Cranial nerves Flashcards

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What questions do you ask before testing smell?

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Have you noticed any changes in your sense of smell?

Have you had a blocked nose?

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Causes of unilateral anosmia

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Head trauma
tumour
nasal polpys

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3
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Causes of nasal polpys

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Allergic rhinitis

CF

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4
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Causes of bilateral anosmia

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Neurodegenerative e.g. parkinsons and alzhiemers disease
URTI
Kallman’s
Tumour

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5
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Give the name of a nose tumour

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Subfrontal meningioma

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6
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What do you do when you inspect the eye?

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Size
Shape
Symmetry

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7
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What do you call a dliated pupil?

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Mydriasis

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8
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What is another name for exopthalmos?

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Proptosis

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9
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Anisocoria

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Assymetrical eyes

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10
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What’s the mnemonic for testing eyes?

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A acuity
F fields
R reflexes
O opthalmoscopy
C colour vision
A attention
B blind spot
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11
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How do you write up the snellen?

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Distance from chart over lowest line number read + how many letters in the line you read e.g. if 2

e.g. 6/4

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What happens if the patient can’t see anything on the snellen chart?

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Reduce distance from 3m to 1m

If still not seen, ask pt to

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13
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Wat may cause decreased visual acuity?

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Myopia - near sightedness
Hyperopia - long sightedness
Presbyopia 
Astigmatism 
Ambylopia - lazy eye 
Cataracts 
Age related macular degenration
Optic neuritis
Lesions
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14
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How far must you be to do visual fields?

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1m

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15
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What is the

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homonymous hemianopia

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16
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what is the quarter vision called?

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superior homonymous h

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17
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What are the two types of reflexes for the eye?

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pupillary

accommodation reflex

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18
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What do you ask about after doing these

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double vision or pain?

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19
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What would cause constriction of the eye? Myosis

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Opiod overdose

Horners (sympathetic is affected)

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20
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What would cause dilation of the eye? Mydriasis

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3 nerve palsy

Tropicamide

21
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What do you do to test for attention?

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Put both fingers out and ask which one wiggles

22
Q

How do you test the blind spot?

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Use the red pin

23
Q

Which of the AFROCAB would you offer to do?

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Acuity
Opthalmoscopy
Colour vision
Blindspot

24
Q

How would you test for CN 3, 4 and 6 and what would you say?

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Exaggerated H test (go all our, extend your arms)

Keep your head in the same position and only move your eyes

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When you go up, what must you do?
Tilt finger side ways when going up and down in the H test
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When you're testing the eye, looking at the eye coming inwards (down and also up), which muscles are involved?
Oblique
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Where does the eye look in fourth nerve palsy?
Eye looks up and in
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Where does the eye look in sixth nerve palsy?
Eye looks medially
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What might cause 3rd nerve palsy?
Diabetes Trauma Surgery Tumour
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Which eye conditions might come up in the OSCE?
Bitemporal homonymous Optic neuritis
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How do you test cranial nerve 5?
``` Fine touch, sensation Pinprick Assess temporalis and masseter Try to open jaw against reflex Jaw jerk reflex (tap against the jaw like a knee reflex) Corneal ```
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How would you test the motor and sensory
``` Raise eyebrows Screw up eyes Puff out cheeks Show gums (smile) Any change in taste? Troubled by loud noises? ```
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Differentials for
Ramsey Hunt - shingles
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If forehead does wrinkle, what does it suggest?
Upper motor neuron
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If forehead is not spared, what do we think?
Lower motor neuron
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How do you test for the sensory and motor
Lower motor neuron facial nerve ``` Right sided facial weakness and numbness Incomplete eye closure Loss of brow movement Loss of smile and lip pucker Mouth drooping ```
37
Look up teh rest of teh conditions which cause ear problems
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If the ear pain lateralises to the right, what can it be?
Right conductive, or left sensorineural
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Pelvic pain plus hearing loss
Bone remodelling disorder which can cause ear problems
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How do you test for CN 10?
Uvula | sensory = 9
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How do you test CN 12?
Ask pt to move tongue side to side
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UMN lesion
corticobulbar supply is affected
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What are the symptoms of pseudobulbar palsy?
Spasticity Hyperreflexia Expressionless face Donald duck high pitched speech
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Bulbar palsy is upper or lower MN?
Lower motor neuron lesion
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Symptoms of bulbar palsy
``` Hypo-gag and jaw jerk reflexia Fasciculations Wasting Normal fascial expressions Nasal speech ```
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Is pseudobulbar due to an upper motor or lower motor lesion? Which supply is affected?
corticobulbar supply is affected UMN lesion
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Which cranial nerves are affected in pseudobulbar palsy?
5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12
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What can cause lower motor neuron problems?
Guillian barre Myasthenia gravis Motor neuron disease