Chapter 23: Neurologic System
1. 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.
2. 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 __________ lobe.
a. Frontal
b. Parietal
c. Occipital
d. Temporal
3. 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.
,4. The area of the nervous system that is responsible for mediating reflexes is the:
a. Medulla.
b. Cerebellum.
c. Spinal cord.
d. Cerebral cortex.
5. 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
6. 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.
7. The ability that humans have to perform very skilled movements such as writing is
controlled by the:
a. Basal ganglia.
b. Corticospinal tract.
c. Spinothalamic tract.
d. Extrapyramidal tract.
8. A 30-year-old woman tells the nurse that she has been very unsteady and has had
difficulty in maintaining her balance. Which area of the brain that is related to these
findings would concern the nurse?
a. Thalamus
b. Brainstem
c. Cerebellum
d. Extrapyramidal tract
9. Which of these statements about the peripheral nervous system is correct?
a. The CNs enter the brain through the spinal cord.
b. Efferent fibers carry sensory input to the central nervous system
through the spinal cord.
1. 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.
2. 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 __________ lobe.
a. Frontal
b. Parietal
c. Occipital
d. Temporal
3. 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.
,4. The area of the nervous system that is responsible for mediating reflexes is the:
a. Medulla.
b. Cerebellum.
c. Spinal cord.
d. Cerebral cortex.
5. 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
6. 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.
7. The ability that humans have to perform very skilled movements such as writing is
controlled by the:
a. Basal ganglia.
b. Corticospinal tract.
c. Spinothalamic tract.
d. Extrapyramidal tract.
8. A 30-year-old woman tells the nurse that she has been very unsteady and has had
difficulty in maintaining her balance. Which area of the brain that is related to these
findings would concern the nurse?
a. Thalamus
b. Brainstem
c. Cerebellum
d. Extrapyramidal tract
9. Which of these statements about the peripheral nervous system is correct?
a. The CNs enter the brain through the spinal cord.
b. Efferent fibers carry sensory input to the central nervous system
through the spinal cord.
