A Nurse Is Caring for a Patient Who Exhibits the Following

Multiple Choice

A nurse is caring for a patient who exhibits the following symptoms:
(1) Inability to maintain balance while walking
(2) Normal intelligence
(3) Can initiate voluntary movements, although they are somewhat uncoordinated
(4) Decreased tone in the skeletal muscles
The patient is probably suffering from a condition that affected the ________.

A) midbrain
B) cerebellum
C) basal ganglia
D) cerebral cortex
E) brainstem