Health Assessment Exam 3: Neuro Review Questions
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1. The wife of a 65-year-old client A) frontal
tells the nurse that she is con-
cerned because she has noticed The frontal lobe has areas concerned with personality, be-
a change in her husband's per- havior, emotions, and intellectual function. The parietal lobe
sonality and ability to under- has areas concerned with sensation; the occipital lobe is
stand. He also cries and be- responsible for visual reception; and the temporal lobe is
comes angry very easily. The concerned with hearing, taste and smell.
nurse recalls that the cerebral
lobe responsible for these be-
haviors is the _____ lobe.
A) frontal
B) parietal
C) occipital
D) temporal
2. A CLIENT WAS ADMITTED TO C) Cranial Nerves IX and X
THE ED WITH SLURRED SPEECH.
THE NURSE NOTES THAT THIS Cranial Nerve IX (Glossopharyngeal): Motor function con-
COULD BE DUE TO DYS- trols phonation and swallowing
FUNCTION OF WHAT CRANIAL Cranial Nerve X (Vagus): Motor function controls talking and
NERVE(S)? swallowing
A) Cranial Nerve I
B) Cranial Nerve V
C) Cranial Nerves IX and X
D) Cranial Nerve III
3. The nurse is assessing a client B) The hypothalamus controls temperature and regulates
who may have suffered a stroke. sleep.
Which of these statements is
true concerning areas of the The hypothalamus is a vital area with many important func-
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brain? tions: temperature controller, sleep center, anterior and pos-
terior pituitary gland regulator, and coordinator of auto-
A) The cerebellum is the center nomic nervous system activity and emotional status. The
for speech and emotions. cerebellum controls motor coordination, equilibrium, and
B) The hypothalamus con- balance. The basal ganglia controls autonomic movements
trols temperature and regulates of the body. The motor pathways of the spinal cord synapse
sleep. in various areas of the spinal cord, not the thalamus.
C) The basal ganglia are respon-
sible for controlling voluntary
movements.
D) Motor pathways of the spinal
cord and brainstem synapse in
the thalamus.
4. The nurse is testing the func- D) moves the head and shoulders against resistance with
tion of cranial nerve XI. Which equal strength.
of these best describes the re-
sponse the nurse should expect These are the expected normal findings when testing cra-
nial nerve XI (spinal accessory nerve): The client should
if the nerve is intact? The client:
demonstrate the ability to rotate the head both ways forcibly
A) demonstrates ability to hear against resistance applied to the side of the chin with equal
normal conversation. strength and shrug the shoulders against resistance with
B) sticks tongue out midline equal strength on both sides.
without tremors or deviation.
C) follows an object with both
eyes without nystagmus or stra-
bismus.
D) moves the head and shoul-
ders against resistance with
equal strength.
5. A) vertigo.
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1. The wife of a 65-year-old client A) frontal
tells the nurse that she is con-
cerned because she has noticed The frontal lobe has areas concerned with personality, be-
a change in her husband's per- havior, emotions, and intellectual function. The parietal lobe
sonality and ability to under- has areas concerned with sensation; the occipital lobe is
stand. He also cries and be- responsible for visual reception; and the temporal lobe is
comes angry very easily. The concerned with hearing, taste and smell.
nurse recalls that the cerebral
lobe responsible for these be-
haviors is the _____ lobe.
A) frontal
B) parietal
C) occipital
D) temporal
2. A CLIENT WAS ADMITTED TO C) Cranial Nerves IX and X
THE ED WITH SLURRED SPEECH.
THE NURSE NOTES THAT THIS Cranial Nerve IX (Glossopharyngeal): Motor function con-
COULD BE DUE TO DYS- trols phonation and swallowing
FUNCTION OF WHAT CRANIAL Cranial Nerve X (Vagus): Motor function controls talking and
NERVE(S)? swallowing
A) Cranial Nerve I
B) Cranial Nerve V
C) Cranial Nerves IX and X
D) Cranial Nerve III
3. The nurse is assessing a client B) The hypothalamus controls temperature and regulates
who may have suffered a stroke. sleep.
Which of these statements is
true concerning areas of the The hypothalamus is a vital area with many important func-
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brain? tions: temperature controller, sleep center, anterior and pos-
terior pituitary gland regulator, and coordinator of auto-
A) The cerebellum is the center nomic nervous system activity and emotional status. The
for speech and emotions. cerebellum controls motor coordination, equilibrium, and
B) The hypothalamus con- balance. The basal ganglia controls autonomic movements
trols temperature and regulates of the body. The motor pathways of the spinal cord synapse
sleep. in various areas of the spinal cord, not the thalamus.
C) The basal ganglia are respon-
sible for controlling voluntary
movements.
D) Motor pathways of the spinal
cord and brainstem synapse in
the thalamus.
4. The nurse is testing the func- D) moves the head and shoulders against resistance with
tion of cranial nerve XI. Which equal strength.
of these best describes the re-
sponse the nurse should expect These are the expected normal findings when testing cra-
nial nerve XI (spinal accessory nerve): The client should
if the nerve is intact? The client:
demonstrate the ability to rotate the head both ways forcibly
A) demonstrates ability to hear against resistance applied to the side of the chin with equal
normal conversation. strength and shrug the shoulders against resistance with
B) sticks tongue out midline equal strength on both sides.
without tremors or deviation.
C) follows an object with both
eyes without nystagmus or stra-
bismus.
D) moves the head and shoul-
ders against resistance with
equal strength.
5. A) vertigo.
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