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Frontal Lobe - Answer Motor control Problem solving Speech production Temporal Lobe - Answer Auditory processing Language comprehension Memory/info retrieval Parietal Lobe - Answer Touch perception Body orientation Occipital Lobe - Answer Sight Visual reception and inte...

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NUR 402 - Exam 5 (Neuro) Intial Exam
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Frontal Lobe - Answer Motor control

Problem solving

Speech production



Temporal Lobe - Answer Auditory processing

Language comprehension

Memory/info retrieval



Parietal Lobe - Answer Touch perception

Body orientation



Occipital Lobe - Answer Sight

Visual reception and interpretation



Cerebellum - Answer Balance and coordination



Brainstem - Answer Involuntary responses



Medulla - Answer - Cardiac slowing center

- Respiratory center

- CNs



Pons - Answer - Cardiac acceleration and vasoconstriction

- Pneumotaxic center

,- CNs



Midbrain - Answer - Cerebral aqueduct

- Periadqueductal

- CNs



Dermatones - Answer - Represent sensory input from spinal nerves to specific parts of the skin

- Can determine where potential SCI is based on dermatome



- Cervical injuries = probably lose almost everything, except top of neck



- Thoracic injuries = can usually retain use of shoulders and arms



What comes back first movement or sensation? - Answer MOVEMENT

- Safety risk!



Key Neuro Assessment Components - Answer - Can pt perform ADLs?

- 24 hr recall

- Any cardiovascular risks? Atherosclerosis? HTN?

- Family history? Genetics?

- Level Of Consciousness/Orientation? (Time is first to go!)



Glasgow Coma Scale - Answer Eye opening

Motor response

Verbal response



High = 15

, Decorticate posturing - Answer Arms flexed inward and bent in toward the body and the legs are
externally rotated and extended



- Dysfunction of the corticospinal tract



Decerebrate posturing - Answer Arms are pronated, extended, and close to the sides; legs are
extended straight out



- Dysfunction of the brain stem



Cognition Assessment - Answer - Done on admission and if there are any change sin the care settings

- Every 4-8 hours based on policy

- Speech clear?

- Orientation?

- Recognize familiar objects?

- Cooperative? Hostile? Anxious?

- Appearance?



Laboratory Tests for Neuro - Answer - Blood cultures if necessary

- Skull and spine x-rays

- Cerebral angiography

- CT scan (w/o contrast initially)

- MRI

- PET



EEG - Answer - Graphically records electrical activity of cerebral hemispheres

- Can be used if seizures are suspected

- Pt is instructed to hyperventilate (cause vasoconstriction)

- Pt will be experience photic stimulation (strobe light to induce seizure)

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