Nurs 6001 Exam 3: MS Neuro Male GU Female
GU Questions and Verified Answers
Involuntary flexion of the hips when the neck is flexed. Correct Answer: What is
Brudzinski's sign?
Pain in the lower back when lifting the leg and flexing at the knee. Correct Answer:
What is Kernig's sign?
Meningitis Correct Answer: Positive Brudzinski's sign and Kernigs sign means?
Smell Correct Answer: What is the function of the olfactory nerve?
smell Correct Answer: CN I
Visual acuity and visual fields Correct Answer: What is the function of the optic
nerve?
visual acuity and visual field Correct Answer: CN II
PERRLA, eye movement Correct Answer: What is the function of the oculomotor
nerve?
PERRLA eye movement Correct Answer: CN III
Eye movement (downward) Correct Answer: What is the function of the trochlear
nerve?
eye movement Correct Answer: CN IV
Facial sensation Correct Answer: What is the function of the trigeminal nerve?
facial sensation Correct Answer: CN X
,Eye movement (lateral) Correct Answer: What is the function of the abducens
nerve?
Eye movement Correct Answer: CN XI
Facial movement Correct Answer: What is the function of the facial nerve?
facial movement (raise eyebrows) Correct Answer: CN XII
Hearing and balance Correct Answer: What is the function of the vestibulocochlear
nerve?
hearing and balance Correct Answer: CN XIII
Taste, swallowing Correct Answer: What is the function of the glossopharyngeal
nerve?
taste and swallowing Correct Answer: CN IX
Swallowing, gag reflex Correct Answer: What is the function of the vagus nerve?
gag and swallow Correct Answer: CN X
Shoulder shrug, neck ROM Correct Answer: What is the function of the spinal
accessory nerve?
ROM neck and shoulder Correct Answer: CN XI
Tongue movement Correct Answer: What is the function of the hypoglossal nerve?
tongue movement Correct Answer: CN XII
Includes light touch, sharp, dull/superficial pain/temp Correct Answer: What is
exteroceptive sensation?
, Absence of touch sensation Correct Answer: What is anesthesia?
Diminished touch sensation Correct Answer: What is hypesthesia?
Increased sensitivity to touch Correct Answer: What is hyperesthesia?
Tests motion and position sense Correct Answer: What is proprioceptive sensation?
Move finger up or toe down, test vibratory sense on bony prominences Correct
Answer: How do you test proprioceptive sensation?
Related to parietal lobe issues. includes stereognosis, graphesthesia, two point
discrimination, extinction Correct Answer: What is cortical sensation?
Ability to identify objects placed in hand with eyes closed Correct Answer: What is
stereognosis?
Ability to recognize letters traced on the hand with eyes closed Correct Answer:
What is graphesthesia?
Ability to distinguish between two points of touch Correct Answer: What is two-
point discrimination?
Simultaneously touching the body at the same location and then removing one
Correct Answer: What is extinction?
biceps, triceps, brachioradialis, patellar, achilles Correct Answer: What are deep
tendon reflexes? 5
abdominal, plantar, cremasteric, bulbocavernosus Correct Answer: superficial
reflexes? 4
Place thumb over tendon, strike thumb, observe bicep muscle contraction.
C5-6 Correct Answer: How do you test the biceps reflex?
GU Questions and Verified Answers
Involuntary flexion of the hips when the neck is flexed. Correct Answer: What is
Brudzinski's sign?
Pain in the lower back when lifting the leg and flexing at the knee. Correct Answer:
What is Kernig's sign?
Meningitis Correct Answer: Positive Brudzinski's sign and Kernigs sign means?
Smell Correct Answer: What is the function of the olfactory nerve?
smell Correct Answer: CN I
Visual acuity and visual fields Correct Answer: What is the function of the optic
nerve?
visual acuity and visual field Correct Answer: CN II
PERRLA, eye movement Correct Answer: What is the function of the oculomotor
nerve?
PERRLA eye movement Correct Answer: CN III
Eye movement (downward) Correct Answer: What is the function of the trochlear
nerve?
eye movement Correct Answer: CN IV
Facial sensation Correct Answer: What is the function of the trigeminal nerve?
facial sensation Correct Answer: CN X
,Eye movement (lateral) Correct Answer: What is the function of the abducens
nerve?
Eye movement Correct Answer: CN XI
Facial movement Correct Answer: What is the function of the facial nerve?
facial movement (raise eyebrows) Correct Answer: CN XII
Hearing and balance Correct Answer: What is the function of the vestibulocochlear
nerve?
hearing and balance Correct Answer: CN XIII
Taste, swallowing Correct Answer: What is the function of the glossopharyngeal
nerve?
taste and swallowing Correct Answer: CN IX
Swallowing, gag reflex Correct Answer: What is the function of the vagus nerve?
gag and swallow Correct Answer: CN X
Shoulder shrug, neck ROM Correct Answer: What is the function of the spinal
accessory nerve?
ROM neck and shoulder Correct Answer: CN XI
Tongue movement Correct Answer: What is the function of the hypoglossal nerve?
tongue movement Correct Answer: CN XII
Includes light touch, sharp, dull/superficial pain/temp Correct Answer: What is
exteroceptive sensation?
, Absence of touch sensation Correct Answer: What is anesthesia?
Diminished touch sensation Correct Answer: What is hypesthesia?
Increased sensitivity to touch Correct Answer: What is hyperesthesia?
Tests motion and position sense Correct Answer: What is proprioceptive sensation?
Move finger up or toe down, test vibratory sense on bony prominences Correct
Answer: How do you test proprioceptive sensation?
Related to parietal lobe issues. includes stereognosis, graphesthesia, two point
discrimination, extinction Correct Answer: What is cortical sensation?
Ability to identify objects placed in hand with eyes closed Correct Answer: What is
stereognosis?
Ability to recognize letters traced on the hand with eyes closed Correct Answer:
What is graphesthesia?
Ability to distinguish between two points of touch Correct Answer: What is two-
point discrimination?
Simultaneously touching the body at the same location and then removing one
Correct Answer: What is extinction?
biceps, triceps, brachioradialis, patellar, achilles Correct Answer: What are deep
tendon reflexes? 5
abdominal, plantar, cremasteric, bulbocavernosus Correct Answer: superficial
reflexes? 4
Place thumb over tendon, strike thumb, observe bicep muscle contraction.
C5-6 Correct Answer: How do you test the biceps reflex?
