6/26/25, 5:32 PM NURS 5220 Health Assessment: Exam 2
NURS 5220 Health Assessment: Exam 2\ \NEWEST VERSION
\COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE DETAILED
ANSWERS \VERIFIED SOLUTIONS ALREADY GRADED
A+|LATEST UPDATE
If a patient is testing Parietal Lobe
Stereogenosis and they are
unable to identify the object
in
their hand, this can indicate a
lesion in what part of the
brain?
How does one demonstrate Touch two areas of the body simultaneously. The patient
the Extinction Phenomenon? should be able to feel both sensations.
Inability to feel both Parietal lobe
sensations during the
Extinction Phenomenon can
indicate a lesion in what
part of the brain?
A patient is to hold their Graphesthesia
hand out while the NP
draws a figure 8 in the
canter of their palm. What
is this testing?
Touch an area of the patients skin and the removed the
Explain how to test Point
Location? stimulus, ask the patient to point to the area where
they felt touched.
And absent or diminished Thoracic Spinal Cord (T7 to T11)
Abdominal
Reflex can indicate a lesion in
the
_____________________ spin
al
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cord (T__ to T__).
This reflex is tested in male patients by stroking the
How does one test the
Cremasteric Reflex? inner thigh, the testicles and scrotum should retract on
the same side as the stimulus.
A diminished or absent L1 - L2
Cremasteric Reflex could
suggest a lesion in what
spinal segment?
The tendon of biceps brachii is stretched briefly by tapping it with
How is the Biceps Reflex a hammer.
Tested? This activates a reflex arc resulting in contraction of the
biceps muscle and flexion at the elbow.
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What spinal segment is C5-C6
associated with the Biceps
Reflex?
How is the Brachioradialis Strike the brachioradialis tendon about 1-2 inches above the wrist,
Reflex Tested? near the radius.
Which spinal segments are C5-C6
associated with
Brachioradialis Reflex?
With the patients arm hanging freely at 90 degrees
How is the Tricep Reflex
Tested? angle, strike the triceps tendon just above the elbow
What spinal segment is C6, C7, C8
associated to the Tricep
Reflex?
Patient sits with legs dangling or upper leg lifted and
How do you test the Patellar
Reflex? supported by examiner; tap below patella, knee
should extend
What spinal segment is L2-L4
associated with the Patellar
Reflex?
Position person with knee flexed; hold foot in dorsiflexion
How do you test the Achilles
Reflex? and strike Achilles tendon directly
What spinal segment is S1-S2
associate with the Achilles
Reflex?
DTR Scoring System 0 No response
DTR Scoring System 1+ Diminished and sluggish
DTR Scoring System 2+ Normal and Expected
DTR Scoring System +3 Brisket than normal
DTR Scoring System 4+ Very Brisk, hyperactive
How do you test for Tinels Tap over the median nerve on the flexor surface of the wrist
Sign? (Tinel = tap)
What would indicate a A tingling sensation or shooting pain felt in the fingers
Positive Reponse to the along the path of the median nerve
Tinel's Sign?
What is Tinel's Sign used to Carpal Tunnel
assess for?
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NURS 5220 Health Assessment: Exam 2\ \NEWEST VERSION
\COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE DETAILED
ANSWERS \VERIFIED SOLUTIONS ALREADY GRADED
A+|LATEST UPDATE
If a patient is testing Parietal Lobe
Stereogenosis and they are
unable to identify the object
in
their hand, this can indicate a
lesion in what part of the
brain?
How does one demonstrate Touch two areas of the body simultaneously. The patient
the Extinction Phenomenon? should be able to feel both sensations.
Inability to feel both Parietal lobe
sensations during the
Extinction Phenomenon can
indicate a lesion in what
part of the brain?
A patient is to hold their Graphesthesia
hand out while the NP
draws a figure 8 in the
canter of their palm. What
is this testing?
Touch an area of the patients skin and the removed the
Explain how to test Point
Location? stimulus, ask the patient to point to the area where
they felt touched.
And absent or diminished Thoracic Spinal Cord (T7 to T11)
Abdominal
Reflex can indicate a lesion in
the
_____________________ spin
al
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,6/26/25, 5:32 PM NURS 5220 Health Assessment: Exam 2
cord (T__ to T__).
This reflex is tested in male patients by stroking the
How does one test the
Cremasteric Reflex? inner thigh, the testicles and scrotum should retract on
the same side as the stimulus.
A diminished or absent L1 - L2
Cremasteric Reflex could
suggest a lesion in what
spinal segment?
The tendon of biceps brachii is stretched briefly by tapping it with
How is the Biceps Reflex a hammer.
Tested? This activates a reflex arc resulting in contraction of the
biceps muscle and flexion at the elbow.
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, 6/26/25, 5:32 PM NURS 5220 Health Assessment: Exam 2
What spinal segment is C5-C6
associated with the Biceps
Reflex?
How is the Brachioradialis Strike the brachioradialis tendon about 1-2 inches above the wrist,
Reflex Tested? near the radius.
Which spinal segments are C5-C6
associated with
Brachioradialis Reflex?
With the patients arm hanging freely at 90 degrees
How is the Tricep Reflex
Tested? angle, strike the triceps tendon just above the elbow
What spinal segment is C6, C7, C8
associated to the Tricep
Reflex?
Patient sits with legs dangling or upper leg lifted and
How do you test the Patellar
Reflex? supported by examiner; tap below patella, knee
should extend
What spinal segment is L2-L4
associated with the Patellar
Reflex?
Position person with knee flexed; hold foot in dorsiflexion
How do you test the Achilles
Reflex? and strike Achilles tendon directly
What spinal segment is S1-S2
associate with the Achilles
Reflex?
DTR Scoring System 0 No response
DTR Scoring System 1+ Diminished and sluggish
DTR Scoring System 2+ Normal and Expected
DTR Scoring System +3 Brisket than normal
DTR Scoring System 4+ Very Brisk, hyperactive
How do you test for Tinels Tap over the median nerve on the flexor surface of the wrist
Sign? (Tinel = tap)
What would indicate a A tingling sensation or shooting pain felt in the fingers
Positive Reponse to the along the path of the median nerve
Tinel's Sign?
What is Tinel's Sign used to Carpal Tunnel
assess for?
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