Developmental Competence & Culture
This age group in pediatrics has a predictable timetable of appearance and departure of reflexes.
What are infants?
There are 206 of these musculoskeletal structures that help to support the body.
What are bones?
This term means that the patient is feeling tingling in their fingers.
What is paresthesia?
This cranial nerve tests the function of the mastication muscles and the sensation of various areas of the face.
What is cranial nerve V (trigeminal)?
This lobe is associated with personality, behavior, emotions, and intellectual function.
What is the frontal lobe?
This causes delayed reaction time in some older people.
What is decreased nerve conduction velocity?
This is the largest joint in the body, and it permits flexion and extension of the lower leg.
What is the knee?
This may result when a child cannot touch their chin to the chest, is irritable, and has a fever.
What is nuchal rigidity?
This reflex in newborns and infants is also known as the startle reflex.
What is the Moro reflex?
This is the pathway by which a reflex travel (stimulus to sensory neurons to motor neurons to reflex muscle movement).
What is the reflex arc?
This is also known as cerebrovascular accident and it causes death for younger ages of minorities than for whites.
What is a stroke?
The shoulder girdle includes these 3 large bones.
What are the humerus, scapula, and clavicle?
This is a quantitative tool to help gather objective data regarding a patient's level of consciousness.
What is the Glascow Coma Scale?
These 2 cranial nerves test uvula movement and sensation of the posterior pharyngeal wall.
What are cranial nerves IX (glossopharyngeal) and X (vagus)?
Relating to dermatomes, injury to the L1 level of the spinal cord affects this area.
What is the groin?
Lordosis is the spine curvature change for pregnant women while kyphosis is seen in this group of people.
What is the aging adult?
The ankle (or tibiotalar) is a hinge joint permitting these 2 movements.
What are dorsiflexion and extension (plantar flexion)?
Collecting objective data about the patient's level of alertness and orientation provides insight into the patient's
What is mental status?
This primitive reflex disappears the latest as compared to the other reflexes seen in infancy.
What is the Babinski reflex?
This structure in the neurologic system is responsible for controlling body temperature and appetite.
What is the hypothalamus?
Weight-bearing physical exercise is imperative for increasing bone mineral density which can be lost in this disease.
What is osteoporosis?
The tempromandibular joint permits these 2 functions.
What are speaking and chewing?
This test requires the patient to stand with feet together, arms at the sides, eyes closed, and hold the position for 20 seconds.
What is Romberg test?
This cranial nerve tests hearing acuity during the whispered voice test.
What is cranial nerve VIII (acoustic/vestibulocochlear)?
This area is located in the temporal lobe and when damaged, receptive aphasia results.
What is Wernicke's area?