Ch. 24 (Neurological System)

Question 1

What concept describes the idea that the left brain gets info from the right side of the body and the right brain gets info form the left side of the body?

Answer 1

crossed representation

Question 2

Sensory receptors help perceive what from the external environment?

Answer 2

• temperature
• position
• pressure
• pain
• vibration
• touch

Question 3

What lobe contains brocas area?

Answer 3

frontal lobe

Question 4

What area helps in the production of speech?

Answer 4

brocas area

Question 5

What lobe contains wernicke’s area?

Answer 5

temporal lobe

Question 6

What area helps in the comphrension/understanding of speech?

Answer 6

wernickes area

Question 7

What control autonomic association of the body (as we walk our arms naturally swings)?

Answer 7

basal ganglia

Question 8

What is the relay center in our brain

Answer 8

thalamus

Question 9

What is responsible for

Question 10

What is the purpose of reflex arcs?

Answer 10

1. involuntary
2. permit quick reaction to a potential dangerous situation
3. help body maintain mucle tone

Question 11

What are the different types of reflex arcs?

Answer 11

1. deep tendon
2. superficial [cornea reflex]
3. visceral (organic) [PERRLA]

Question 12

What type of neurological test tests your balance through your walking?

Answer 12

balance test

Question 13

What type of neurological test makes you watch your pt and see if they fall with their eyes close?

Answer 13

romberg

Question 14

What type of neurological test makes the pt bend their knee

Answer 14

shallow knee bends

Question 15

What type of neurological test makes the pt move their finger from their nose to your finger repeatedly?

Answer 15

finger-to-nose test

Question 16

What type of neurological test makes the pt alternate patting their thighs?

Answer 16

rapid alternating movements test

Question 17

What type of neurological test

Answer 17

heel-to-shin test

Question 18

When assessing the sensory system, how do you asses pain?

Question 19

When assessing the sensory system, how do you asses light touch?

Question 20

When assessing the sensory system, how do you asses vibration?

Question 21

When assessing the sensory system, how do you asses position?

Question 22

When assessing the sensory system, how do you asses stereognosis?

Answer 22

giving the pt a random object and having them feel it with their eyes close and then guessing what object you gave them

Question 23

When assessing the sensory system, how do you asses graphesthesia?

Answer 23

take pt palm and draw a number with your finger on their palm and they should be able to say what number it is

Question 24

When testing deep tendon reflex, when the knee does not move at all in response, where would it be graded on the grading scale?

Answer 24

0

Question 25

If someone score a 0 on their deep tendon reflex test, does that automatically mean there is something neurologically wrong?

Answer 25

no

has to be compared with all the other tests

Question 26

How do you perform a deep tendon reflex exam on the biceps?

Answer 26

support pt arm, thumb on bicep tendon, strike thumb with reflex hammer - cause flexion of elbow