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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. ANS -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 ANS -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. ANS -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. ANS -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
d. Anterior spinothalamic tract, basal ganglia, and sensory cortex ANS -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. ANS -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.
d. Extrapyramidal tract. ANS -b. Corticospinal tract.
A 30-year-old woman tells the nurse that she has been very unsteady and has had difficulty in
maintaining her balance. Which area of the brain that is related to these findings would concern the
nurse?
a. Thalamus
b. Brainstem
c. Cerebellum
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