NURS 6001 EXAM 3: MS NEURO MALE GU FEMALE GU EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

NURS 6001 EXAM 3: MS NEURO MALE
GU FEMALE GU EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS




What is Brudzinski's sign? - ANS Involuntary flexion of the hips when the neck is flexed.



What is Kernig's sign? - ANS Pain in the lower back when lifting the leg and flexing at the
knee.



Positive Brudzinski's sign and Kernigs sign means? - ANS Meningitis



What is the function of the olfactory nerve? - ANS Smell



CN I - ANS smell



What is the function of the optic nerve? - ANS Visual acuity and visual fields



CN II - ANS visual acuity and visual field



What is the function of the oculomotor nerve? - ANS PERRLA, eye movement



CN III - ANS PERRLA eye movement

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,What is the function of the trochlear nerve? - ANS Eye movement (downward)



CN IV - ANS eye movement



What is the function of the trigeminal nerve? - ANS Facial sensation



CN X - ANS facial sensation



What is the function of the abducens nerve? - ANS Eye movement (lateral)



CN XI - ANS Eye movement



What is the function of the facial nerve? - ANS Facial movement



CN XII - ANS facial movement (raise eyebrows)



What is the function of the vestibulocochlear nerve? - ANS Hearing and balance



CN XIII - ANS hearing and balance



What is the function of the glossopharyngeal nerve? - ANS Taste, swallowing



CN IX - ANS taste and swallowing



What is the function of the vagus nerve? - ANS Swallowing, gag reflex


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,CN X - ANS gag and swallow



What is the function of the spinal accessory nerve? - ANS Shoulder shrug, neck ROM



CN XI - ANS ROM neck and shoulder



What is the function of the hypoglossal nerve? - ANS Tongue movement



CN XII - ANS tongue movement



What is exteroceptive sensation? - ANS Includes light touch, sharp, dull/superficial
pain/temp



What is anesthesia? - ANS Absence of touch sensation



What is hypesthesia? - ANS Diminished touch sensation



What is hyperesthesia? - ANS Increased sensitivity to touch



What is proprioceptive sensation? - ANS Tests motion and position sense



How do you test proprioceptive sensation? - ANS Move finger up or toe down, test vibratory
sense on bony prominences



What is cortical sensation? - ANS Related to parietal lobe issues. includes stereognosis,
graphesthesia, two point discrimination, extinction


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, What is stereognosis? - ANS Ability to identify objects placed in hand with eyes closed



What is graphesthesia? - ANS Ability to recognize letters traced on the hand with eyes closed



What is two-point discrimination? - ANS Ability to distinguish between two points of touch



What is extinction? - ANS Simultaneously touching the body at the same location and then
removing one



What are deep tendon reflexes? 5 - ANS biceps, triceps, brachioradialis, patellar, achilles



superficial reflexes? 4 - ANS abdominal, plantar, cremasteric, bulbocavernosus



How do you test the biceps reflex? - ANS Place thumb over tendon, strike thumb, observe
bicep muscle contraction.


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What is the normal angle for testing the biceps reflex? - ANS 45-90 degrees.



How do you test the brachioradialis reflex? - ANS Flexion of the forearm at a 45-degree
angle.


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How do you test the triceps reflex? - ANS Strike the triceps tendon to observe arm extension.


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