This is a basic quiz to test your knowledge on neurological and mental disorders. Enjoy
Involuntary control of internal environment
Personality and strength
Body control and coordination
Fight or flight
True
False
Body control and coordination
Integration of voluntary movement: posture, balance, coordination
Involuntary control of internal environment
Comprehension of written words and symbols
Muscle spasticity, contractures
Absent abdominal reflex
Fasiculations
Muscle flaccidity, decreased tone
Hyperreflexia
Little of no muscle atrophy
Paralysis: same side as lesion at and below level of injury
Decreased to no plantar reflex
Absent abdominal reflex
Positive Babinski reflex
Peripheral vascular
Musculoskeletal
Head and Neck
Integumentary
HTN
Hyperlipidemia
Contraceptive use
Being over 55
Seizures
Nausea
Pain
Weakness or paresthesia
LOC
Orientation
Cognitive function
Coordination
Testing the patients orientation to person, place, and time
Pouring ice cold water into the patients ear
Screaming into the patients left ear for six seconds
Applying a painful (noxious) stimulus to the nail bed
Facial expressions and orientation to place
How they are sitting and facial expressions
Grooming and orientation to time
Facial expressions and object identification
Thought processes and perceptions; Motor activity integration
LOC; General Appearance and Behavior
Language and speech; Cognitive function
Emotional status; Pain perception
Eye opening
Verbal response
Motor response
Pain response
Check from distal to proximal
Increase the volume of the patient’s TV
Map out abnormalities
Compare sides
Have the client’s eyes open throughout the tests
Back bends
Tandem walking
Touching toes
Hopping
Client touches finger to nose, finger-finger
Client stands on one foot, puts arms above head, and does one knee bend
Client stands with feet together, hands at sides and eyes closed
Client sits on chair and then tries to stand back up
True
False
Coordination
Motor activity integration
Balance
Fine coordination
Muscle strength
Spastic hemiparesis: arm flexed, close to side
Parkinsons’: stooped, hips, knees flexed; short shuffling steps
Cerebellar ataxia: staggering, unsteady, wide based
Scissor gait: paralysis of the lower foot
Steppage gait: feet lifted high, slapped down
Fasiculations : visible twitching of muscle bundle
Chorea : chomping of the teeth
Athetosis : choreform movement affecting tongue, lips, face
Tardive dyskensia : slower, twisting, writhing