PCCN Neurology Practice Exam Questions and Answers

PCCN Neurology Practice Exam Questions and Answers Frontal lobe function - Correct Answer ️️ -personality, motor function, motor speech, morals, emotions, judgement, impulsive Parietal lobe function - Correct Answer ️️ -sensation, pain, interpretation, temperature, pressure temporal lobe function - Correct Answer ️️ -auditory speech Occipital lobe function - Correct Answer ️️ -vision cerebellum function - Correct Answer ️️ -coordination of muscles movement & tone, coordination, balance, equilibrium Brain stem function - Correct Answer ️️ -basic functions - hr, breathing 4 ventricles - Correct Answer ️️ -lateral, fourth, third Ventricle function - Correct Answer ️️ -circulate CSF CSF leak common complaint? - Correct Answer ️️ -salty taste If CSF is cloudy, what do you think? - Correct Answer ️️ -infection neuro assessment - Correct Answer ️️ -LOC, mentation, pupillary response - equal & reactive, signs of increased ICP, motor skills, sensory deficits, cranial nerve assessment, glasgow coma scale PHrase to pick up speech difficulties... - Correct Answer ️️ -"You can't teach an old dog new tricks." Glasgow Coma scale <8 - Correct Answer ️️ -COncern for cerebral edema NIHSS assesses... - Correct Answer ️️ -LOC, deviation, visual field loss, facial palsy, motor arms, motor legs, limb ataxia, sensory, language, dysarthria, extinction&inattention R cerebral hemi CVA - Correct Answer ️️ -left sided motor symtoms, respond well to verbal cues, can understand language, alteration in cognition, difficulty starting a convo, rambling speech, issues c problem solving L cerebral hemi CVA - Correct Answer ️️ -right sided motor symptoms, aphasia, expressive/receptive aphasia, dyslexia, acalcia, R&L disorientation, emotionally labile External carotids supply... - Correct Answer ️️ -face and scalp Internal carotids supply - Correct Answer ️️ -supply anterior porition of the cerebrum CIrcle of Willis - Correct Answer ️️ - Weakness and Hemiparesis - where do neurons cross? - Correct Answer ️️ -spinal cord, brainstem, in the brain S/s of MCA stroke? - Correct Answer ️️ -speech deficits