Health Assessment

Lobe responsible for vountary motor movement and contains primary motor cortex.

Which lobe contains Broca's area, which is involved in formulating words?

Lobe that controls intellectual function, awareness of self, personality, and automatic responses related to emotions.

Lobe that contains the primary sensory cortex.

Lobe that receives position sense, touch, shape, and texture of objects.

Lobe that contains the primary auditory cortex.

Lobe containing the Wernicke's area, which is responsible for written and spoken language.

Lobe that interprets auditory, visual, and somatic sensory inputs that are stored in thought and memory.

Lobe responsible for receiving and interpreting visual information.

Number of pairs of SPINAL nerves

Pairs of CERVICAL nerves

Pairs of THORACIC nerves

Pairs of LUMBAR nerves

Pairs of SACRAL nerves

Pairs of COCCYGEAL nerves

First 7 spinal nerves exit _______ above the corresponding vertebrae. The remaining nerves exit ______.

Nervous system that regulates the bodys internal environment in conjuction to the endocrine system.

Activated during the flight or fight response. Responsible for increasing BP, HR, vasoconstriction, inhibiting GI peristalsis, and dilating bronchi.

Controls vegetative functions. Feed and Breed. Conserves energy and increases peristalsis.

A client who does not know their name or location is considered ________.

Those who require excessive stimulation or painful stimuli have a decreased ______________.

Localized uncontrolane twitching of a single muscle group innervated by a single motor nerve fiber that may be observed or palpated.

Involuntary contraction of a muscle that occurs with upper motor neuron damage such as pyramidal tract damage that occurs with spinal cord injuries.

Lack of muscle tone and DTR that occurs after a lower motor neuron damage such as injury from spina bifida.

Loss or impaired sense of smell.

Lesions in the CNS may cause what?

What is ptosis?

When might ptosis occur?

A nystagmus may occur with weakness or dysfunction of which CN?

Pressure or damage to which CN may result in diminished pupillary constriction, ptosis, and altered superior and inferior movements of the eye?

Heroin and morphine have what effect on the pupils?

Cocaine has what effect on the pupils?

Occational tics may be caused by what?

Multiple tics and facial grimaces may occur with what?

How do you test deep sensation and which nerve is being tested?

How do you check the sensory branch of CN V?

Characterized by a stablike pain radiating along the trigeminal nerve.

How do you check CN VII?

What nerve is being checked with the Rinne and Weber tests?

Sensorineural hearing loss may be indicated by lateralization of sound to the unaffected ear using which test?

Sensorineural hearing loss may be indicated when air conduction is longer than bone conduction in the affected ear by less than a 2:1 ratio, using which test?

Testing taste on the anterior 2/3 of the tongue checks which CN?

Taste is checked on the posterior 1/3 of the tongue testing which CN?

Which CN is being checked when saying "ah"?

Gag reflex tests which CN?

Asymmetry of the soft palate or tonsillar pilar movement, lateral deviation of the uvula, or absence of gag reflex may indicated disorders of what?

Being able to describe how a body parts position has changed when a nurse moves it.

When you put an object in a clients hand and they are able to identify it with their eyes closed.

Using two prongs and touching the clicent and seeing if they are able to identify how many points are touching them.

Drawing a letter or number on the clients hand or back and them being able to tell you what you drew.