Chapter 24

Question 1

Aphasia

Answer 1

Loss of speech

Question 2

Astereognosis

Answer 2

Inability to recognize objects by the sense of touch

Question 3

Ataxia

Answer 3

Lack of muscle of coordination

Question 4

Babinski sign

Answer 4

Neurological reflex, sole of foot stimulated with blunt instrument, causes downward flexion of foot

Question 5

Cerebrovascular accident

Answer 5

Stroke. Lack of blood supply to brain causing brain damage

Question 6

Clonus

Answer 6

Repeated reflex muscular movements

Question 7

Dermatome

Answer 7

Area of skin in which sensory nerves derive from a single spinal nerve root

Question 8

Dysarthria

Answer 8

Difficulty forming words

Question 9

Dyskinesia

Answer 9

Difficulty with movement

Question 10

Dysphagia

Answer 10

Difficulty swallowing

Question 11

Dysphasia

Answer 11

Difficulty with comprehension or expression of words

Question 12

Fascicultation

Answer 12

Rapid, continuous twitching

Question 13

Flaccidity

Answer 13

Decreased resistance to movement

Question 14

Glasgow Coma Scale

Answer 14

Tests eye open, verbal response and motor response. 15 = normal, 7 = coma

Question 15

Graphesthesia

Answer 15

Number or letter traced on palm

Question 16

Paralysis

Answer 16

Decreased or loss of motor power

Question 17

Paresis

Answer 17

Partial or incomplete paralysis; weakness

Question 18

Paresthesia

Answer 18

Abnormal sensation; burning, tingling or numbness

Question 19

Proprioception

Answer 19

Knowing where your body parts are without looking

Question 20

Reflex arc, 4 types

Answer 20

Involuntary response mediated by spinal cord. Deep tendon, superficial, visceral, pathologic

Question 21

Spasticity

Answer 21

Increased resistance then suddenly gives way

Question 22

Romberg test

Answer 22

Feet together, arms at sides, close eyes. (Balance test)

Question 23

Stereognosis

Answer 23

Ability to recognize objects by feeling their form, size, and weight while the eyes are closed

Question 24

Vertigo

Answer 24

Dizziness, room spinning

Question 25

Cerebral cortex

Answer 25

Highest functioning, executive suite - Thought, memory, reasoning, sensation and voluntary movement

Question 26

Frontal lobe function

Answer 26

Personality, behavior, emotions, intellectual function

Question 27

Parietal lobe function

Answer 27

Sensation

Question 28

Occipital lobe function

Answer 28

Visual reception

Question 29

Temporal lobe function

Answer 29

Sensory reception (hearing, taste, smell)

Question 30

Wernicke’s Area function

Answer 30

language comprehension

Question 31

Broca’s area function

Answer 31

Speech production

Question 32

Thalamus function

Answer 32

Relay station of nervous system.

Question 33

Brain stem function

Answer 33

Controls automatic behaviors necessary for survival

Question 34

Cerebellum function

Answer 34

Motor coordination of voluntary movements, equilibrium and muscle tone

Question 35

Cranial Nerve 1

Answer 35

Olfactory (smell)

Question 36

Cranial nerve 2

Answer 36

Optic (vision)

Question 37

Cranial nerve 3, 4, 6

Answer 37

Oculomotor, trochlear, abducens (eye movement)

Question 38

Cranial Nerve 5

Answer 38

Trigeminal.

Question 39

Cranial nerve 7

Answer 39

Facial nerve

Question 40

Cranial Nerve 8

Answer 40

Acoustic, hearing/equilibrium

Question 41

Cranial nerve 9/10

Answer 41

Glossopharyngeal and Vagus

Question 42

Cranial nerve 11

Answer 42

Spinal accessory

Question 43

Cranial nerve 12

Answer 43

Hypoglossal