Cranial Nerves
What is 12 pairs?
These two systems make up the neurologic system.
What are the CNS and PNS?
When testing this the nurse can expect to find an involuntary extension of the lower leg.
What is the patellar reflex?
This is apparent when a person's response is much greater than the expected reaction to a life event.
What is a mental disorder?
This word describes an unsteady gait.
What is ataxia?
Humans have spinal nerves divided into these categories.
What are cervical, thoracic lumbar, saccral, and coccygeal nerves.
This system is the center for a humans highest functions, governing thought, memory and voluntary movement.
What is the cerebral cortex?
What is peripheral neuropathy?
This word describes when a nurse places a key in a patient's hand and the patient identifies is as a penny.
What is astereognosis?
This cranial nerve assess for a gag reflex.
What is cranial nerve IX?
When assessing this cranial nerve, the patient will use sternomastoid and trapezius muscles.
What is cranial nerve XI?
What is the frontal lobe?
This is a downward unilateral drift and turning in turning in of the forearm.
What is pronator drift?
This condition is an acute confusional change and perceptive distrubance.
What is delirium?
This area of the nervous system controls the coordination, equilibrium and balance.
What is the cerebellum?
These 3 cranial nerves are responsible for eye movements.
What are CN III, IV, and VI?
This is an area of skin that is supplied mainly by one spinal cord segment.
What is a dermatome?
Asymmetric pupils can be a sign of this.
What is increased intracranial pressure (ICP)?
These are the 4 main headings of mental status assessment.
What are Appearance, Behavior, Cognition, and Thought Process?
This area of the frontal lobe mediates motor speech.
What is Broca's area?
This nerve is affected when a patient has Bell's Palsy.
What is cranial nerve 7?
These are the 5 components for the deep tendon reflex.
What are intact sensory nerve, a functional synapse in the cord, intact motor nerve fiber, a neuromuscular junction, and a competent muscle?
This word describes the back and forth oscillation of the eyes when performing an eye exam.
What is nystagmus?
A nurse can discern orientation by asking a patient questions that relate to these 3 or 4 categories.
What are time, place, person and situation?
This word describes a distorted speech sounds and may sound unintelligible.
What is dysarthria?