When you ask a patient to close his or her eyes and identify an object placed in the hand, you are evaluating:
A) stereognosis.
B) graphesthesia.
C) vibratory sensation.
D) extinction phenomenon.

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Stereognosis is the ability to recognize an object through touch and manipulation. Tactile agnosia, an inability to recognize objects by touch, suggests a parietal lobe lesion. Graphesthesia tests the patient's ability to identify the figure being drawn on the palm. The vibratory sense uses a tuning fork placed on a bony prominence, and the extinction phenomenon tests sensation by simultaneously touching bilateral sides of the body with a sterile needle.

When You Ask a Patient to Close His or Her