WHICH NERVE IS AFFECTED? (NEURO QUESTIONS ADDED)
A client cannot smell coffee or mint when one nostril is tested at a time.
What is the Olfactory nerve (CN I)
Which cranial nerve is tested using familiar smells?
Olfactory nerve (CN I)
Damage to this nerve would cause loss of facial expression on one side.
Facial nerve (CN VII)
Which hormone inhibits bone reabsorption and increases calcium deposit in the bone?
CALICTONIN
What vitamin increases the amount of calcium in the blood?
Vitamin D
A client is diagnosed with a brain tumor. The nurse's assessment reveals that the client has difficulty interpreting visual stimuli. Based on these findings, the nurse suspects injury to which lobe of the brain?
OCCIPITAL
Which cranial nerve is tested using a Snellen chart?
Optic nerve (CN II)
Damage to this nerve would cause problems with chewing.
Trigeminal nerve (CN V)
Which is the principal hardening ingredient of the hair and nails
Keratin
The spinal cord is composed of 31 pairs of spinal nerves. How many pairs of thoracic nerves are contained within the spinal column?
12
A client has difficulty moving the eyes upward and has unequal pupil response to light.
Oculomotor nerve (CN III)
ATAXIA MEANS
INABILITY TO COORDINATE MUSCLE MOVEMENTS
Damage to this nerve would cause inability to shrug shoulders or turn the head against resistance.
Cranial Nerve XI, Spinal Accessory
The nurse assesses a client with silvery-white, thick scales on the scalp, elbows, and hand that bleed when picked off. What does the nurse suspect that this client may have?
Psoriasis
After a fracture, during which stage or phase of bone healing is devitalized tissue removed and new bone reorganized into its former structural arrangement?
REMODELING
A client cannot move the eyes outward when asked to follow an object.
Abducens nerve (CN VI)
Which cranial nerve is tested by whispering words behind the client?
Vestibulocochlear nerve/ AUDITORY (CN VIII)
Damage to this nerve would result in double vision and inability to move the eye downward and inward.
Cranial Nerve IV, Trochlear
Which structure stores calcium needed for muscle contraction
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Which cells are involved in bone resorption?
OSTEOCLASTS
A client has hoarseness and difficulty swallowing after a stroke or no gag reflex.
Vagus nerve (CN X)
Which cerebral lobe is the largest and controls abstract thought
FRONTAL
Damage to this nerve would cause deviation of the tongue toward the affected side.
Cranial Nerve XII, Hypoglossal
Which gland produces a watery secretion directly onto the skin surface
Eccrine
Where does CSF circulate?
SUBARACHNOID SPACE