NR 304 HA Exam Neuro Questions With Complete
Solutions
2 Point Discrimination Correct Answers Person's ability to
distinguish the separation of two simultaneous pinpoints on skin
Positive is bad
Abducens Correct Answers Diplopia
Strabismus
Accessory Correct Answers Difficulty shrugging shoulders
Can't turn head left or right
Alzheimers Correct Answers Have long term memory but no
short term memory
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Correct Answers ALS
Chronic degenerative disease involving the cerebral cortex and
the motor neurons in theh spinal cord
Wasting of skeletal muscles that eventually lead to death
anosmia Correct Answers Decrease or loss of smell occurs
bilaterally with tobacco smoking, allergic rhinitis, and cocaine
use
Can't taste if you can't smell
Anoxia Correct Answers Decreased oxygenated blood flow
(such as difficult birth)
Drowning
After a head injury
, Born with them
Blood sugar to low
Asphasia Correct Answers No speech
Ataxia
Ataxic Gate Correct Answers Uncontrolled or unsteady gait
Athetoid Movement Correct Answers A continuous,
involuntary repetitive slow wormlike arrhythmic muscular
movement.
Seen in Cerebral Palsy
Atrophy Correct Answers Wasting of small muscles
Babinski Response Correct Answers It is not a
positive/negative thing.
You either have a Babinski or you don't
After 2-2 1/2 you should not have Babinski!!!
Babinski is when you flare your toes instead of curl your toes
when foot is stroked
Brudinski Response Correct Answers If patient comes in with
stiff neck and terrible headache, have them put their chin to their
chest. If they pull their knees up, it is a POSITIVE test!
This would mean positive for meningitis
Solutions
2 Point Discrimination Correct Answers Person's ability to
distinguish the separation of two simultaneous pinpoints on skin
Positive is bad
Abducens Correct Answers Diplopia
Strabismus
Accessory Correct Answers Difficulty shrugging shoulders
Can't turn head left or right
Alzheimers Correct Answers Have long term memory but no
short term memory
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Correct Answers ALS
Chronic degenerative disease involving the cerebral cortex and
the motor neurons in theh spinal cord
Wasting of skeletal muscles that eventually lead to death
anosmia Correct Answers Decrease or loss of smell occurs
bilaterally with tobacco smoking, allergic rhinitis, and cocaine
use
Can't taste if you can't smell
Anoxia Correct Answers Decreased oxygenated blood flow
(such as difficult birth)
Drowning
After a head injury
, Born with them
Blood sugar to low
Asphasia Correct Answers No speech
Ataxia
Ataxic Gate Correct Answers Uncontrolled or unsteady gait
Athetoid Movement Correct Answers A continuous,
involuntary repetitive slow wormlike arrhythmic muscular
movement.
Seen in Cerebral Palsy
Atrophy Correct Answers Wasting of small muscles
Babinski Response Correct Answers It is not a
positive/negative thing.
You either have a Babinski or you don't
After 2-2 1/2 you should not have Babinski!!!
Babinski is when you flare your toes instead of curl your toes
when foot is stroked
Brudinski Response Correct Answers If patient comes in with
stiff neck and terrible headache, have them put their chin to their
chest. If they pull their knees up, it is a POSITIVE test!
This would mean positive for meningitis
