---

---

Select your answer:
         

Next Quiz >

Topics:

Components of Food Sterile Medication Products Respiratory, Cardiovascular & Oncology EKG CCMA Integumentary System Medical Terminology Respiratory System Med Term Health and Wellness The Blood Reproduction in Human Beings Healthy Lifestyle Health and Diseases HNBS Intern Energy, Hydrology, Microbiology CPR Dermis

Other quiz:

Pain Pathophysiology › View

During a basketball game, Josiah accidentally hit his elbow and felt a sharp pain. Emily, a nursing student, explained that this is due to modulation. What does Emily mean by ‘modulation’ in relation to pain?

A. The conversion of Josiah’s pain signals into electrical signals

B. The regulation of Josiah’s pain signals by his brain

C. The amplification of Josiah’s pain signals by nociceptors

D. The transmission of Josiah’s pain signals to his brain

---

The nervous system & brain › View

Jerry wakes up one morning to find that people around him are using words that make no sense to him, and they also don’t seem to understand what he is saying. Jerry’s wife tells him that their son is now working with dinosaurs and when he looks puzzled, she holds up his amusement park uniform and repeats, ‘you know, the dinosaur ride’.

Jerry’s situation is most likely which of the following disorders?

A. Broca’s aphasia

B. Geshwind’s territory aphasia

C. Wernicke’s aphasia

D. Spatial aphasia

---