NUR 590 Exam Three Questions and Correct Answers the Latest Update
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Course
NUR 590
Institution
NUR 590
Components of Neurology Physical Exam
1: test cranial nerves 1-12
2: Evaluate coordination and fine motor skills
3: Evaluate balance
4: Observe gait
5: Test primary senses
6: Test cortical sensory response
7: Assess superficial and deep tendon reflexes
Main units of the brain
1: Ce...
✓ - Responsible for processing *sensory data*
✓ - Assists with interpretation of tactile sensations
✓ - recognition of body parts and awareness of body position
What is proprioception?
✓ Recognition of body parts and awareness of body position
Which part of the brain is responsible for proprioception?
✓ Parietal lobe
Occiptal lobe
✓ Contains primary vision center
Temporal lobe
✓ Responsible for perception and interpretation of sounds
✓ - reception and interpretation of speech is located in *Wernicke area*
Basal Ganglia
✓ Functions and extrapyraidal pathway and processing station between cerebral motor
cortex and upper brainstem
✓ - Aids in motor cortex of cerebrum in integration of voluntary movements
✓ - processes sensory information from the eyes, ears, touch receptors and
musculoskeletal system
✓ - Uses sensory data for reflexive control of muscle tone, balance and posture to
produce steady and precise movements
✓ *Cerebellum hemispheres have ipsilateral control of the body*
What part of the brain has ipsilateral control of the body?
✓ The cerebellum
What part of the brain has contralateral control of the body?
✓ The hemispheres of the cerebrum
The Brain stem
✓ - The pathway between cerebral cortex and spinal cord
✓ - *Structures:* medulla, pons, midbrain, diencephalon
✓ - *thalamus* is responsible for perception of various sensations such as pain and
temperature
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