Week 6 Vocab

Question 0

Babinski reflex

Answer 0

A reflex used to determine adequacy of the higher (central) nervous system. The Babinski reflex is obtained by stimulating the outside of the sole of the foot, causing extension of the big toe while fanning the other toes. Babies show this; whereas, neurologically mature children and adults typically don’t except in the presence of spinal cord or brain injury.

Question 1

Presbyopia

Answer 1

farsightedness caused by loss of elasticity of the lens of the eye, occurring typically in middle and old age

Question 2

Cognition

Answer 2

the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses

Question 3

Disorientation

Answer 3

Disorientation is a type of altered mental status to personal identity,
location, date, time& present situation

Question 4

Glasgow coma scale

Answer 4

the most common scoring system used to describe the level of consciousness in a person following a traumatic brain injury

Question 5

National patient safety goals

Answer 5

A set of goals put forth to increase patient safety in healthcare

Question 6

Never events

Answer 6

serious, largely preventable patient safety incidents that should not occur if the available preventative measures have been implemented

Question 7

Stereognosis

Answer 7

The perception of the form of an object by means of touch

Question 8

Consensual constriction

Answer 8

In a normal response the eye which the light is shined has pupillary constriction (direct reflex) AND the contralateral pupil also constricts (indirect or consensual reflex)

Question 9

Rinne test

Answer 9

Compares bone and conduction (tests for hearing) with the use of a vibrating fork on the mastoid bone

Question 10

Weber test

Answer 10

Another hearing loss test that determines whether a patient has conductive or sensorineural hearing loss

Question 11

Deep tendon reflexes

Answer 11

used to determine the integrity of the spinal cord and peripheral nervous system, and they can be used to detect the presence of a neuromuscular disease

Question 12

Perception

Answer 12

the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the environment

Question 13

Accommodation

Answer 13

the process by which the vertebrate eye changes optical power to maintain a clear image or focus on an object as its distance varies