NR 668 NERVOUS SYSTEM AND BRAIN
ANATOMY LATEST STUDY GUIDE,
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
LATEST EDITION
1. The patient presents with a recent diagnosis of apraxia.
What is apraxia?
The inability to carry out a skilled movement despite
having the physical ability to do so
Lack of insight that one has a disability related to a previous CVA The
inability to speak without slurring words related to parietal lobe damage
Gait abnormality secondary to cerebral degeneration
With apraxia, one cannot carry out a skilled movement despite the
fact that one retains the physical ability to do so. This is may occur
with damage to the Parietal lobe.
2. Layla checks on her curling iron to ensure it has been shut off
upwards of 8 times per day. Layla suffers from obsessive
thinking. Layla likely has an overly active what?
Caudate Nucleus
Hypothalamus
Cerebellum
Nucleus Accumbens
The Caudate Nucleus is thought to be dysfunctional in persons with
OCD.
3. Which cerebral lobe houses the receptive area for touch and
spatial orientation?
Parietal Lobe
, The Frontal Lobe
The Temporal
Lobe Occipital
lobe
The Parietal lobe houses the receptive area for touch and spatial
orientation.
4. The part of the neuron that takes in and receives messages is
called:
Dendrite
Node of
Ranvier
Synapse
Axon
5. Your patient Abigail has suffered an infarct in the right
hemisphere of her brain. What would the APRN expect to
find on physical exam?
Contralateral
weakness Superior
weakness Ipsilateral
weakness
Same side weakness
Contralateral refers to the opposite side of the body. An infarct in the
right hemisphere of the brain may produce weakness on the left side of
the body.
6. A 55-year-old woman has been referred for a psychiatric
evaluation for a change in personality, lack of impulse control,
and increasingly reckless decision-making. Which area of the
brain would be responsible for these symptoms?
Parietal lobe
Frontal lobe
Wernicke's area
Broca's area
ANATOMY LATEST STUDY GUIDE,
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
LATEST EDITION
1. The patient presents with a recent diagnosis of apraxia.
What is apraxia?
The inability to carry out a skilled movement despite
having the physical ability to do so
Lack of insight that one has a disability related to a previous CVA The
inability to speak without slurring words related to parietal lobe damage
Gait abnormality secondary to cerebral degeneration
With apraxia, one cannot carry out a skilled movement despite the
fact that one retains the physical ability to do so. This is may occur
with damage to the Parietal lobe.
2. Layla checks on her curling iron to ensure it has been shut off
upwards of 8 times per day. Layla suffers from obsessive
thinking. Layla likely has an overly active what?
Caudate Nucleus
Hypothalamus
Cerebellum
Nucleus Accumbens
The Caudate Nucleus is thought to be dysfunctional in persons with
OCD.
3. Which cerebral lobe houses the receptive area for touch and
spatial orientation?
Parietal Lobe
, The Frontal Lobe
The Temporal
Lobe Occipital
lobe
The Parietal lobe houses the receptive area for touch and spatial
orientation.
4. The part of the neuron that takes in and receives messages is
called:
Dendrite
Node of
Ranvier
Synapse
Axon
5. Your patient Abigail has suffered an infarct in the right
hemisphere of her brain. What would the APRN expect to
find on physical exam?
Contralateral
weakness Superior
weakness Ipsilateral
weakness
Same side weakness
Contralateral refers to the opposite side of the body. An infarct in the
right hemisphere of the brain may produce weakness on the left side of
the body.
6. A 55-year-old woman has been referred for a psychiatric
evaluation for a change in personality, lack of impulse control,
and increasingly reckless decision-making. Which area of the
brain would be responsible for these symptoms?
Parietal lobe
Frontal lobe
Wernicke's area
Broca's area
