The Nurse Performs a Reflex Test on a Newly Admitted

Multiple Choice

The nurse performs a reflex test on a newly admitted adult patient.The nurse runs a tongue blade along the sole of the foot and the patient responds with the great toe bending backward (upward) and the smaller toes fanning outward.These findings cause the nurse to suspect that the patient may have experienced which problem(s) ?

A) Injury to the central nervous system (CNS) that resulted in an abnormality in the motor control pathways leading from the cerebral cortex
B) Myocardial infarction that resulted in hypoxemia
C) Influence of chemical substances
D) Damage to the peripheral nervous system (PNS)
E) Trauma to the hypothalamus