CN 3 4 6 Flashcards
What is the primary function of CN 3 4 6
Eye movements
What is the primary function of the medial longitudinal fasciculus
Coordinate eye movement
What lobe controls mostly saccadic eye movement (fast/rapid)
Frontal lobe
What lobe controls smooth eye movement
Occipital lobe
What is involuntary eye oscillations
Nystagmus
A disease of CN 3 will usually result in what signs
Eyelid ptosis
Corectasia
a disease of CN 4 will usualy result in what signs
Difficulty looking down
a disease of CN 6 will usually result in what signs
Unable to laterally deviate the eye
A lesions distal to the bifurcation of the carotid arteries will cause what if is along the intranal carotid pathway
Pupilloconstriction and ptosis
A lesion distal to the bifurcation of the carotid artery will cause what if it along the external carotid pathway
Vasodilation
Anhydrosis
What is an inward sinking of the eyeball that is caused by sympathetic paralysis
Enophthalmos
How do you perform a siliospinal reflex
Pinching the skin on the patients neck (observe bilateral pupillodilation
What is the test for peripheral vision also called
Confrontation
What 3 things happen when testing for accommodation
Convergence (CN 3) Pupilloconstriction (CN 3 parasymp) Lens thickening (CN 3)
What test is used to look for equal pupiloconstriction
Swingingflashlight test