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Study Guide Finals Flashcards

1
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Frontal lobe

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Movement, decisions, planning , problem solving , personality

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2
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Parietal lobe

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Touch senses , regulates body temp

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3
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Temporal lobe

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Hearing and memory

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4
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Occipital lobe

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Vision

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5
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Wernickes area

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Language development, comprehension of speech

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6
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Broca’s area

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Production of speech , writing, motor

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7
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Cerebellum

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Body movement and posture

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8
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Pons

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Control breathing and taste

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9
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Medulla

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Controls BP, blood flow , HR , resp rate , swallowing , vomiting , coughing , sneezing

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10
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Midbrain

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Motor movement of eyes and hearing and visual processing

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11
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Major areas to assess when collecting a health history for neurologic system

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Headache , head injury , dizzy , vertigo , tremors , numbness, tingling , difficulties swallowing

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12
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4 point grading for deep tendon reflexes

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4 - wry brisk hyperactive

3- brisker than average

2- normal

1-diminished

0-no response

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13
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How to test for stereognosis ?

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Place coin in hand and ask them to identify it

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14
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Dorsiflexion of big toe and fanning of all toes

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Babinski reflex

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15
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Areas addressed in Glasgow’s coma scale

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Eye opening

motor response to stimuli

verbal response

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16
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Movement of the tounge

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Hypoglossal

17
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Optic

18
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Lateral movement of the eyes

19
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Hearing and equilibrium

20
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Talking, swallowing and sensory info from pharynx and carotid sinus

21
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Olfactory

22
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Eye movement

Pupil construction

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Oculomotor

23
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Mastication and sensation of face , scalp, cornea

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Trigeminal

24
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Movement of mastoid muscles mouth

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Spinal accessory

25
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Glossopharyngeal

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Swallowing, tasting

26
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Trichlear

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Down an inward movement of the eye

27
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Tasting and closing eyes and mouth

28
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Four signs of acute inflammation in the joint

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Swelling

Heat

Redness

Pain

29
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Swan neck deformity rhemoatoid arthritis

Boutannier deformity

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Swan- knuckles are curved down

B- knuckles are pointing upward

30
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Bouchard nodes vs heberden nodes

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B- bony hard outgrowths at middle of fingers and toes

H- nodes and end of toes and fingers

31
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During assessment of spine what would the client be asked to do

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Flex , extend , abduct , and rotate

32
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Turning forearm so that palm is down

33
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Turning the forearm so that the palm is up

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Supination

34
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Move arm in a circle

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Curcumduction

35
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Moving sole of foot outward at the ankle

36
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Moving the head around the central axis

37
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Moving the body part forward and parallel to the ground

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Protraction

38
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Lowering a body part

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Depression

39
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Rapid alternating movements test how

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Flip hands back and forth on lap

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