NEUROLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS EXAM 1 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

NEUROLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS EXAM 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. What are the 2 motor neurons influenced by?
Answer:
1. Upper motor neuron in thalamus
2. Amygdala
3. Nucelus solitarius

Question:
2. What effect does the parasympathetic nervous system have on the eyes
Answer:
Constriction (near vision)

Question:
3. What effect does the parasympathetic nervous system have on digestion
Answer:
Increases digestion

Question:
4. What effect does the parasympathetic nervous system have on the heart
Answer:
Decreases HR

Question:
5. What effect does the parasympathetic nervous system have on the Lungs
Answer:
Decreases breathing rate

Question:
6. What effect does the parasympathetic nervous system have on the Peripheral capillaries
Answer:
Dilation

Question:
7. What effect does the parasympathetic nervous system have on the skeletal muscle
Answer:
Relaxation

Question:
8. What effect does the sympathetic nervous system have on the eyes
Answer:
Far vision (Dilation)

,Question:
9. What effect does the sympathetic nervous system have on digestion
Answer:
Decreased digestion

Question:
10. What effect does the sympathetic nervous system have on the heart
Answer:
Increased HR

Question:
11. What effect does the sympathetic nervous system have on the lungs
Answer:
Increased breathing rate

Question:
12. What effect does the sympathetic nervous system have on the peripheral capillaries
Answer:
Constriction

Question:
13. What effect does the sympathetic nervous system have on the Skeletal muscle
Answer:
Increased blood flow (Contraction)

Question:
14. What are the 2 divisions of the enteric system?
Answer:
1. Submucosal plexus
2. Myenteric plexus

Question:
15. What is the purpose of the submucosal plexus?
Answer:
Secretion of digestive enzymes

Question:
16. What is the purpose of the myenteric plexus?
Answer:
Peristalsis

Question:
17. What is the AKA for Hirschprung disease?
Answer:
Congenital Aganglionic Megacolon

, Question:
18. A patient presents with a lack of bowel sounds, dull percussion, and palpable distention in the Left
Lower Quadrant in addition to their constipation complaint. What is the likely diagnosis?
Answer:
Hirschprung disease

Question:
19. What is Hirschprung disease?
Answer:
Congenital aganglionic development of nervous system in the distal colon

Question:
20. What is your recommendation for a patient diagnosed with Hirschprung disease?
Answer:
Eat smaller, more frequent meals

Question:
21. What is the primary sign of a motor neuron lesion?
Answer:
Weakness

Question:
22. A patient who needs to hold onto something or walk their hands up their own legs in order to stand up
is demonstrating?
Answer:
Gower Sign

Question:
23. A patient complaining of hip and shoulder weakness with progressively worsening symptoms to the
elbow and knee joints may be suffering from?
Answer:
Muscular dystrophy

Question:
24. What joints are affected in muscular dystrophy disorders?
Answer:
Proximal joints/muscles

Question:
25. What gait is associated with muscular dystrophy?
Answer:
Waddling with Gower sign

Question:
26. Who is muscular dystrophy more common in?