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swpotter12

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Some patients with epilepsy experience an ________, or forewarning, of an impending seizure.
 
  A) automatism
  B) aura
  C) amnesia
  D) aphasia

Question 2

Which is the primary accented syllable in the word cicatrix (sik-ah-triks)?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

B
Explanation: A) An automatism occurs during some types of seizures, not as a forewarning before an impending seizure.
B) Correct An aura is a visual, olfactory, sensory, or auditory sign that warns of an impending seizure.
C) Amnesia is not related to epilepsy.
D) Aphasia is not related to epilepsy.

Answer to Question 2

SIK



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