high level of intelligence but have difficulty with social interaction.

Multiple choice
  1. Phosphatidylcholine

  2. Phosphatidylinositol

  3. Phosphatidylethanolamine

  4. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Phosphatidylethanolamine (Cephalin) is found in all living cells. Although in human physiology, it is found particularly in nervous tissue such as the white matter of the brain, nerves, neural tissue and in the spinal cord.

Multiple choice
  1. Aphasia

  2. Agnosia

  3. Acacia

  4. Ataxia

  5. Atopy

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Yes, it is correct. A major loss of cerebellar function will lead to ataxia, the inability of a patient to walk normally. Most patients will have wide gaits and unsteady movements.

Multiple choice
  1. attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

  2. dyslexia

  3. mental retardation which occurs after age 18

  4. autistic spectrum disorders

  5. none of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorders) is a disorder of development that affects language, social skills and behaviour. Children with ASD are unable to interpret the world and what is happening around them in the same way that other children do. There is a range of severity and intellectual ability, from the severely impaired child with classical autism, to a child with Asperger syndrome. High-functioning autistic children with Asperger syndrome may have a high level of intelligence but have difficulty with social interaction.

Multiple choice
  1. Huntington's disease

  2. Arachnoid cysts

  3. Tropical spastic paraparesis

  4. Encephalitis

  5. Alzheimer's

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Huntington's disease is a neurodegenerative genetic disorder that affects muscle coordination and leads to mental decline and behavioral symptoms. Symptoms of the disease can vary between individuals and affected members of the same family, but usually progress predictably.

Multiple choice
  1. attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

  2. dyslexia

  3. mental retardation

  4. autistic spectrum disorders

  5. none of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorders) is a disorder of development that affects language, social skills and behaviour. Children with ASD are unable to interpret the world and what is happening around them in the same way that other children do. There is a range of severity and intellectual ability, from the severely impaired child with classical autism, to a child with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism Children with Asperger syndrome may have a high level of intelligence but have difficulty with social interaction.

Multiple choice
  1. mental disorder

  2. mathematical disorder

  3. reading disorder

  4. behavioural disorder

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Dyslexia is a specific learning disability characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties are unexpected relative to other cognitive abilities. Options A, B, and D refer to different conditions - dyslexia is specifically a reading-based learning disorder, not a general mental, mathematical, or behavioral disorder.

Multiple choice
  1. Adrenochrome

  2. Lipofuscin

  3. Catecholamine

  4. Neuromelanin

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Pigment neuromelanin is linked to Parkinson's disease. Neuromelanin-containing neurons in the substantia nigra undergo neurodegeneration during Parkinson's disease. This makes the cell deficient of neuromelanin.

Multiple choice
  1. Embryonic forebrain fails to divide the brain into two lobes.

  2. Cerebral hemispheres are absent.

  3. Complete absence of cerebral cortex.

  4. Abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In holoprosencephaly, embryonic forebrain fails to divide into two lobes. In most cases of holoprosencephaly, the malformations are so severe that babies die before birth.