Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 72%
Full-length
Passage / Scenario
A 26-year-old woman is admitted to the neurosurgery unit for the removal of a cerebellar tumor.The nurse would expect the patient to make which of the following statements about her symptoms?
Correct answer
B
Rationale
Strategy: Remember physiology. (1) temporal lobe contains auditory center, loss of hearing would involve CN VIII acoustic (2) correct-cerebellum maintains balance (3) CN IX, glossopharyngeal responsible for differentiation of taste (4) not specific symptoms of cerebellum dysfunction