SSEP Test Review questions with correct answers

electrical responses of the nervous system to sensory stimuli and are analyzed to assess the Integrity of portions of the nervous system - Answer somatosensory evoked potentials SSEP's are recorded from both the Central and peripheral nervous systems True/False - Answer True somatosensory evoked potentials only record short latency evoked potentials True/False - Answer True short latency evoked potentials typically last less then 30 milliseconds and are resistant to changes in level of consciousness (True/False) - Answer true list the pathway of the sensory system - Answer external stimulus is sensed by the sensory receptors which send the peripheral nerves to the spinal cord then to the brainstem then to the primary cortex what are the three types of peripheral nerves? - Answer motor sensory mixed motor and sensory