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Assessing the Sensory-Neurologic System

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Information going from the periphery of the body to the brain are transmitted through...   afferent (ascending) pathways; they are sensory impulses  
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Information from the brain to the muscles are transmitted through...   efferent (descending) pathways; they are motor impulses  
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largest part of the brain   cerebrum  
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Cerebrum consists of:   Frontal, temporal, pariental, & occipital lobes, cortex, limbic system  
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Diffuse network of hyper-excitable neurons in brainstem and cerebral cortex, screens and channels incoming sensory input   RAS- reticular activating system  
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Connects the cerebrum to the brainstem and contains the thalamus and hypothalamus   diencephalon  
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Includes the midbrain, medulla and pons; involuntary survival behaviors   brainstem  
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Where emotional expression occurs, contains Broca's area   Frontal lobe  
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Where hearing, taste, smell, memory, Wernike's are located   Temporal lobe  
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Where emotions, sexual arousal,behavioral expression and recent memories are located   Limbic system  
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Receives sensory input   Parietal lobe  
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Vision and spatial relationships are integrated   Occipital lobe  
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Clusters multiple sensory stimuli into a coherent whole before sending it to the cerebral cortex for perpecption   thalamus  
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Controls autonomic nervous system and pituitary gland   hypothalamus  
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regulates involuntary aspects of movement, ie coordination, muscle tone, kinesthetics, posture, equilibrium   cerebellum  
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regulates visual, auditory, and other reflexes and controls eye movements, focusing and pupil dialation   midbrain  
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regulates heart and respiratory rate, BP, and protective reflexes (ie swallowing, vomiting, sneezing, and coughing)   medulla  
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helps control respiratory function, facial movement and sensation, and eye movement   pons  
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3 layers that cover and protect the brain   meninges- pia, arachnoid, and dura  
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Found in the ventricles, cushions the brain, delivers nutrients, and removes wastes   CSF cerebral spinal fluid  
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Primitive reflexes that infants have   palmar grasp, stepping reflex, and rooting reflex  
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within 24 hours after birth infants are screened for   spina bifida and fetal alcohol syndrome  
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compulsive-obsessive disorder and hyperactivity are usually not apparent until...   preschool years  
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folic acid deficiency in the first trimester is closely linked to   spina bifida  
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Older adults may experience   slower neural impulses, decreased sense of taste and touch, decreased reflexes  
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If the right side of the brain has a problem it will be manifested on the   left side of the body, and visa versa  
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spacial perception problem where the patient doesn't see the affected side as a part of their body   neglect  
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Glasgow Coma Scale- total of 15 pts possible- broken down into 3 areas...   eye response- out of 4; motor response- out of 6; verbal response- out of 5  
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Know all 12 cranial nerves (and what they do)   I Olfactory, II Optic, III Oculomotor, IV Trochlear, V Trigeminal, VI Abducens, VII Facial, VIII Vestibular/cochlear (acoustic), IX Glossopharyngeal, X Vagas, XI Spinal Accessory, XII Hypoglossal  
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Impaired lateral eye movement is due to which CN being damaged?   CN VI  
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Impaired facial movement is due to which CN being damaged?   CN VII  
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Which CN would impair motor function of the tongue?   CN XII, protruded tongue will deviate towards the injured side  
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Two cerebellar tests for coordination and fine motor skills:   rapid alternating movements and finger-to-nose or heel-to-shin tests  
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Two cerebellar tests for balance:   Romberg and gait- heel-toe walking  
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If touch sensation is intact distally...   touch sensation may or may not be intact proximally  
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If pain is intact...   then temperature is intact  
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Using a tuning fork on a bony joint (great toe or distal interphalangeal) is used to test...   deep sensations (vibratory sensations)  
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this test assesses the patient's peception of position sense   kinesthetics  
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Ability to recognize the form of solid objects by touch   sterognosis  
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Ability to recognize outlines, numbers, words, or symbols written on the skin   graphestesia  
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Ability to differentiate between two points of simultaneous stimulation   Two-point discrimination  
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Ability to sense and locate area being stimulated   Point localization  
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Simultaneously touch both sides of patient's body, have patient point to where they were touched   extinction  
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What is the scale for DTRs? And what are some locations?   0-4: 0= no response, 2= normal, 4= hyperactive; BICEPS, triceps, brachioradialis, PATELLAR, achilles  
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3 Meningeal signs   Nuchal rigidity, Kernig's sign, & Brudzinski's sign  
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Pronounced neck stiffness   nuchal rigidity  
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Patient in supine position, flexes knee,you apply pressure to knee while pt tries to extend leg, contraction and pain of hamstring muscles and resistance in extension are positive signs of meningitis   Kernig's sign  
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Patient supine, flexes head to chest, flexion of hips is a positive sign of meningitis   Brudzinski's sign  
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