Exam

Question 1

Paraesthesia

Answer 1

Abnormal burning or tingling sensation or numbness

Question 2

Dysarthria

Answer 2

Motor disorder where difficulty articulating speech

Question 3

Olfactory (1)

Answer 3

Sensory

Smell

Question 4

Optic (2)

Answer 4

Sensory

Vision

Test: snellen chart and other chart

Question 5

Oculomotor (3)

Answer 5

Mixed

Motor- extraocular muscle movement- opening eyes
- parasympathetic- pupil construction, lens shape (PERRLA)

Question 6

Trochlear (4)

Answer 6

Motor- down and inward movement of eye

Question 7

Trigeminal (5)

Answer 7

Mixed

Motor- mastication muscles

Sensory- sensation of face, scalp, cornea, mucous membranes

Test: light touch

Question 8

Abducens (6)

Answer 8

Motor- lateral movements of the eye

Test: finger outwards then inwards

Question 9

Facial (7)

Answer 9

Mixed

Motor- facial muscles: close eyes, close mouth, labial speech (consonants: B, P)

Sensory- taste on anterior 2/3 of tongue
-parasympathetic saliva and tear secretion

Test: symmetry with facial expressions

Question 10

Acoustic (8)

Answer 10

Sensory- hearing and equilibrium

Question 11

Glossopharyngeal

Answer 11

Mixed

Motor- pharynx (phonation and swallowing)

Sensory- taste on posterior 1/3 of tongue, gag reflex
-Parasympathetic- parotid gland, carotid gland

Test: press tongue down and say ahh

Question 12

Vagus (10)

Answer 12

Mixed

Motor- pharynx and larynx (talking and swallowing)

Sensory- sensation from carotid body, carotid sinus, pharynx, viscera
-parasympathetic: carotid reflex

-vagus nerve does not go to head and neck but to heart, respiratory, stomach, and gullbladder

Question 13

Spinal accessory

Answer 13

Motor- trapezius and sternomastoid movement

Question 14

Hypoglossal (12)

Answer 14

Motor- movement of tongue

Test: strength of voice and articulate light, tight, dynamite

Question 15

Ptosis

Answer 15

Dropping of eyelid- unexpected

Question 16

Nystagmus

Answer 16

Back and forth occilation of eyes- unexpected

Question 17

Ataxia

Answer 17

Uncoordinated or unsteady gait

Question 18

Stereognosis

Answer 18

Test where you put an object in clients hand and ask to identify

Question 19

Graphesthesia

Answer 19

Test where you trace a letter on client and ask them to report which

Question 20

Components of deep tendon reflex

Answer 20

Intact sensory nerve (efferent)

Functional synapse in cord

Intact motor nerve (afferent)

Neuromuscular junction

Competent muscle

Question 21

Development order female

Answer 21

Thelarche (breast development)

Adrenarche (pubes, axillary hair)

Height spurt

Menarche

Question 22

Prehns test

Answer 22

Test by elevating testes to see if pain is relieved: if pain gets better then most likely epiditimitis

Question 23

Cystocile

Answer 23

Bladder prolapses into vagina

Question 24

Crepitation

Answer 24

Audible palpation that accompanies movement- when joints are roughened

Question 25

Microcephaly

Answer 25

Smaller head size

Question 26

Hydrocephalis

Answer 26

Rapid head growth from increased CSF in ventricles

Question 27

Torticolis

Answer 27

Shortness or excessive contraction of sternomastoid muscle in neck

Question 28

Lordosis

Answer 28

exaggerated inward curvature of the spine affecting the lower back- common in pregnant women

Question 29

Frenulum

Answer 29

Connects the tongue to floor of mouth

Question 30

Epistaxis

Answer 30

Nose bleed

Question 31

Rhinorrhea

Answer 31

Dripping from the nose

Question 32

Turbinates

Answer 32

The 3 bony prominences in nose that increase surface area for more vascularity to moisten air

Question 33

Stensens duct

Answer 33

Opening of parotid gland

Question 34

Fordyces granules

Answer 34

Small white papules on sides of cheeks- normal cysts

Question 35

Torus palatinus

Answer 35

Bony ridge down middle of hard pallate

Question 36

Otosclerosis

Answer 36

Abnormal bone growth present in conductive hearing loss

Question 37

Presbycusis

Answer 37

Gradual hearing loss occurring naturally with age

Question 38

Otorrhea

Answer 38

Drainage from the ear

Question 39

Tinnitus

Answer 39

Ringing in the ear

Question 40

Darwin’s tubercle

Answer 40

A small painless nodule at the helix- congenital and normal

Question 41

Arcus senilis

Answer 41

Infiltration of degenerative lipid material around the limbus in cornea present in older adults

Question 42

Presbyopia

Answer 42

Far sightedness- cannot focus near vision

Question 43

Cataracts

Answer 43

Cloud over the eye

Question 44

Strabismus

Answer 44

Crossed eyes

Question 45

Ptosis

Answer 45

Dropping of upper eyelid

Question 46

Styes

Answer 46

Localized staphylococcal infection of the hair follicle at eyelid margin

Question 47

Conjunctivitis

Answer 47

Pink eye

Question 48

Enophthalmos

Answer 48

Posterior displacement of eyeball within orbit

Question 49

Frontal

Answer 49

Broca area- expressive aphasia

Question 50

Temporal

Answer 50

Wernickes area- receptive aphasia

Question 51

Sensory pathways

Answer 51

Spinothalamic- pain temperature light touch Posterior dorsal column- proprioception, vibration, stereognosis

Question 52

Motor pathways

Answer 52

Corticospinal tract- fine movement Extrapyramidal tract- muscle tone, gross movements Cerebellar tract