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What is CN VIII (8)?

A

Vestibulocochlear nerve

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What is CN IX (9)?

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Glossopharyngeal Nerve

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What is CN XI (11)?

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Spinal accessory nerve

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What is CN XII (12)?

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Hypoglossal nerve

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What is the pathology?

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Bell’s Palsy (unilateral facial nerve weakness)

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What is the pathology?

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Stroke (UMN lesion affecting the facial muscles)

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How can Bell’s be differentiated from a facial stroke?

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Forehead sparing in stroke

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Why is there forehead sparing in stroke?

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Bilateral UMN supply to the superior part of the facial nerve nucleus

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What is this sign?

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Ptosis

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What is this sign?

(Not the ptosis)

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Miosis (pupil constricted)

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What is this sign?

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Mydriasis (pupil dilation)

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How can you distinguish unilateral miosis from unilateral mydriasis?

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The normal pupil should be more constricted in brighter light

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13
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What abnormality of speech is relevant to a cranial nerve exam?

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Dysarthria (problems with articulation)

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What are the aspects of a full optic nerve assessment?

(Doing all of these in an exam is excessive unless specifically asked to)

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  • Pupil inspection
  • Visual acuity
  • Pupillary reflexes
  • Colour vision
  • Visual fields
  • Fundoscopy
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What are the essential aspects of an optic nerve assessment?

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  • Pupil inspection
  • Visual acuity (brief tests of ability to read/see)
  • Visual fields
  • Fundoscopy (may not be needed)
  • Pupillary reflexes (also CN III)
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16
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What is the type of anisocoria and what is the likely cause?

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Mydriasis - CN III lesion

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What is the type of anisocoria and what is the likely cause?

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Miosis - Horner’s syndrome

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If performing fundoscopy as part of a cranial nerve exam, what aspects should be included?

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  • Red reflex
  • Retinal visualisation
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What is the name of and what can cause this sort of visual field defect?

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  • Monocular blindness
  • Optic nerve or retinal lesion
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What is the name of and what can cause this sort of visual field defect?

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  • Bitemporal hemianopia
  • Lesion at the optic chiasm
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What can cause a lesion at the optic chiasm?

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Pituitary tumour

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What is the name of and what can cause this sort of visual field defect?

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  • Right homonymous hemianopia
  • Lesion of the optic tract
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What is shown here?

24
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Palsy of which nerve is seen here?

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Palsy of which nerve is seen here?
Oculomotor nerve
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Palsy of which nerve is seen here?
Trochlear nerve
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What are the tests of pupillary reflexes?
* Accommodation reflex * Direct pupillary reflex * Consensual pupillary reflex * Swinging light test
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Which nerves are involved in the light reflexes?
2 and 3
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If there is absence of direct reflex but presence of consensual, which nerve is affected?
2
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If there is absence of direct and consensual reflexes in one eye, which nerve is affected?
3
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If there is loss of consensual reflex only which nerve is affected?
The contralateral 2nd nerve
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How can the vestibulocochlear nerve be tested?
* Whisper a number in the paitent's ear and ask them to repeat it * Weber's test * Rinne's test
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What is Weber's test?
* Place a tuning fork on the patient's forehead * Ask them which ear it localises to if any
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What does localisation of Weber's test suggest?
Asymmetrical hearing loss
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Where does the sound localise to in an asymmetrical sensorineural hearing loss in Weber's test?
The unaffected ear
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Where does the sound localise to in an asymmetrical conductive hearing loss in Weber's test?
Affected ear
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What is Rinne's test?
* Place the tuning fork on the mastoid process and ask them to tell you when it stops * Move fork to in front of ear and ask if they can still hear it
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What result of Rinne's suggests conductive hearing loss?
Unable to hear once moved from mastoid
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What suggests sensorineural loss in Rinne's test?
Able to hear sound when moved from mastoid process (in the ear that sound localised away from in Weber's test - will show the same Rinne result in normal ear)
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What are the Bulbar cranial nerves?
9, 10, 12
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How should the bulbar nerves be tested?
* Cough * Articulation * Examine pharynx * Tongue movements
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What cranial nerve is tested by asking the patient to cough?
10 (vagus)
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What nerves are involved in articulation?
* (7) * 10 * 12
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How is the pharynx examined?
* Use a tongue depressor and pen torch * Ask the patient to say ahh and observe uvula * Remove tongue depressor * Ask to swallow
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Where does the uvula deviate in a CN IX or X lesion?
Away from the lesion on saying ahh
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What is not normally tested in a conscious patient?
Gag reflex
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How is CN 12 tested?
* Ask the patient to stick their tongue out * Observe for wasting * Move side to side * Push tongue into side of cheek and apply resistance
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What indicates a CN 12 lesion?
Deviation **towards** the lesion
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Which muscle provides shoulder shrugging?
Trapezius
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What additional tests can be considered after a cranial nerve exam?
* Neuro exam of the limbs * Gait and balance * CT/MRI head
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What is shown here?
Left CN XII lesion
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What is shown here?
Left CN IX or X lesion

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