CNs

Question 1

What cranial nerve does accommodation test>?

Answer 1

III

Question 2

What CNs does corneal light reflex?

Answer 2

III, IV, VI

Question 3

Pupillary light reflex tests what CNs?

Answer 3

II and III

Question 4

How do you do corneal light reflex?

Answer 4

Place light between patients eyes and have them look between your eyes

Question 5

How do you test pupillary light reflex?

Answer 5

Put hand down center of their face and flash light in their eyes and check same eye and opposite eye.

Question 6

How do you test cardinal planes of gaze?

Answer 6

Make an H with a bright colored tipped pointer

Question 7

How do you test for accommodation?

Answer 7

Bring pointer close to nose them move it away and have patient look into the distance

Question 8

What tests test CN II?

Answer 8

Visual acuity, peripheral vision, pupillary light reflex, ophthalmoscopic exam.

Question 9

How do you check peripheral vision?

Answer 9

Stand behind patient, tell them to look at a point on the wall, use color tipped pointer, go over head, from left and right, and below.

Question 10

What tests evaluate CN V?

Answer 10

Inspect muscles, corneal Blink, sensory exam of the face, jaw jerk reflex

Question 11

Jaw jerk is a test for what CN?

Answer 11

V

Question 12

The weber test evaluates what CN?

Answer 12

VIII

Question 13

Rinne test evaluates what CN?

Answer 13

VIII

Question 14

The malingering test Evaluates what CN?

Answer 14

VIII

Question 15

How do you perform Weber test??

Answer 15

Tuning fork on top of head. Hear sounds equally in both ears?

Question 16

When do you do a rinnes test and what CN?

Answer 16

If there is a positive in Weber. VIII

Question 17

How do you perform rinnes test?

Answer 17

Tuning fork on mastoid. Say when they don’t hear it any more and time it. Then place it in front of ear. Should be two times longer than bone conduction. Then check other side

Question 18

The swivel chair test evaluates what CN?

Answer 18

VIII

Question 19

How do you perform the swivel chair test?

Answer 19

Stabilize the head from behind, have patient move body side to side. Dizziness with this test would indicate a cervicogenic vertigo

Question 20

What tests test CN IX and X?

Answer 20

Have patient say AHH (soft palate should elevate), gag reflex (post 1/3 of tongue), Check phonation( Kuh la mi test), check taste (post 1/3)

Question 21

Caloric irrigation tests what CN?

Answer 21

VIII

Question 22

How do you assess CN XI?

Answer 22

Shoulder elevation and muscle strength for the SCM and trapezius ?

Question 23

How do you test sterognosis?

Answer 23

Put an object in the patents hand and have them tell you what it is.

Question 24

How do you test barognosis?

Answer 24

Put something in their hand, then put something else in the same hand that is close to the same thing but one is lighter and one is heavier.

Question 25

How do you test topognosis?

Answer 25

Have them close eyes, touch them and have them point to exactly where you touched.

Question 26

How do you test for graphognosis?

Answer 26

Draw a number or letter on the patents hand and see if they can tell you what it is.

Question 27

How do you test 2 point touch?

Answer 27

Have patient close eyes and touch them on the hands front and back and see if they know if you touched them with one pin or two.