Mental Status Exam

Question 1

Which brain structure is responsible for mental status?

Answer 1

cerebrum

Question 2

Which structure is responsible for higher mental function, perception, and behavior?

Answer 2

cerebral cortex

Question 3

Which structure is responsible for speech?

Answer 3

frontal lobe - motor cortex - brocas area

Question 4

Which structure is responsible for goal-oriented behavior and short-term memory?

Answer 4

frontal lobe

Question 5

Which structure is responsible for processing sensory data?

Answer 5

parietal lob

Question 6

Which structure is responsible for perception and interpretation of sounds, long-term memory, and emotion?

Answer 6

temporal lobe - wernickes

Question 7

Which structure is responsible for love, anger, fear, affection?

Answer 7

limbic system + frontal lobe

Question 8

Which structure is responsible for wakefulness and arousal?

Answer 8

Reticular activating system RAS in brainstem

Question 9

Damage to which structure can result in altered mental status

Answer 9

RAS

Question 10

Infant brain development

Answer 10

brain cells all present at birth, but myelination occurs over the first several years

Question 11

Children brains

Answer 11

development of intellectual maturity

Question 12

Aging

Answer 12

minimal decline in daily function and cognition, some memory loss and delayed timing response, diminished ability to learn complex info.

Question 13

Mini Mental State Exam

Answer 13

Remember and repeat three unrelated words, draw face of clock, and recall of three words

Question 14

apraxia

Answer 14

inability to translate a intention into an action

Question 15

dysphonia

Answer 15

disorder of voice quality, pitch, or volume (laryngeal dysfunction)

Question 16

dysarthria

Answer 16

motor speech disorder

Question 17

Broca aphasia

Answer 17

comprehends words but impaired speech and writing

Question 18

Wernicke aphasia

Answer 18

fluent speech, but cannot understand words spoken to them, impaired reading and writing

Question 19

global aphasia

Answer 19

impaired speech and impaired ability to understand words spoken to them

Question 20

Glasgow Coma Scale

Answer 20

to quantify consciousness; eye opening scored 1 - 4, verbal response 1- 5, motor response 1 -6

Question 21

Decorticate

Answer 21

flexion as a result to pain (3 on GCS)

Question 22

Decerebrate

Answer 22

extension as a result to pain (2 on GCS)

Question 23

a whiny, high-pitched cry or catlike screeching

Answer 23

CNS deficit in baby

Question 24

Delirium vs Dementia

Answer 24

Delirium : sudden onset, lasts for hours or days, impaired memory and consciousness, mood swings, potentially reversible, caused by infections, disorders, drugs; Dementia: gradual, relentless, minimal cognitive impairment, progressive, structural disease

Question 25

Altered mental status

Answer 25

trauma

Question 26

disorders of mood

Answer 26

neurochemical imbalance

Question 27

autism

Answer 27

pervasive neurodevelopmental disorder