If a patient experiences a partial seizure, jerking movements will be restricted to an isolated region of the body.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


True

Partial seizures involve only one hemisphere of the brain, so a person may experience a jerking movement of only one part of the body, such as a leg or arm, rather than convulsive movements of the entire body.

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a. 1-3 b. 2-4 c. 3-5 d. 5-6

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 One patient expresses pain very emotionally and another patient refuses to admit the pain. This may illustrate 

A. that one patient is strong and the other is weak. B. different cultural beliefs. C. that one patient is taking the prescribed medicine and the other is not. D. a underlying psychological problem.

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