JARVIS CH. 23 QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
A 65-year-old man had notices a change in his personality and his ability to
understood. He also cries and becomes angry very easily. The cerebral lobe
responsible for these behaviors is the ________________ lobe
a. frontal
b. parietal
c. occipital
d. temporal correct answer a. frontal
A positive Babinski sign is:
a. dorsiflexion of the big toe and fanning of all toes
b. plantar flexion of the big toe with a fanning of all toes
c. the expected response in healthy adults
d. withdrawal of the stimulates extremity from the stimulus correct answer a.
dorsiflexion of the big toe and fanning of all toes
ability of the person to discriminate exactly where on the body the skin has been
touched correct answer point localization
ability to "read" a number by having it traced on the skin correct answer
graphesthesia
ability to distinguish the separation of two simultaneous pinpricks on the skin
correct answer two-point discrimination
, ability to recognize objects by feeling their form, size, and weight while the eyes
are closed correct answer stereognosis
abnormal sensation (burning, numbness, tingling, prickling, crawling skin
sensation correct answer paresthesia
arms adducted and flexed, wrists and fingers flexed; legs extended, internally
rotated, plantar-flexed correct answer decorticate rigidity
arms stiffly extended, adducted, internally rotated; legs stiffly extended, plantar-
flexed correct answer decerebrate rigidity
back and forth oscillation of the eyes correct answer nystagmus
bizarre, slow, twisting, writhing movement, resembling a snake or worm correct
answer athetosis
Cerebellar function is assessed by which of the following:
a. muscle size and strength assessment
b. cranial nerve examination
c. coordination - hopping on one foot
d. spinothalamic test correct answer c. coordination - hopping on one foot
continuous resistance to stretching by a muscle due to abnormally increased
tension, with increased deep tendon reflexes correct answer spasticity
A 65-year-old man had notices a change in his personality and his ability to
understood. He also cries and becomes angry very easily. The cerebral lobe
responsible for these behaviors is the ________________ lobe
a. frontal
b. parietal
c. occipital
d. temporal correct answer a. frontal
A positive Babinski sign is:
a. dorsiflexion of the big toe and fanning of all toes
b. plantar flexion of the big toe with a fanning of all toes
c. the expected response in healthy adults
d. withdrawal of the stimulates extremity from the stimulus correct answer a.
dorsiflexion of the big toe and fanning of all toes
ability of the person to discriminate exactly where on the body the skin has been
touched correct answer point localization
ability to "read" a number by having it traced on the skin correct answer
graphesthesia
ability to distinguish the separation of two simultaneous pinpricks on the skin
correct answer two-point discrimination
, ability to recognize objects by feeling their form, size, and weight while the eyes
are closed correct answer stereognosis
abnormal sensation (burning, numbness, tingling, prickling, crawling skin
sensation correct answer paresthesia
arms adducted and flexed, wrists and fingers flexed; legs extended, internally
rotated, plantar-flexed correct answer decorticate rigidity
arms stiffly extended, adducted, internally rotated; legs stiffly extended, plantar-
flexed correct answer decerebrate rigidity
back and forth oscillation of the eyes correct answer nystagmus
bizarre, slow, twisting, writhing movement, resembling a snake or worm correct
answer athetosis
Cerebellar function is assessed by which of the following:
a. muscle size and strength assessment
b. cranial nerve examination
c. coordination - hopping on one foot
d. spinothalamic test correct answer c. coordination - hopping on one foot
continuous resistance to stretching by a muscle due to abnormally increased
tension, with increased deep tendon reflexes correct answer spasticity
