Definitions
Talking to someone, and not comprehending what they are saying
What is receptive aphasia?
The brains auditory reception center that deals with hearing, language comprehension, memory, taste and smell
What is the temporal lobe?
Where the cranial nerves originate?
What is the brainstem?
Another word for cerebrum
What is brain?
Concerned with personality, behavior, behavior, emotions, intellectual function, reasoning and judgement
What is the frontal lobe?
The brain is divided into these two portions
What is central nervous system and peripheral nervous system?
Personality, behavior, emotions, intellectual functioning, reasoning and function stem from _____
What is the frontal lobe?
This area of the brain plays a critical role in sensory relay, motor activity regulation, consciousness and alertness, and pain and perception
What is the thalamus?
Pronation and supination of the palms is used for testing ________ functioning
What is cerebellar?
Still being able to understand what is being told, but the response is completely incomprehensible, garbled or wrong
What is expressive aphasia?
This is the bodies response to a stimuli; fight or flight
What is the CNS; central nervous system
This area in the frontal lobe mediates motor speech
What is Broca's area
Knowing one's body position in the environment is called...
Tests that assesses balance; eyes closed, feet together, check for swaying
What is Romberg's test?
This area of the brain is responsible for language comprehension
What is Wrenicke's area?
This is located below the thalamus and controls many bodily functions
What is the hypothalamus?
This lobe deals with vision, reading and comprehension
What is the occipital lobe?
If a patient presents with comatose, what should the nurse do?
Assess brainstem function
Test that indicates sciatica
What is Lasque's test?
This mediates reflexes
What is the spinal cord?
This is a basic defense mechanism of the nervous system; involuntary, operates below the conscious level
What is reflexes?
This lobe deals with sensations such as pain, temp and touch, and being able to identify objects by size, shape, distance and texture
What is parietal lobe?
Medical term for trouble swallowing
What is dysphagia?
A patient was admitted after being hit in the face near the eye with a baseball; the nurse wants to assess motor functioning of the eye, the cranial nerves that will be tested are...
What are oculomotor, trochlear and abducens?
The sensory cortex is specifically arranged, forming a corresponding map of the body in which can not be felt; this corresponds with
What is referred pain?