Nervous System Basics
100: What system is the central control center of the body?
What is the Nervous System?
100: Which area of the Brain coordinates movement and balance?
What is Cerebellum?
100: What are the 12 pairs of nerves from the brain called?
What are Cranial Nerves?
100: What does PERRLA assess?
What is pupil function and response?
100: What kind of headache causes pulsating pain and sensitivity?
What is a migraine?
200: What are the two main parts of the nervous system?
What are the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems?
200: The brainstem controls autonomic functions like?
What is heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, digestion, sleep and wakefulness?
200: What part of a neuron receives signals?
What are dendrites?
200: Asking someone to recite their name, today's date, and location is testing their what?
What is consciousness?
200: What disorder causes recurring seizures?
What is epilepsy?
300: What cells make up the nervous system?
What are Neurons?
300: The spinal cord is a part of what body system?
What is the central nervous system (CNS)?
300: What part of neuron sends signals?
What is the axon?
300: What is one way to test facial nerve function and symmetry?
What is, asking the patient to smile, frown, puff cheeks, or raise eyebrows?
300: Alzheimer’s disease is described as a gradual/slow loss of what?
What is memory?
400: What does "FAST" stand for in stroke identification?
What is Face, Arms, Speech. Time?
400: Which lobe processes vision?
What is Occipital Lobe?
400: What is the "flight or flight" system?
What is the Sympathetic Nervous System?
400: What tool tests visual acuity?
What is the Snellen Eye Chart?
400: Which disorder involves tremors and balance issues from dopamine loss?
What is Parkinson’s Disease?
500: In "FAST" the "T" stands for?
What is time and time to call 911?
500: If I hit my head on my forehead what area would be described as?
What is a frontal lobe?
500: What system activates during calm, restful states?
What is Parasympathetic Nervous System?
500: What is neuropathy?
What is nerve damage causing numbness, tingling, pain or loss of sensation?
500: What is a key difference between dementia and delirium?
What is onset speed and duration?