Neurological Assessment

Question 1

cerebellum

Answer 1

80% of brain tissue, has 2 hemispheres divided into 4 lobes

Question 2

frontal lobe

Answer 2

intelligence, abstract, emotions, judgement

Question 3

parietal lobe

Answer 3

size, texture, touch, pressure, pain, language receptors (broca, werniche )

Question 4

broca

Answer 4

regulates verbal expression and writing ability

Question 5

werniche

Answer 5

integrates understanding of spoken or written words

Question 6

expressive dysphasia

Answer 6

understand but cannot respond

Question 7

receptive dysphasia

Answer 7

do not understand

Question 8

occipital lobe

Answer 8

vision

Question 9

temporal lobe

Answer 9

memory, auditory input

Question 10

limbic

Answer 10

primitive responses, body on survival mode, responsible for breathing

Question 11

diencephalon

Answer 11

houses thalamus and hypothalamus

Question 12

thalamus

Answer 12

major relay station for motor and sensory stimuli

Question 13

hypothalamus

Answer 13

controls vital functions (temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, sleep, autonomic nervous system, emotions)

Question 14

brainstem

Answer 14

medulla, pons, midbrain

Question 15

medulla

Answer 15

ascending/descending nerve track between brain and spinal cord, CN 3-12

Question 16

pons

Answer 16

“bridge” connects spinal cord w/ brain and parts of brain to sensations, injury to pons may have abnormal eye movement and/or biots breathing (rapid, pause)

Question 17

midbrain

Answer 17

regulate vision, hearing, and other reflexes (like focusing and pupil dilation)

Question 18

how many cranial nerves are there

Answer 18

12

Question 19

myelination

Answer 19

covering, transfer signals cleanly, doesn’t really develop until age 2

Question 20

demyelimination

Answer 20

develop numbness and may be unable to pick up objects

Question 21

multiple sclerosis (MS)

Answer 21

can’t do fine/gross motor skills

Question 22

seizures

Answer 22

rapid impulses across derolrites to next neuron