414 Neurological Assessment - multiple choice

414 Neurological Assessment - multiple choice The two parts of the nervous system are the: a. Motor and sensory. b. Central and peripheral. c. Peripheral and autonomic. d. Hypothalamus and cerebral. - CORRECT ANSWER-b The wife of a 65-year-old man tells the nurse that she is concerned because she has noticed a change in her husband's personality and ability to understand. He also cries very easily and becomes angry. The nurse recalls that the cerebral lobe responsible for these behaviors is the a__________ lobe. a. Frontal b. Parietal c. Occipital d. Temporal - CORRECT ANSWER-a Which statement concerning the areas of the brain is true? a. The cerebellum is the center for speech and emotions. b. The hypothalamus controls body temperature and regulates sleep. c. The basal ganglia are responsible for controlling voluntary movements. d. Motor pathways of the spinal cord and brainstem synapse in the thalamus. - CORRECT ANSWER-b The area of the nervous system that is responsible for mediating reflexes is the: a. Medulla. b. Cerebellum. c. Spinal cord. d. Cerebral cortex. - CORRECT ANSWER-c While gathering equipment after an injection, a nurse accidentally received a prick from an improperly capped needle. To interpret this sensation, which of these areas must be intact? a. Corticospinal tract, medulla, and basal ganglia b. Pyramidal tract, hypothalamus, and sensory cortex c. Lateral spinothalamic tract, thalamus, and sensory cortex d. Anterior spinothalamic tract, basal ganglia, and sensory cortex - CORRECT ANSWER-c A patient with a lack of oxygen to his heart will have pain in his chest and possibly in the shoulder, arms, or jaw. The nurse knows that the best explanation why this occurs is which one of these statements? a. A problem exists with the sensory cortex and its ability to discriminate the location. b. The lack of oxygen in his heart has resulted in decreased amount of oxygen to the areas experiencing the pain. c. The sensory cortex does not have the ability to localize pain in the heart; consequently, the pain is felt elsewhere. d. A lesion has developed in the dorsal root, which is preventing the sensation from being transmitted normally. - CORRECT ANSWER-c There are ___ pairs of spinal nerves a. 27 b. 31 c. 34 d. 43 - CORRECT ANSWER-b Peripheral nervous system is comprised of a. 12 pairs of cranial nerves and 41 pairs of spinal nerves b. 12 pairs of cranial nerves and 31 pairs of spinal nerves c. 10 pairs of cranial nerves and 31 pairs of spinal nerves d. 10 pairs of cranial nerves and 41 pairs of spinal nerves - CORRECT ANSWER-b sensory information is carried to the CNS on a. afferent nerves b. efferent nerves - CORRECT ANSWER-a motor message are carried from the CNS to the periphery on a. afferent nerves b. efferent nerves - CORRECT ANSWER-b After a head injury, the patient is unable to comprehend instructions given or questions asked. Where should the nurse suspect damage? a. parietal lobe b. occipital lobe c. Broca's area d. Wernicke's area - CORRECT ANSWER-d After sustaining a head injury, a patient is unable to articulate clearly. The nurse suspects injury to which part of the patient's brain? a. parietal lobe b. occipital lobe c. Broca's area d. Wernicke's area - CORRECT ANSWER-c Which portion of the brain is responsible for personality, behavior, emotion and intellect? a. frontal lobe b. parietal lobe c. occipital lobe d. temporal lobe e. Wernicke's area f. Broca's area g. basal ganglia - CORRECT ANSWER-a Which portion of the brain is responsible for sensation? a. frontal lobe b. parietal lobe c. occipital lobe d. temporal lobe e. Wernicke's area f. Broca's area g. basal ganglia - CORRECT ANSWER-b Which portion of the brain is responsible for visual reception? a. frontal lobe b. parietal lobe c. occipital lobe d. temporal lobe e. Wernicke's area f. Broca's area g. basal ganglia - CORRECT ANSWER-c Which portion of the brain is responsible for auditory reception? a. frontal lobe b. parietal lobe c. occipital lobe d. temporal lobe e. Wernicke's area f. Broca's area g. basal ganglia - CORRECT ANSWER-d Which portion of the brain is responsible for language comprehension? a. frontal lobe b. parietal lobe c. occipital lobe d. temporal lobe e. Wernicke's area f. Broca's area g. basal ganglia - CORRECT ANSWER-e Which portion of the brain is responsible for motor speech? a. frontal lobe b. parietal lobe c. occipital lobe d. temporal lobe e. Wernicke's area f. Broca's area g. basal ganglia - CORRECT ANSWER-f Which portion of the brain is responsible for automatic associated movements (e.g., arm swinging with walking)? a. frontal lobe b. parietal lobe c. occipital lobe d. temporal lobe e. Wernicke's area f. Broca's area g. basal ganglia - CORRECT ANSWER-g Which portion of the brain is responsible for motor coordination of voluntary movements, balance, equilibrium and muscle tone? a. frontal lobe b. parietal lobe c. occipital lobe d. temporal lobe e. cerebellum f. thalamus g. hypothalamus - CORRECT ANSWER-e Which portion of the brain is the site where sensory pathways form synapses on the way to the cerebral cortex? a. frontal lobe b. parietal lobe c. occipital lobe d. temporal lobe e. cerebellum f. thalamus g. hypothalamus - CORRECT ANSWER-f Which portion of the brain is responsible for regulation of heart rate, blood pressure, temperature and sleep? a. frontal lobe b. parietal lobe c. occipital lobe d. temporal lobe e. cerebellum f. thalamus g. hypothalamus - CORRECT ANSWER-g Which portion of the brain merges with the thalamus and hypothalamus? a. medulla b. pons c. occipital lobe d. midbrain e. cerebellum - CORRECT ANSWER-d Which portion of the brain contains ascending and descending fiber tracts and nuclei for CN V-VII? a. medulla b. pons c. occipital lobe d. midbrain e. cerebellum - CORRECT ANSWER-b Which portion of the brain serves as a continuation of the spinal cord and contains all ascending and descending fiber tracts? This area is also responsible for respiration rate, pulse, sneezing, coughing and vomiting? a. medulla b. pons c. occipital lobe d. midbrain e. cerebellum - CORRECT ANSWER-a Upper motor neurons are contained within the a. PNS b. CNS - CORRECT ANSWER-b Lower motor neurons are contained within the a. PNS b. CNS - CORRECT ANSWER-a Peripheral nerves carry input to CNS via sensory _________ fibers and deliver output from CNS via motor _______ fibers. a. cranial, spinal b. spinal, efferent c. afferent, efferent d. efferent, afferent - CORRECT ANSWER-c The thumb, middle finger and fifth finger are each in the dermatomes of a. C4, C5, C6 b. C6, C7, C8