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Cranial Nerves Flashcards

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CN I exam?

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History of chance in sensation of smell
Use odourants known to patient (OFFER scented bottles)

OLFACTORY

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CN II exam?

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Do you have glasses or contacts? Any changes in vision?
OFFER - Stellen’s chart (for acuity), Ishiharo plate (for colour), Fundoscopy.
Visual field confirmation test
Direct and consensual pupillary reflex

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CN III, IV + VI exam?

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  1. Motor - (CN III, IV + VI) H test for eye movements

(2. Parasympathetic - assessed by pupillary reflexes - for CN III)

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CN V exam?

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  1. Sensory - assess light touch (V1, V2 + V3 areas of face; opthalmic, maxillary, mandibular)
  2. Motor - assess the muscles of mastication

(3. Corneal reflex and jaw jerk reflexes - OFFER)

TRIGEMINAL

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CN VII exam?

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Any changes in taste?
1. Motor - facial muscles - assess facial muscle actions

OFFER (2. Taste - tongue anterior 2/3 - not tested)
OFFER (3. Parasympathetic - submandibular, sublingual and lacrimal glands - not tested)

FACIAL

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CN VIII exam?

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any changes in hearing or balance?

  1. Cochlear part - assess hearing (whisper, Rinne and Weber tests)

OFFER (2. Vestibular part - not tested)

VESTIBULO COCHLEAR

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CN IX exam?

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Change in taste? Offer salt water ideally
Open mouth, stick tongue out

OFFER (General sensory - post 1/3 of tongue - assessed by ‘gag’ reflex)

GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL

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CN X exam?

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Change in taste?
UVULA - say aaaa, should pull upwards. If deviates, will deviate away from side of lesion.
OFFER cough and swallow
1. Motor - assess action of soft palate

VAGUS

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CN XI exam?

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  1. Spinal accessory - motor - assess the strength of sternocleidomastoid and trapezius
  2. Cranial accessory - motor - pharyngeal and laryngeal muscles - assessed with vagus

Neck muscles - place hand on face, look towards hand.
Trapezius - push shoulders against hand.
ACCESSORY

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CN XII exam?

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Motor - tongue (test protrusion)
Stick tongue out. If deviates, will point towards side of lesion.
Place hand on cheek. Ask to push hand with tongue.
HYPOGLOSSAL

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Special tests?

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  1. Ophthalmoscopy
  2. Otoscopy
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Movements exam?

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  1. Head - atlanto-axial and atlanto-occipital joints
  2. Cervical and thoracocolumbar spine
  3. TM joint and mandible (lower jaw)
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Palpation?

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  1. Bone/cartilage in head, neck and spine
  2. TMJ, cricothyroid space
  3. Lymph nodes
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Arterial pulses?

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Carotid
Superficial temporal
Subclavian arteries

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Assessing JVP?

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V1, 2 + 3 areas?

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Muscles of mastication assessment?

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Facial muscle actions?

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Raise eyebrows
Screw eyes - don’t let me open them
Puff out cheeks
Smile with teeth
Purse lips

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Whisper, Rinne and Weber test?

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Whisper - rub fingers in one ear and say number in the other
Rinne - air vs bone - mastoid process and in front of ear
Weber - on forehead - is it same in both ears

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Sternocleidomastoid and trapezius assessment?

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Shrug shoulders against force
Turn face against my hand each side

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Tongue protrusion assessment?

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Look for deviation, wasting, fasciculation
Power - push tongue against cheek against force
Test words - “British Constitution”

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Weber test results?

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Louder in affected ear - conductive hearing loss
Louder in healthy ear - sensorineural hearing loss

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Rinne’s test results?

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Air>bone - normal
Bone>ear - conductive hearing loss

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What to offer for CN II?

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Stellen’s chart
Ishiharo plate
Fundoscopy

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Visual field confirmation test?

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Cover same eye, look at my nose, whittle fingers and say yes when see it move

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Direct and consensual pupillary reflexes?

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Light, hold hand in between eyes, look for direct and consensual. Look at both eyes.
Make obvious which eye looking at.
Then do swinging light test

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H test?

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For CN III, IV + VI

Let me know if you see any pain or blurring/double vision

test for nystagmus

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3rd nerve palsy?

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Eye looks down and out

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4th nerve palsy?

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Superior oblique bad, unable to look down and inwards

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6th nerve palsy?

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Eye can’t abduct

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How to test motor CN V?

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Maseter - hold jaw whilst they clench jaw
Hold jaw whilst touching temporalis muscles
Open mouth against resistance

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Offer for trigeminal?

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Jaw jerk
Cornea reflex

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Facial nerve motor tests?

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Raise eyebrows
Close eyes (against resistance)
Puff out cheeks (against resistance)
Smile with teeth
Grimace

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Offer for facial nerve?

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Taste test - ideally with salt water

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Frequency of hearing fork?

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Rinne test interpretation?

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Conductive hearing loss - Rinne louder on bone than ear
Sensorineural - Rinne the same

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Weber test interpretation?

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Conductive - amplifies Weber in bad ear than normal ear
Sensorineural - amplifies Weber in good ear

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