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NUR172 Exam #4: Questions With Correct SolutionsFunction of the nervous system: Right Ans - controls all motor, sensory,
autonomic, cognitive, and behavioral activities
Function of neurotransmitters: Right Ans - communicate messages from
one neuron to another or to a specific target tissue; messages include termite,
modulate an action or excite or inhibit target cell.
Function of the meninges: Right Ans - provide protection, support and
nourish CNS
Normal amount of CSF: Right Ans - 100-200mL
What color should CSF be? Right Ans - Clear, colorless
Frontal lobe is responsible for (8): Right Ans - concentration, abstract
though, info storage, motor function, Broca's area, judgment, personality and
inhibitions.
Parietal lobe is responsible for (3): Right Ans - sensory info analysis, body
awareness and R/L orientation
Temporal lobe is responsible for (7): Right Ans - auditory
receptive/Wernickes, language memory, music, taste, smell, sight, and touch.
Occipital lobe is responsible for (2): Right Ans - visual interpretation and
memory
thalmus is responsible for: Right Ans - relays sensory and motor inputs to
cerebrum; pain gate
Hypothalamus is responsible for: Right Ans - regulates endocrine and
autonomic function
midbrain is responsible for: Right Ans - motor coordination, nerve pathway
of cerebral hemispheres
Pons is responsible for: Right Ans - bridge motor and sensory paths
,Medulla oblongata is responsible for: Right Ans - regulating heartbeat,
respiration, swallowing, coughing, and blood pressure
Cerebellum is responsible for: Right Ans - coordinating smooth muscle
movement and fine muscle coordination, posture, and equilibrium.
Sobriety balance and coordination test are conducted to test alcohol effect on
which part of the brain? Right Ans - cerebellum
Ascending spinal cord carries info to: Right Ans - higher levels of the CNS
Descending spinal cord carries info to: Right Ans - induce muscle
movement
Cranial Nerves in order (12): Right Ans - olfactory, optic, oculomotor,
trochlear, trigeminal, abducens, facial, vestibulocochlear, glossopharyngeal,
vagus, accessory, hypoglossal
What test would be conducted to test olfactory nerve? Is this nerve sensory or
motor or both? Right Ans - Smell coffee; sensory
What test would be conducted to test optic nerve? Is this nerve sensory or
motor or both? Right Ans - Vision test/smellen chart; sensory
What test would be conducted to test oculomotor nerve? Is this nerve sensory
or motor or both? Right Ans - Follow pen light 6 direction/test pupil
reaction; motor
What test would be conducted to test trochlear nerve? Is this nerve sensory or
motor or both? Right Ans - move eyeball/follow pen light; motor
What test would be conducted to test Trigeminal nerve? Is this nerve sensory
or motor or both? Right Ans - Sensation in cornea, nasal mucosa and skin of
face; both
What test would be conducted to test abducens nerve? Is this nerve sensory
or motor or both? Right Ans - Lateral eyeball movement/ follow pen light;
motor
, What test would be conducted to test facial nerve? Is this nerve sensory or
motor or both? Right Ans - smile, raise eyebrows, puff cheeks, taste
sugar/salt; both
What test would be conducted to test acoustic nerve? Is this nerve sensory or
motor or both? Right Ans - tuning fork/whisper test and balance; sensory
What test would be conducted to test glossopharyngeal nerve? Is this nerve
sensory or motor or both? Right Ans - move tongue side to side/swallow;
both
What test would be conducted to test vagus nerve? Is this nerve sensory or
motor or both? Right Ans - sense pharynx/larynx/swallow/vocal
cords/hoarseness; both
What test would be conducted to test spinal nerve? Is this nerve sensory or
motor or both? Right Ans - shrug shoulders, move head side to side, chin to
chest; motor
What test would be conducted to test hypoglossal nerve? Is this nerve sensory
or motor or both? Right Ans - stick out tongue and move it side to side;
motor
Components of a neurological assessment include (8): Right Ans - pain,
seizures, dizziness, visual disturbances, muscle weakness, abnormal
sensations, hx, physical assessment
What does ipsilateral mean? Right Ans - belonging to or occurring on the
same side of the body
what does an Electrocephalogram (EEG) evaluate: Right Ans - seizure
activity and electronic firing in brain
If someone is to have an EEG, what does the client need to be educated on
prior? Right Ans - no caffeine and no sleeping the night prior
Early manifestations of IICP (3): Right Ans - unilateral pupillary dilation,
altered LOC, and headache (constant and increasing in intestate).
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