Med Surg Exam #2 WKU Nursing
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QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS |\ |\
What is the basic unit of the nervous system? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔neuron |\
What are the two types of neurons? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔motor and sensory |\ |\
What are sensory neurons that send impulses to the CNS, away
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from the PNS? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Afferent neurons
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What are motor nerve cells that carry signal away from the CNS
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to the PNS? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Efferent nurons
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What are myelinated axons? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a nerve
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fiber with a myelin layer that functions to carry electrical
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impulses quickly |\
White matter |\
What are non-myelinated axons? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Grey
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matter
,What are chemicals that can either inhibit of enhance and
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impulse? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔neurotransmitters
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What vary in size and shape, provide protection, structure, and
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nutrition for the neurons? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Neuroglia
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cells
What form the protective covering of the brain and the spinal
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cord? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Meninges
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What is the outside layer of the brain? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Dura mater |\
What is the middle layer of the brain? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔arachnoid mater |\
What is the inner most layer of the brain? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔pia mater|\
What is situated between the arachnoid and pia mater? This is
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where the CSF circulates. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The
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subarachnoid space |\
What is the largest part of the brain that controls intelligence,
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creativity, and memory? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Cerebrum
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,What is the cerebrum divided into? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔left
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and right hemispheres
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What are the left and right hemispheres joined by? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔corpus callosum |\ |\
What is the part of the cerebrum that is involved with almost all
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of the higher functions of the brain? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Cerebral cortex |\
What is the cerebral cortex composed of? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Frontal lobe |\ |\
Parietal lobe |\ |\
Temporal lobe |\
Occipital lobe |\
What receives immediate and continuous information about the
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condition of the mm, joints, and tendons? Controls the fine motor
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skills - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Cerebellum
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Patient is awake, engages, and responsive - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Alert
Patient is drowsy but easily awakened - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Lethargic
, Patient is arousable only with vigorous or painful stimulation -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Stuporous |\ |\
Patient is unconscious and cannot be awakened despite vigorous
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or noxious stimulation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Comatose
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What tends to be an early sign of neurologic problems? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Loss of memory, especially recent
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memory
Decortication - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔an abnormal posture |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
associated with severe brain injury, characterized by abnormal
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flexion of the upper extremities and extension of the lower
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extremities
Decerebration - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔an abnormal body |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
posture associated with a severe brain injury, characterized by
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extreme extension of the upper and lower extremities
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Babinski sign - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The toes flex upward
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when sole of foot is stimulated, indicating motor nerve damage.
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Clonus - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the sudden, brief, jerking
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contraction of a muscle or muscle group often seen in seizures.
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Romberg's sign - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Falling to one side when
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standing with feet together and eyes closed, indicating abnormal
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cerebellar function or inner ear dysfunction
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QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS |\ |\
What is the basic unit of the nervous system? - CORRECT
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ANSWERS ✔✔neuron |\
What are the two types of neurons? - CORRECT ANSWERS
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔motor and sensory |\ |\
What are sensory neurons that send impulses to the CNS, away
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
from the PNS? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Afferent neurons
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
What are motor nerve cells that carry signal away from the CNS
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
to the PNS? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Efferent nurons
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
What are myelinated axons? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a nerve
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
fiber with a myelin layer that functions to carry electrical
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
impulses quickly |\
White matter |\
What are non-myelinated axons? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Grey
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
matter
,What are chemicals that can either inhibit of enhance and
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
impulse? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔neurotransmitters
|\ |\ |\ |\
What vary in size and shape, provide protection, structure, and
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
nutrition for the neurons? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Neuroglia
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
cells
What form the protective covering of the brain and the spinal
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
cord? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Meninges
|\ |\ |\ |\
What is the outside layer of the brain? - CORRECT ANSWERS
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔Dura mater |\
What is the middle layer of the brain? - CORRECT ANSWERS
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔arachnoid mater |\
What is the inner most layer of the brain? - CORRECT ANSWERS
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔pia mater|\
What is situated between the arachnoid and pia mater? This is
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
where the CSF circulates. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
subarachnoid space |\
What is the largest part of the brain that controls intelligence,
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
creativity, and memory? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Cerebrum
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
,What is the cerebrum divided into? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔left
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
and right hemispheres
|\ |\
What are the left and right hemispheres joined by? - CORRECT
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ANSWERS ✔✔corpus callosum |\ |\
What is the part of the cerebrum that is involved with almost all
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
of the higher functions of the brain? - CORRECT ANSWERS
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔Cerebral cortex |\
What is the cerebral cortex composed of? - CORRECT ANSWERS
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔Frontal lobe |\ |\
Parietal lobe |\ |\
Temporal lobe |\
Occipital lobe |\
What receives immediate and continuous information about the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
condition of the mm, joints, and tendons? Controls the fine motor
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
skills - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Cerebellum
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Patient is awake, engages, and responsive - CORRECT ANSWERS
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔Alert
Patient is drowsy but easily awakened - CORRECT ANSWERS
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔Lethargic
, Patient is arousable only with vigorous or painful stimulation -
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Stuporous |\ |\
Patient is unconscious and cannot be awakened despite vigorous
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
or noxious stimulation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Comatose
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
What tends to be an early sign of neurologic problems? -
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Loss of memory, especially recent
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
memory
Decortication - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔an abnormal posture |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
associated with severe brain injury, characterized by abnormal
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
flexion of the upper extremities and extension of the lower
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
extremities
Decerebration - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔an abnormal body |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
posture associated with a severe brain injury, characterized by
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
extreme extension of the upper and lower extremities
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Babinski sign - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The toes flex upward
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
when sole of foot is stimulated, indicating motor nerve damage.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Clonus - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the sudden, brief, jerking
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
contraction of a muscle or muscle group often seen in seizures.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Romberg's sign - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Falling to one side when
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
standing with feet together and eyes closed, indicating abnormal
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
cerebellar function or inner ear dysfunction
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