Study Guide Finals Flashcards
Frontal lobe
Movement, decisions, planning , problem solving , personality
Parietal lobe
Touch senses , regulates body temp
Temporal lobe
Hearing and memory
Occipital lobe
Vision
Wernickes area
Language development, comprehension of speech
Broca’s area
Production of speech , writing, motor
Cerebellum
Body movement and posture
Pons
Control breathing and taste
Medulla
Controls BP, blood flow , HR , resp rate , swallowing , vomiting , coughing , sneezing
Midbrain
Motor movement of eyes and hearing and visual processing
Major areas to assess when collecting a health history for neurologic system
Headache , head injury , dizzy , vertigo , tremors , numbness, tingling , difficulties swallowing
4 point grading for deep tendon reflexes
4 - wry brisk hyperactive
3- brisker than average
2- normal
1-diminished
0-no response
How to test for stereognosis ?
Place coin in hand and ask them to identify it
Dorsiflexion of big toe and fanning of all toes
Babinski reflex
Areas addressed in Glasgow’s coma scale
Eye opening
motor response to stimuli
verbal response