Chapter 47-Neurological System Function, Assessment &
Therapeutic Measures
1. The nurse notes that a patient is not able to voluntary move the right arm. Which part of the
brain should the nurse suspect is affected in this patient?
a. Cerebellum
b. Frontal lobe
c. Parietal lobe
d. Hypothalamus - B. Frontal lobe
2. A patient is diagnosed with a health problem that alters the way impulses are conducted in
the neurological system. When reviewing this information with the patient, which part of a
neuron should the nurse teach carries impulses toward the cell body?
a. Axon
b. Dendrite
c. Schwann cell
d. Myelin sheath - B. Dendrite
3. The nurse is reviewing the vital sign measurements for a patient with a neurological problem.
When analyzing these measurements what should the nurse recall as the part of the brain that
regulates heart rate and blood pressure?
a. Medulla
b. Cerebrum
c. Cerebellum
d. Hypothalamus - A. Medulla
4. The nurse is preparing material about impulse transmission to help with a presentation on the
neurological system. When discussing spinal nerves, the nurse will include that each spinal
nerve is made up of the dorsal root and which other root?
, a. Medial
b. Lateral
c. Ventral
d. Proximal - C. Ventral
5. The nurse is explaining the transmission of nerve impulses to a patient with a spinal cord
injury. What should the nurse explain as the structure that carries nerve impulses at synapses?
a. Cell membrane
b. Depolarizations
c. Schwanns cells
d. Neurotransmitters - D. Neurotransmitters
6. A patient learns that abdominal pain is originating from the liver. The nurse should explain to
the patient that the impulses from receptors in the internal organs to the central nervous system
are transmitted from which type of neurons?
a. Interneurons
b. Efferent neurons
c. Somatic sensory neurons
d. Visceral sensory neurons - D. Visceral sensory neurons
7. The nurse is reviewing the results of a patients diagnostic tests which show changes in nerve
insulation. What structure should the nurse explain to the patient that electrically insulates
neurons?
a. Astrocytes
b. Gray matter
c. Interneurons
d. Myelin sheath - D. Myelin sheath
Therapeutic Measures
1. The nurse notes that a patient is not able to voluntary move the right arm. Which part of the
brain should the nurse suspect is affected in this patient?
a. Cerebellum
b. Frontal lobe
c. Parietal lobe
d. Hypothalamus - B. Frontal lobe
2. A patient is diagnosed with a health problem that alters the way impulses are conducted in
the neurological system. When reviewing this information with the patient, which part of a
neuron should the nurse teach carries impulses toward the cell body?
a. Axon
b. Dendrite
c. Schwann cell
d. Myelin sheath - B. Dendrite
3. The nurse is reviewing the vital sign measurements for a patient with a neurological problem.
When analyzing these measurements what should the nurse recall as the part of the brain that
regulates heart rate and blood pressure?
a. Medulla
b. Cerebrum
c. Cerebellum
d. Hypothalamus - A. Medulla
4. The nurse is preparing material about impulse transmission to help with a presentation on the
neurological system. When discussing spinal nerves, the nurse will include that each spinal
nerve is made up of the dorsal root and which other root?
, a. Medial
b. Lateral
c. Ventral
d. Proximal - C. Ventral
5. The nurse is explaining the transmission of nerve impulses to a patient with a spinal cord
injury. What should the nurse explain as the structure that carries nerve impulses at synapses?
a. Cell membrane
b. Depolarizations
c. Schwanns cells
d. Neurotransmitters - D. Neurotransmitters
6. A patient learns that abdominal pain is originating from the liver. The nurse should explain to
the patient that the impulses from receptors in the internal organs to the central nervous system
are transmitted from which type of neurons?
a. Interneurons
b. Efferent neurons
c. Somatic sensory neurons
d. Visceral sensory neurons - D. Visceral sensory neurons
7. The nurse is reviewing the results of a patients diagnostic tests which show changes in nerve
insulation. What structure should the nurse explain to the patient that electrically insulates
neurons?
a. Astrocytes
b. Gray matter
c. Interneurons
d. Myelin sheath - D. Myelin sheath
