Neurological assessment

Question 1

What is the neurological system responsible for

Answer 1

controlling/affecting the function of body systems, interacts with external world, happens through transmission of chemical and electrical signals

Question 2

What are the basic functions of the neurological system

Answer 2

cognition, emotion, memory, sensation, perception, homeostasis

Question 3

What does the central nervous system control

Answer 3

cerebral and cerebellar function

Question 4

What does the peripheral nervous system control

Answer 4

sensory and motor function

Question 5

What is cerebral function

Answer 5

intellectual and behavioral function (LOC, orientation, mental status, cognitive function, communication)

Question 6

What is cerebellar function

Answer 6

coordination of skeletal and muscular movement, regulate muscle tone, responsible for proprioception/maintaining body posture

Question 7

Frontal lobe

Answer 7

motor control, problem solving, speech production

Question 8

Temporal lobe

Answer 8

auditory processing, language comprehension, memory.information retrieval

Question 9

Brainstem

Answer 9

involuntary responses

Question 10

Parietal lobe

Answer 10

touch perception, body orientation, sensory discrimination

Question 11

Occipital lobe

Answer 11

sight, visual reception, visual interpretation

Question 12

Cerebellum

Answer 12

balance and coordination

Question 13

What do nerves do

Answer 13

carry out the transmission of chemical and electrical signals between the brain and the rest of the body

Question 14

Stroke

Answer 14

the death of brain cells that occurs when there is ischemia to a part of the brain or hemorrhage into the brain

Question 15

Modifiable stroke factors

Answer 15

smoking, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, birth control, obesity, and diet

Question 16

Non-modifiable stroke factors

Answer 16

age, gender, race, family history, past stroke, TIA

Question 17

FAST acronym for strokes

Answer 17

Face drooping
Arm weakness
Speech
Time to call 911

Question 18

Babinski reflex

Answer 18

when foot is stroked the toes will extend upward, positive test is only desired in newborns

Question 19

Rooting

Answer 19

stroking cheek elicits newborn to turn head towards the side that was stroked and begin sucking motion

Question 20

Moro reflex

Answer 20

change causes infant to throw the arms outward, open the hands, and throw back the head

Question 21

Palmar and plantar grasp

Answer 21

the infant’s fingers or toes curl around a finger placed

Question 22

What assessment tests the function of the cerebellum

Answer 22

musculoskeletal assessment

Question 23

Superficial sensation

Answer 23

start on the most peripheral part, touch each spot for 2 seconds before moving (light, pain, temperature)

Question 24

Kinesthetic sensation (position sense)

Answer 24

move a patient’s finger or tow up or down and have patient identify direction of movement

Question 25

Deep tendon reflex grading scale

Answer 25

0: no response
+1: diminished response
+2: normal response
+3: response stronger than normal
+4: response is hyperactive with clonus (involuntary contractions after the first contraction)

Question 26

What is the glasglow scale used for

Answer 26

to document and measure the level of consciousness