Mental Status Exam - Class 8

Question 1

what is key to understanding the neuro mental status exam

Answer 1

review of cerebral hemispheres

Question 2

review of cerebral hemispheres

Answer 2

frontal

temporal

parietal

occipital

Question 3

frontal lobe is important for

Answer 3

attention

executive fxn

motivation

behavior

Question 4

tests for frontal lobe

Answer 4

working memory

judgement

fund of knowledge

task organization

Question 5

working memory –> frontal lobe

Answer 5

digit span

spelling backwards

Question 6

task organization –> frontal lobe

Answer 6

naming list in particular order

Question 7

temporal lobe

Answer 7

emotional response

memory

Question 8

emotional response –> temporal

Answer 8

amygdala and its connections of the hypothalamus

Question 9

memory –> temporal

Answer 9

hippocampus

Question 10

main tests for temporal lobe

Answer 10

declarative memory

Question 11

language

Answer 11

temporal and frontal

Question 12

types of language

Answer 12

receptive language

expressive language

Question 13

receptive language

Answer 13

wernicke’s area

located in the posterior part of the dominant temporal lobe

Question 14

expressive language

Answer 14

Broca’s aphasia

located in the posterior portion of the dominant part of the frontal lobe

Question 15

parietal lobes are important for

Answer 15

perception and interpretation of sensory info

non-dominant lobe

dominant lobe

Question 16

perception and interpretation of sensory info –> parietal lobe

Answer 16

esp somatosensory

Question 17

non-dominant lobe –> parietal

Answer 17

important for visual-spatial info

Question 18

dominant lobe –> parietal lobe

Answer 18

important for praxis

Question 19

praxis –> parietal

Answer 19

the formation of the idea of a complex purposeful act

Question 20

clinical test for parietal lobes

Answer 20

check for agnosias

apraxia

Question 21

check for agnosias –> tests for parietal lobe

Answer 21

inability to identify objects by tactile exploration

Question 22

occipital lobe is important for

Answer 22

perception of visual info

Question 23

inferior temporal lobe

Answer 23

important for the recognition of color, shape, faces

Question 24

superior temporal lobe and temporal-parietal region

Answer 24

detects movement

Question 25

what must we avoid

Answer 25

time of day, stress, fatigue, pain greatly affect exam

what is the pts social and educational background

Question 26

mental status

Answer 26

affect

orientation

memory

concentration and calculating

3 step commands

language

apraxia

Question 27

affect –> mental status

Answer 27

withdrawn

depression

indifference

Question 28

orientation –> mental status

Answer 28

person

place

time

Question 29

memory –> mental status

Answer 29

immediate recall

recent recall

Question 30

concentration and calculation –> mental status

Answer 30

subtracting 7s fromm 100

Question 31

language –> mental status

Answer 31

fluent

non-fluent

Question 32

apraxia –> mental status

Answer 32

difficulty performing motor tasks on command with the absence of true motor or sensory impairment

ideomotor

ideational

Question 33

ideomotor apraxia

Answer 33

your asked to do a fxnal task and you can’t do it on command

but you may be able to do that task not on command

Question 34

ideational apraxia

Answer 34

you have forgotten how to do the task whether on command or not on command