NUR 188: Chapter 24 Exam
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The two parts of the nervous system are the:
A. Motor and sensory
B. Central and peripheral
C. Peripheral and autonomic
D. Hypothalamus and cerebral - CORRECT ANSWER-B. Central and peripheral
The wife of a 65-year-old man tells the nurse that she is concerned because she has
noticed a change in her husbands personality and ability to understand. He also
cries very easily and becomes angry. The nurse recalls that the cerebral lobe
responsible for these behaviors is the __________ lobe.
a. Frontal
b. Parietal
c. Occipital
d. Temporal - CORRECT ANSWER-a. Frontal
Which statement concerning the areas of the brain is true?
,a. The cerebellum is the center for speech and emotions.
b. The hypothalamus controls body temperature and regulates sleep.
c. The basal ganglia are responsible for controlling voluntary movements.
d. Motor pathways of the spinal cord and brainstem synapse in the thalamus. -
CORRECT ANSWER-b. The hypothalamus controls body temperature and
regulates sleep.
The area of the nervous system that is responsible for mediating reflexes is the:
A. Medulla
B. Cerebellum
C. Spinal cord
D. Cerebral cortex - CORRECT ANSWER-C. Spinal cord
While gathering equipment after an injection, a nurse accidentally received a prick
from an improperly capped needle. To interpret this sensation, which of these
areas must be intact?
a. Corticospinal tract, medulla, and basal ganglia
b. Pyramidal tract, hypothalamus, and sensory cortex
c. Lateral spinothalamic tract, thalamus, and sensory cortex
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, d. Anterior spinothalamic tract, basal ganglia, and sensory cortex - CORRECT
ANSWER-c. Lateral spinothalamic tract, thalamus, and sensory cortex
A patient with a lack of oxygen to his heart will have pain in his chest and possibly
in the shoulder, arms, or jaw. The nurse knows that the best explanation why this
occurs is which one of these statements?
a. A problem exists with the sensory cortex and its ability to discriminate the
location.
b. The lack of oxygen in his heart has resulted in decreased amount of oxygen to
the areas experiencing the pain.
c. The sensory cortex does not have the ability to localize pain in the heart;
consequently, the pain is felt elsewhere.
d. A lesion has developed in the dorsal root, which is preventing the sensation
from being transmitted normally. - CORRECT ANSWER-c. The sensory cortex
does not have the ability to localize pain in the heart; consequently, the pain is felt
elsewhere.
The ability that humans have to perform very skilled movements such as writing is
controlled by the:
A. Basal ganglia
B. Corticospinal tract
C. Spinothalamic tract
Questions and Answers 100%
PASS
The two parts of the nervous system are the:
A. Motor and sensory
B. Central and peripheral
C. Peripheral and autonomic
D. Hypothalamus and cerebral - CORRECT ANSWER-B. Central and peripheral
The wife of a 65-year-old man tells the nurse that she is concerned because she has
noticed a change in her husbands personality and ability to understand. He also
cries very easily and becomes angry. The nurse recalls that the cerebral lobe
responsible for these behaviors is the __________ lobe.
a. Frontal
b. Parietal
c. Occipital
d. Temporal - CORRECT ANSWER-a. Frontal
Which statement concerning the areas of the brain is true?
,a. The cerebellum is the center for speech and emotions.
b. The hypothalamus controls body temperature and regulates sleep.
c. The basal ganglia are responsible for controlling voluntary movements.
d. Motor pathways of the spinal cord and brainstem synapse in the thalamus. -
CORRECT ANSWER-b. The hypothalamus controls body temperature and
regulates sleep.
The area of the nervous system that is responsible for mediating reflexes is the:
A. Medulla
B. Cerebellum
C. Spinal cord
D. Cerebral cortex - CORRECT ANSWER-C. Spinal cord
While gathering equipment after an injection, a nurse accidentally received a prick
from an improperly capped needle. To interpret this sensation, which of these
areas must be intact?
a. Corticospinal tract, medulla, and basal ganglia
b. Pyramidal tract, hypothalamus, and sensory cortex
c. Lateral spinothalamic tract, thalamus, and sensory cortex
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, d. Anterior spinothalamic tract, basal ganglia, and sensory cortex - CORRECT
ANSWER-c. Lateral spinothalamic tract, thalamus, and sensory cortex
A patient with a lack of oxygen to his heart will have pain in his chest and possibly
in the shoulder, arms, or jaw. The nurse knows that the best explanation why this
occurs is which one of these statements?
a. A problem exists with the sensory cortex and its ability to discriminate the
location.
b. The lack of oxygen in his heart has resulted in decreased amount of oxygen to
the areas experiencing the pain.
c. The sensory cortex does not have the ability to localize pain in the heart;
consequently, the pain is felt elsewhere.
d. A lesion has developed in the dorsal root, which is preventing the sensation
from being transmitted normally. - CORRECT ANSWER-c. The sensory cortex
does not have the ability to localize pain in the heart; consequently, the pain is felt
elsewhere.
The ability that humans have to perform very skilled movements such as writing is
controlled by the:
A. Basal ganglia
B. Corticospinal tract
C. Spinothalamic tract
