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vinney12

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After suffering a head injury in a car accident, Molly cannot remember anything that happened before the accident. What term will her physician use to describe her condition?
 
  a. agnosia
  b. apraxia
  c. retrograde amnesia
  d. dissociative amnesia

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Two patients on the neurology ward at the hospital have different memory problems. Ann has difficulty remembering what happened before a car accident, whereas Carson's difficulty is in learning to remember new material. At a case conference, how will
 
  these two cases be described?
 
  a. Ann has apraxia; Carson has aphasia.
  b. Ann has aphasia; Carson has apraxia.
  c. Ann has retrograde amnesia; Carson has anterograde amnesia.
  d. Ann has anterograde amnesia; Carson has retrograde amnesia.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: c.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: c.


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Reply #2 on: Jun 22, 2018
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