Sensory Exam UPMCSON

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Sensory Exam Quiz

Test your knowledge on sensory perception and cranial nerve functions with our comprehensive sensory exam quiz. Designed for students and professionals in healthcare, this quiz challenges your understanding of sensory deficits and their implications.

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49 Questions12 MinutesCreated by AnalyzingSense47

Perception, awareness, and interpretation of stimuli takes place in the?

Spinal Cord

Nerve Endings

Extremities

Brain

Patient is incontinent and cannot feel the urge to void. What type of stimuli deficit might the patient be experiencing? Select all that apply:

Patient had a recent right leg amputation. What type of stimuli deficit might the patient be experiencing? Select all that apply:

Internal Stimuli

Kinesthetic Stimuli

Visceral Stimuli

Gustatory Stimuli

Patient with a Stereognosis deficit might appear as the following:

A patient with a stroke who is having difficulty with body movements

A patient who requires reading glasses

A patient with Alzheimers and is having difficulty distinguishing their pills by feeling their shape

A patient who has a satiety disease and cannot feel whether their stomach is full

What is the normal sequence of sensory perception?

Perception, Reception, Impulse Conduction, Stimulus

Reception, Impulse Control, Perception, Stimulus

Stimulus, Receptor, Impulse Conduction, Perception

Stimulus, Perception, Impulse Conduction, Receptor

Patient with loss of smell might be experiencing interference with which cranial nerve

#10

#1 and #3

Patient with loss of some eye movement might be experiencing interference with which cranial nerve

#4, 5, 6

#3, 4, 6

#12

Patient who requires a feed due to difficulty chewing might be experiencing interference with which cranial nerve

Patient who loses their sense of taste might be experiencing interference with which cranial nerve

#7, 9, 10

Patient with Bells Palsy (drooping and inability to move half of the facial muscles) might be experiencing interference with which cranial nerve

#11

Patient with vertigo and hearing issues might be experiencing interference with which cranial nerve

#10

Patient with irregular heart rhythm might be experiencing interference with which cranial nerve

#8, 10

#11

#10

Patient with neck and head muscle paralysis as well as unawareness of body movement might be experiencing interference with which cranial nerve

#11, 10

#11, 12

#11

#10

Which is a natural age-related expected finding for an 80yo patient? Select all that apply:

Central loss of vision due to damage of retina

Optic neuropathy with increase interocular pressure

Lens of the eye is no longer able change shape to focus

Elasticity changes in the lens making it difficult to focus vision

Which is an expected finding for a glaucoma patient?

Central loss of vision due to damage of retina

Optic neuropathy with increase interocular pressure

Lens of the eye is no longer able change shape to focus

Which is an expected finding for a cataract patient?

Central loss of vision due to damage of retina

Optic neuropathy with increase interocular pressure

Lens of the eye is no longer able change shape to focus

Facts about colorblindness. Select all that apply:

More common in males

More common in females

Most often has issues distinguishing Red/blue

Most often has issues distinguishing Red/brown

Most often has issues distinguishing Red/green

Has no safety concerns

Inability to distinguish pill color is a safety concern

Term for patient who has difficulty focusing their vision due to elastic changes in the lens?

Presbyopia

Glaucoma

Cataracts

Patient has trouble reading their paperwork and holds the documents away from their face. What should the nurse suspect the patient is experiencing

Patient squints to see the clock on the wall and asks you what time it is. What should the nurse suspect the patient is experiencing

The common cold, respiratory illness, tobacco use, radiation to head and neck, brain tumors, parkinsons, MS, covid infection can cause alternations primarily in which sense?

Medications, infection, gum disease, and the natural aging process can cause changes in primarily what sense?

Nonspecific vertigo is commonly caused by damage to which cranial nerve?

Damage to crania nerve 3,4,6

Damage to cranial nerve 8

Damage to cranial nerve 11

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo is caused by what

Damage to cranial nerve 8

Damage to cranial nerve 5

Displacement of inner ear crystal

Vestibular neuritis, stroke, brain tumor, head trauma, infections can all be causes of what?

Cataracts

Diabetes

Vertigo

True of False: Medication can alter awareness and cognition - also cause tinnitus, hearing impairment, peripheral neuropathy, taste

True

False

What is the primary reason for routine screening?

For medical organization to make for money

Early detection and intervention

Build data for research studies

To keep you from getting lonely

When are newborns screened for hearing?

At their first pediatric appointment

At their one month well-child visit

Before leaving the hospital

How often are adults screened for hearing?

Every 20 years until the age 30 then every five

Every five years until the age 40 then every year

At an annual physical

Every 10 years until the age 50 then every 3

Patient ages 55 - 64 without comorbidities should have their vision checked

1-3 years

2-4 years

1-2 years

Annually

Patient ages 40-54 without comorbidities should have their vision checked

1-3 years

2-4 years

1-2 years

Annually

Patient ages 65+ without comorbidities should have their vision checked

1-3 years

2-4 years

1-2 years

Annually

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