Chapter 23: Neurologic System Jarvis: Physical Examination & Health Assessment, 7th Edition

Chapter 23: Neurologic System Jarvis: Physical Examination & Health Assessment, 7th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The two parts of the nervous system are the: 2. The wife of a 65-year-old ma n tells the nurse that she is concerned because she has noticed a change in her husband’s personality and ability to understand. He also cries very easily and becomes angry. The nurse recalls that the cerebral lobe responsible for these behaviors is the lobe. 3. Which statement concerning the areas of the brain is true? 4. The area of the nervous system that is responsible for mediating reflexes is the: 5. While gathering equipment after an injection, a nurse accidentally received a prick from an improperly capped needle. To interpret this sensation, which of these areas must be intact? 6. A patient with a lack of oxygen to his heart will have pain in his chest and possibly in the shoulder, arms, or jaw. The nurse knows that the best explanation why this occurs is which one of these statements? 7. The ability that humans have to perform very skilled movements such as writing is controlled by the: 8. A 30-year-old woman tells the nurse that she has been very unsteady and has had difficulty in maintaining her balance. Which area of the brain that is related to these findings would concern the nurse? 9. Which of these statements about the peripheral nervous system is correct? 10. A patient has a severed spinal nerve as a result of trauma. Which statement is true in this situation? 11. A 21-year-old patient has a head injury resulting from trauma and is unconscious. There are no other injuries. During the assessment what would the nurse expect to find when testing the patient’s deep tendon reflexes? 12. A mother of a 1-month-old infant asks the nurse why it takes so long for infants to learn to roll over. The nurse knows that the reason for this is