Neuro-final Flashcards
The basal ganglia
Initiates and coordinates movement
The thalamus
Main relay station
The. Integrating center with connections that are crucial to Human emotion and creativity
Hypothalamus
Major first between center with basic vital functions: temperature, appetite, sex drive, heart rate, blood pressure, sleep Center, but to a Terry gland regulator, or needs automatic nervous system and stress response
Cerebellum
Motor coordination of voluntary
Brainstem
Central core of the brain
Cranial nerves 3-6
Frontal
Personality, behavior, emotions, intellectual function
Parietal lobe
Sensation
Occipital lobe
Visual reception
Hearing, taste and smell identify with which lobe
Temporal lobe
How to asses for deep tendon reflexes in the biceps
While supporting the form of the patient, place your index finger over the anti-cubital fossa on the tendon; stroke your finger with the reflex hammer
How to assess the deep tendon reflexes of the triceps?
While supporting the upper arm of the patient with the elbow flexed and relaxed, stretch the tendon just above the elbow
While supporting the form, strike the tendon with the reflex hammer assess for what tendon?
Brachioradialis
How to assess the deep tendon reflexes of the patella
With the patient sitting in knees flexed, strike the tendon just below the Patella
How to assess the deep tendon reflexes of the Achilles
With the patient sitting, grass for it with one hand and stroke the Achilles tendon with the reflex hammer
Babinski
Using the handle of the reflex hammer, stroke the lateral side of the foot and across the ball