ICM 1 - Exam 3 Flashcards
What is the fundamental optical principle?
Refractive errors are corrected with divergent (minus) lenses or convergent (plus) lenses
If you see this, what disease/condition should you be concerned about?
Diabetic retinopathy
What three tests can assess a patient’s coordination?
Finger to nose and back
Heel to shin (heel to opposite knee and down the shin to the big toe)
Heel to toe walking
The biceps reflex tests what spinal nerves?
C5-6
How do you test CN X?
Make sure their uvula isn’t deviated to one side when the mouth is open
From 6 months to 11 months, what should a child be able to do as far as language development?
Understand no, babble, try to repeat sounds and communicate with gestures and actions
From 2-3 years old, what should a child be able to do as far as language development?
Knows some spatial concepts and descriptive words; speaks in 2-3 word phrases; says around 40 words at 24 months
How do you test CN III, IV, and VI?
Drawing an “H” and having the person follow with their eyes and then testing convergence
Foot dorsiflexion: muscle and nerve
Tibialis anterior
Deep peroneal nerve - L4, L5
What is personal fable?
The story adolescents tell themselves that emphasizes their uniqueness and invulnerability
How do you test CN II?
Inspect fundi (light shining), test visual acuity (look at finger and then over shoulder), and by screening visual fields
What color is white matter on CT?
Dark gray
What stage of Erikson’s model of psychosocial development is found in emerging adulthood?
Intimacy vs. isolation
Foot plantar flexion: muscle and nerve
Gastrocnemius & soleus
Tibial nerve- S1, S2
Three elements of consciousness?
- Arousal
- Alertness
- Awareness
Wrist extension: muscle and nerve
Extensor carpi radialis
Radial nerve - C6-C8
What are three ways you can measure intraocular pressure?
- Tonopen
- Schiotz tonometer
- Fingers (high pressures will feel hard instead of spongy)
What is adolescent egocentrism?
The belief that an adolescent’s thoughts and ideas are unique and are not understood by others
What three gait tests can you assess in otherwise intact people?
- Walk across the room
- Walk heel-to-toe
- Walk on toes then on heels
Three important neurological questions to remember when examining a patient?
- Is the mental status in tact?
- Are the findings symmetric?
- If the findings are asymmetric or abnormal does the cause lie in the CNS or PNS?
How do you assess attention and concentration?
WORLD backward, serial 7s from 100, months of the year backward
What tool allows you to perform the posterior segment eye exam?
The direct ophthalmoscope
What two cognitive capabilities do teens develop?
- Hypothetic-deductive reasoning: whats used in science
- Reflective abstraction: ability to rearrange and rethink information already acquired
The triceps reflex tests what spinal nerves?
C6-7
What are the three levels of Kohlberg’s moral development?
- Pre-conventional morality (reasoning tied to personal concerns)
- Conventional morality (reasoning tied to societal concerns)
- Post-conventional morality (reasoning is greater that following social norms)
What set of traits and behaviors comprise grit?
goal-directedness, motivation, self-control, positive (growth) mindset
What are the disadvantages of noncontrast CT for brain imaging?
Small lesions may not be seen, anatomy detail for small structures is limited (i.e. pituitary, sinuses, larynx, etc)
What stain can help you visualize corneal abrasions?
Fluorescein
What is clonus?
Hyperactive response required for assigning a reflex grade of 4. Usually elicited at the ankle
What are the dimensions of development?
Physical growth and motor skills, temperament, cognition and intelligence, language, social relations and attachment
If you see this, what disease/condition should you be concerned about?
Optic nerve pallor
If you see this, what disease/condition should you be concerned about?
Rheumatoid arthritis, Wegener’s
(“cornea melted”)
How can you tell the difference between Bell’s Palsy (lesion affecting the brain stem) and a stroke (lesion affecting the brain)?
In Bell’s Palsy the patient will have a drooped eyebrow, inability to close their eye, flat nasolabial fold, and paralysis of the lower face
In a stroke the other hemisphere can make up for some of the deficits so the patient will be able to close their eyes with some weakness, be able to raise their eyebrows, but have a flat nasolabial fold
Who coined the stages of psychosocial development?
Erikson
How do you test CN IX?
Have the patient open and say “ah,” and then assess their soft palate/arches on either side of the uvula for symmetry
What is myopia?
Nearsightedness
Can focus up close but not far away; image is focused in front of the retina
Eye is too long or cornea/lens is too strong
If you see this, what disease/condition should you be concerned about?
Scleromalacia - rheumatoid arthritis
(“scleral melting”)
By what age should a child’s speech be 100% intelligible?
4 years old
What are the “ophthalmic vital signs”?
visual acuity and intraocular pressure
What test is used to assess temperament?
the marshmallow test
For motor skills, what are the shapes a child should be able to draw and the corresponding ages?
Circle - 3
Cross - 4
Square - 5
Triangle - 6
How do you test CN XI?
Shoulder shrug against resistance, turning head against resistance
If you see this, what disease/condition should you be concerned about?
Iritis - autoimmune disease
How does a subdural hematoma appear on noncontrast CT?
Crescent shape, crosses sutures in the calvarium
Note: venous hemorrhage
What disease processes can effect cranial nerve function?
stroke, tumor, neuromuscular disease
Grip: spinal nerve #s
C7-T1
What CNs arise from the midbrain?
II, III, IV
What is imaginary audience?
Characteristic of adolescents’ self-consciousness, involving the feelings that people are watching their every move
If you see this, what disease/condition should you be concerned about?
Arcus senilis - hyperlipidemia
Elbow flexion: muscle and nerve
Mostly biceps
Musculocutaneous nerve - C5 and C6
What is a growth mindset?
Something that is developed through hard work and practice
Students with it view challenges as an opportunity to grow, learn from criticism, see mistakes as learning opportunities, keep going when things get difficult, etc
What color is gray matter on CT?
light gray
Which is higher risk: epidural or subdural hematoma?
Epidural
How do you assess recent & remote memory?
Tell the patient three words, distract them, then ask them to remember the words
If you see this, what disease/condition should you be concerned about?
Familial colon cancer
(“bear track”)
What sensations are assessed during a sensory exam?
Light touch, pinprick, vibration, position sense (proprioception)
What are you doing during confrontational field testing?
Checking peripheral vision by having the patient (and yourself) cover one eye. Hold fingers in each quadrant and determine if the patient can see them
What four things must you consider when performing a posterior segment exam on the eye?
- Patient must be looking 20 feet or farther away (point of no confrontation)
- Room must be dark
- You need to be on the same horizontal plane as the patient
- Don’t block the patient’s face (otherwise pupil will constrict due to convergence and accommodation)
What stage of Erikson’s model of psychosocial development are adolescents in?
Identity vs. Role Confusion
If a patient has a barely detectable flicker/trace of contraction in their muscle, what grade would you give them on the muscle strength scale?
1/5
What CNs arise from the medulla?
CN VIII (1/2), IX, X, XI, XII
When is a head CT with contrast used?
To evaluate arterial anatomy (aneurysms, stroke), tumor, and infection
What are some recent concerns related to social development?
Over-programming of children’s lives, social media (lack of in-person contact), focus on competition, lack of time
If you see this, what disease/condition should you be concerned about?
Endocarditis
(“roth spots”)
If you shine light into an eye and the pupil dilates, what does this tell you?
There is a cranial nerve defect in this eye
What is the most-common screening tool for the brain?
non-contrast CT
Thumb opposition: muscle and nerve
Opponens pollicis
Median nerve - C8, T1
What are the stags of Piaget’s cognitive development model?
- Sensorimotor (birth to 2; object permanence)
- Pre-operational (2-7; egocentric stage, lacks object conservation)
- Concrete operational (7-11; intro to logical thinking)
- Formal operational (11+ abstract thinking)