Chapter 22—Neurological

Question 1

anosmia

Answer 1

loss of smell

Question 2

vertigo

Answer 2

sudden internal or external spinning sensation

Question 3

Answer 3

Bell’s palsy

Question 4

aphonia

Answer 4

total loss of voice

Question 5

echolalia

seen in?

Answer 5

repeating of words

autism

Question 6

stereognosis

Answer 6

ability to perceive and recognize the form of an object in the absence of visual and auditory information, by using tactile information

Question 7

word salad

Answer 7

receptive aphasia

Question 8

dysarthria

Answer 8

slurred speech - difficulty understanding them - based on motor problem

Question 9

aphasia

Answer 9

difficulty speaking

Question 10

aphasia of Wernicke’s area

Answer 10

receptive aphasia

Question 11

aphasia of Broca’s area

Answer 11

expressive aphasia

Question 12

dysphonia

Answer 12

hoarseness

Question 13

graphesthesia

Answer 13

ability to recognize symbols when they’re traced on the skin

Question 14

Babinski reflex normal vs abnormal

Answer 14

normal - toes go down

abnormal - toes fan up

Question 15

Answer 15

Kernig’s sign

Question 16

Kernig’s sign used to dx

Answer 16

meningitis

Question 17

positive Kernig’s

Answer 17

pain or resistance with passive extension of the patient’s knees past 135 degrees

Question 18

3 parts of GCS

Answer 18

Eye opening

Verbal response

Motor response

Question 19

GCS results

Answer 19

15 — best response

8 or less — comatose

3 — lowest score, unresponsive

Question 20

global aphasia

Answer 20

cannot recognize or understand words - cannot speak - cannot read or write

Question 21

Answer 21

spastic hemiparesis

Question 22

Answer 22

scissors gait

Question 23

Answer 23

cerebellar ataxia gait

Question 24

cerebellar vs sensory ataxia

Answer 24

cerebellar - eyes open

sensory - eyes closed

Question 25

Answer 25

steppage gait

Question 26

Answer 26

Parkinsonian/shuffling gait

Question 27

outside of the cerebrum

Answer 27

cerebral cortex

Question 28

complex cognition (orientation, memory, insight, judgement, arithmetic, abstraction) language voluntary motor function emotional responses personality impulse control social behavior

Answer 28

frontal lobe

Question 29

recognizes size, shape, texture of objects interprets touch, pressure, pain

Answer 29

parietal lobe

Question 30

location of Wernicke area

Answer 30

left parietal lobe

Question 31

location of Broca area

Answer 31

frontal lobe

Question 32

primary visual area

Answer 32

occipital lobe

Question 33

registers auditory input responsible for hearing, speech, behavior, and memory

Answer 33

temporal lobe

Question 34

hippocampus & amygdaloid nucleus primarily concerned with self preservation recall of pleasurable, unpleasant, or dangerous events mood & emotional responses feeding & sexual behaviors primitive survival behaviors

Answer 34

limbic system/lobe

Question 35

controls vital functions of temp, HR, BP, sleep, pituitary, autonomic NS, emotions

Answer 35

hypothalamus

Question 36

autonomic centers for respiratory, cardiac, vasomotor function sneezing, swallowing, vomiting, hiccups, coughing

Answer 36

medulla

Question 37

contains 2 respiratory centers

Answer 37

pons

Question 38

relays sensory info control of spinal motor neurons control of vasomotor & respiratory activity wakefulness, attention responsiveness of cortical neurons

Answer 38

reticular formation

Question 39

coordinates voluntary movement, posture, muscle tone, balance

Answer 39

cerebellum