NM EXAM 2 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions And CORRECT Answers

NM EXAM 2 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions
And CORRECT Answers
What are areas insensitive to pain?



a. alganesthesia/analgesia

b. hypoalgesia

c. hyperalgesia - CORRECT ANSWERS a. alganesthesia/analgesia



What are areas of decreased sensation?



a. alganesthesia/analgesia

b. hypoalgesia

c. hyperalgesia - CORRECT ANSWERS b. hypoalgesia



What are areas of increased sensitivity?



a. alganesthesia/analgesia

b. hypoalgesia

c. hyperalgesia - CORRECT ANSWERS c. hyperalgesia



What is the range of degrees in F used for testing cold temperature sensation? - CORRECT
ANSWERS 41-50 ºF



•sometimes described as refrigerator cold water



What is the range of degrees in F used for testing hot temperature sensation? - CORRECT
ANSWERS 104-113 ºF

,•sometimes described as "sauna hot" water



What are the 6 main spinal nerves involved with IVF/lateral recess radiculopathy (LMNL)? - CORRECT
ANSWERS C5, C6, C7 and L4, L5, S1



What are 4 appropriate neuro/ortho exams for radiculopathy (LMBL)? - CORRECT
ANSWERS myotome, dermatome, DTRs, and ROM



What are 2 appropriate forms advanced testing for radiculopathy (LMBL)? - CORRECT
ANSWERS EMG, MRI, X-ray



What 4 tests are part of the cervical radiculopathy ortho test cluster? - CORRECT
ANSWERS upper limb tension test A, distraction test, Spurling's A test, ipsilateral cervical rotation
<60º



When testing reflexes, they may appear to be diminished or absent with no other neurologic finding,
which method will then do reinforcement through distraction and clenching fist, jaw, wiggling toes the re-
perform reflexes and give grades noting reinforcement? - CORRECT ANSWERS method of
Jendrassik



What are motor responses to scraping of the skin graded simply as present or absent, markedly
asymmetrical responses being also abnormal? - CORRECT ANSWERS superficial reflexes



How are superficial reflexes abolished? - CORRECT ANSWERS severe lower motor neuron
damage or destruction of the sensory pathways from the skin that is stimulated



•they are decreased or abolished by conditions that interrupt the pathways between the brain and spinal
cord such as with spinal cord damage



What is the segmental/peripheral innervation of the superficial gag reflex? - CORRECT
ANSWERS CN IX, X

, What is the segmental/peripheral innervation of the superficial corneal blink reflex? - CORRECT
ANSWERS CN V, VII



What is the segmental/peripheral innervation of the superficial epigastric reflex? - CORRECT
ANSWERS T5-T7, intercostal nerve



What is the segmental/peripheral innervation of the superficial upper abdominal reflex? - CORRECT
ANSWERS T7-T9, intercostal nerve



What is the segmental/peripheral innervation of the superficial middle abdominal reflex? - CORRECT
ANSWERS T9-T11, intercostal nerve



What is the segmental/peripheral innervation of the superficial lower abdominal reflex? - CORRECT
ANSWERS T11-T12, intercostal, iliohypogastric, ilioinguinal nerves



What is the segmental/peripheral innervation of the superficial cremasteric reflex? - CORRECT
ANSWERS L1-L2, ilioinguinal, genitofemoral nerves



Other than a segmental/peripheral neuropathy, what could cause an absence of the cremasteric reflex? -
CORRECT ANSWERS hydrocele, varicoele, or possibly in elderly



•no ipsilateral elevation of the testicle would be noted for these patients



What is the segmental/peripheral innervation of the superficial gluteal reflex? - CORRECT
ANSWERS L4-S2, inferior gluteal nerve



What is the segmental/peripheral innervation of the superficial plantar reflex? - CORRECT
ANSWERS L4-S2, tibial nerve



What is the segmental/peripheral innervation of the superficial anal reflex? - CORRECT
ANSWERS S2-S5, hemorrhoidal nerve