Neurological Anatomy
The main function of this part of the brain is to interpret visual stimuli and sense of light.
What is the occipital lobe?
This is the term used to describe a pupil deviation inwards?
What is esotropia?
How often should self-examinations should be completed?
What is monthly?
How many hours of sleep per night are recommended for the average adult?
What is 7-9hours of sleep?
When a teenager shrugs their shoulders and walks away from you, you know this cranial nerve is intact.
What is spinal accessory (XI)?
Located in the temporal lobe, this area is critical for language comprehension.
What is Wernicke's area?
The pneumonic "PERRLA" stands for these assessments.
What are pupils equal, round, reactive, light, accommodation?
What laboratory test is the most effective for prostate cancer screening?
What is the PSA?
Describe what the "HOPE" assessment stands for.
What is H- sources of hope, O-organized religion, P-personal spirituality, E- effects on care.
The whisper test assessing this cranial nerve.
What is acoustic (VIII)?
Broca's area is located in this part of the brain and is critical for motor control of speech.
What is the frontal lobe?
What is macrotia?
When educating a patient on self breast examination, what is the recommended method of palpation to ensure all breast tissue areas are examined?
What is the vertical strip method?
Irritability, crying, and forgetfulness are all what kind of indicators of stress?
What are behavioral indicators?
The TMJ assessment for clicking assessing this cranial nerve.
What is trigeminal (V)?
Important for relaying information between the cerebrum and cerebellum, the pons controls what system functioning?
What is respiratory?
This test is performed to assess peripheral vision by standing in front of the examiner, each covering the opposite eye, and stating when each are able to visualize the penlight coming from the periphery inward.
What is the confrontation test?
During an assessment, you note the areola is bumpy, persistently itchy, red, and scaly. What diagnosis may this patient have?
What is Paget's disease?
Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea are all what kind of indicators of stress?
What are physiologic?
During the cardinal 6 fields of gaze, your patient may have damage to this cranial nerve if they are unable to look downward.
What is trochlear (IV)?
This area of the brainstem transmits information for the coordination of head and eye movement.
What is the medulla oblongata?
This is the test result when air conduction is found to be heard double the length of time as the bone conduction.
What is a positive Rinne?
The location that is most often the first place that breast cancer metastasizes.
What is the axilla?
The pneumonic "Sig E Caps" is used when performing what assessment?
What is a depression screening?
Hyperopia may indicate damage this this cranial nerve.
What is optic (II)?