NR 304 Health Assessment Final Questions With Complete Solutions
The Cerebral Cortex (gray matter) is the center for: - (ANSWER)Human's highest functions, governing
thought, memory, reasoning, sensation, and voluntary movement.
1) The Frontal lobe is the center for:
2) It contains the _____ gyrus which controls:
3) Also contains ___ area which controls: - (ANSWER)1) Personality, behavior, emotions, and intellectual
function.
2) Precentral gyrus, initiates voluntary movement.
3) Broca's area, which control motor speech. Damage to this = expressive aphasia.
The Parietal lobe contains the ____ gyrus which controls: - (ANSWER)Postcentral gyrus, controls
sensation
The Temporal lobe is the center for:
Contains _____ areas which controls: - (ANSWER)Auditory reception.
Contains Wernicke's area which control language comprehension. Damage to this = receptive aphasia.
The Occipital lobe is the center for: - (ANSWER)Visual receptor
The Basal Ganglia controls: - (ANSWER)Automatic associated movements of the body
The Thalamus controls: - (ANSWER)Main relay station for the nervous system
,NR 304 Health Assessment Final Questions With Complete Solutions
The Hypothalamus controls: - (ANSWER)Temperature, heart rate, blood pressure control, sleep center,
anterior and posterior pituitary gland coordination, and coordinator of the ANS and emotional status.
The Cerebellum controls: - (ANSWER)Motor coordination of voluntary movements, equilibrium, and
muscle tone. It does NOT initiate movement, but coordinates and smooths movement. "Automatic
pilot."
Parts of the Brain Stem: - (ANSWER)-Midbrain: Most anterior, merges into the thalamus and
hypothalamus. It contains many motor neurons.
-Pons: Contains ascending and descending fiber tracts.
-Medulla: The continuation fo the spinal cord in the brain that contains all ascending and descending
fiber tracts. It has vital autonomic centers for respiration, heart, GI function, nuclei for cranial nerves
VIII-XII.
The Spinal Cord runs from the: - (ANSWER)Medulla to lubar vertebra L1-L2
Myotatic reflexes aka: - (ANSWER)Deep tendon reflexes
Organic reflexes aka: - (ANSWER)Visceral
Paresis: - (ANSWER)Partial or incomplete paralysis
Dysmetria: - (ANSWER)Inability to control range of motion of muscles
Paresthesia: - (ANSWER)An abnormal sensation, e.g., burning, tingling
Dysarthria: - (ANSWER)Difficulty forming words
Dsyphasia: - (ANSWER)Difficulty with language comprehension or expression
, NR 304 Health Assessment Final Questions With Complete Solutions
Ansomia: - (ANSWER)Decrease or loss of smell occurs bilaterally with tobacco smoking, allergic rhinitis,
and cocaine use
Neurogenic anosmia: - (ANSWER)Unilateral loss of smell in the absence of nasal disease
Nystagmus: - (ANSWER)A back-and-forth ascillation of the eyes that occurs.
Plegia: - (ANSWER)Absense of strenght. Can also use paralysis.
Flaccidity: - (ANSWER)Decreased resistance, hypotonic.
Positive Romberg sign: - (ANSWER)loss of balance that occurs when closing the eyes.
Dysdiadochokinesia: - (ANSWER)Slow, clumsy, and sloppy response.
Dysmetria: - (ANSWER)Clumsy movement with overshoot the mark and occurs with cerebellar disorders
or acute alcohol intoxication.
Past-pointing: - (ANSWER)Constant deviation to one side.
Fasiciculation: - (ANSWER)Rapid, continuous twitching of resting muscle or part of muscle, without
movement of limb, that can be seen or palpated. Fine or coarse.
Hemiplegia: - (ANSWER)Spastic or flaccid paralysis of one side (right or left) of body and extremities.
Paraplegia: - (ANSWER)Symmetric paralysis of both lower extremities.
Quadriplegia: - (ANSWER)Paralysis of all four extremities.
Tic: - (ANSWER)Involuntary, compulsive, repetitive, twitching of a muscle group.
The Cerebral Cortex (gray matter) is the center for: - (ANSWER)Human's highest functions, governing
thought, memory, reasoning, sensation, and voluntary movement.
1) The Frontal lobe is the center for:
2) It contains the _____ gyrus which controls:
3) Also contains ___ area which controls: - (ANSWER)1) Personality, behavior, emotions, and intellectual
function.
2) Precentral gyrus, initiates voluntary movement.
3) Broca's area, which control motor speech. Damage to this = expressive aphasia.
The Parietal lobe contains the ____ gyrus which controls: - (ANSWER)Postcentral gyrus, controls
sensation
The Temporal lobe is the center for:
Contains _____ areas which controls: - (ANSWER)Auditory reception.
Contains Wernicke's area which control language comprehension. Damage to this = receptive aphasia.
The Occipital lobe is the center for: - (ANSWER)Visual receptor
The Basal Ganglia controls: - (ANSWER)Automatic associated movements of the body
The Thalamus controls: - (ANSWER)Main relay station for the nervous system
,NR 304 Health Assessment Final Questions With Complete Solutions
The Hypothalamus controls: - (ANSWER)Temperature, heart rate, blood pressure control, sleep center,
anterior and posterior pituitary gland coordination, and coordinator of the ANS and emotional status.
The Cerebellum controls: - (ANSWER)Motor coordination of voluntary movements, equilibrium, and
muscle tone. It does NOT initiate movement, but coordinates and smooths movement. "Automatic
pilot."
Parts of the Brain Stem: - (ANSWER)-Midbrain: Most anterior, merges into the thalamus and
hypothalamus. It contains many motor neurons.
-Pons: Contains ascending and descending fiber tracts.
-Medulla: The continuation fo the spinal cord in the brain that contains all ascending and descending
fiber tracts. It has vital autonomic centers for respiration, heart, GI function, nuclei for cranial nerves
VIII-XII.
The Spinal Cord runs from the: - (ANSWER)Medulla to lubar vertebra L1-L2
Myotatic reflexes aka: - (ANSWER)Deep tendon reflexes
Organic reflexes aka: - (ANSWER)Visceral
Paresis: - (ANSWER)Partial or incomplete paralysis
Dysmetria: - (ANSWER)Inability to control range of motion of muscles
Paresthesia: - (ANSWER)An abnormal sensation, e.g., burning, tingling
Dysarthria: - (ANSWER)Difficulty forming words
Dsyphasia: - (ANSWER)Difficulty with language comprehension or expression
, NR 304 Health Assessment Final Questions With Complete Solutions
Ansomia: - (ANSWER)Decrease or loss of smell occurs bilaterally with tobacco smoking, allergic rhinitis,
and cocaine use
Neurogenic anosmia: - (ANSWER)Unilateral loss of smell in the absence of nasal disease
Nystagmus: - (ANSWER)A back-and-forth ascillation of the eyes that occurs.
Plegia: - (ANSWER)Absense of strenght. Can also use paralysis.
Flaccidity: - (ANSWER)Decreased resistance, hypotonic.
Positive Romberg sign: - (ANSWER)loss of balance that occurs when closing the eyes.
Dysdiadochokinesia: - (ANSWER)Slow, clumsy, and sloppy response.
Dysmetria: - (ANSWER)Clumsy movement with overshoot the mark and occurs with cerebellar disorders
or acute alcohol intoxication.
Past-pointing: - (ANSWER)Constant deviation to one side.
Fasiciculation: - (ANSWER)Rapid, continuous twitching of resting muscle or part of muscle, without
movement of limb, that can be seen or palpated. Fine or coarse.
Hemiplegia: - (ANSWER)Spastic or flaccid paralysis of one side (right or left) of body and extremities.
Paraplegia: - (ANSWER)Symmetric paralysis of both lower extremities.
Quadriplegia: - (ANSWER)Paralysis of all four extremities.
Tic: - (ANSWER)Involuntary, compulsive, repetitive, twitching of a muscle group.
