Intro to Neuro Flashcards
Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination
attention, executive, functioning, language, memory, orientation, visuospatial proficiency
Glasgow Coma Scale
- An assessment of impaired consciousness.
- Range is 3 (unresponsive) to 15 (alert and oriented).
GCS- Best eye response
4–Open Spontaneously
GCS-2 Eyes
Open to pain
GCS-3 Eyes
Open to verbal command
GCS- Best verbal response
5–Oriented
GCS-2 Verbal response
Incomprehensible sounds
GCS-3 Verbal response
Inappropriate words
GCS-4 Verbal response
Confused
GCS- Best motor response
6–Obeys commands
GCS-2 motor response
Extension to pain
GCS-3 motor response
Flexion to pain
GCS-4 motor response
Withdraws to pain
Expressive aphasia
you know what you want to say, but you have trouble saying or writing what you mean
Receptive aphasia
you hear the voice or see the print, but you can’t make sense of the words
Anomic aphasia
you have trouble using the correct word for objects, places, or events
Global aphasia
you can’t speak, understand speech, read, or write
Praxis:
Apraxia:
ability to carry out tasks
apraxia: cannot carry out motor task
- -Show me how to use this pencil, hairbrush, hammer, etc.
Olfactory hallucinations - commonly in:
Aura in Temporal Lobe Seizures
Parosmia
perversion of smell (psychiatric dz/head trauma)
Cacosmia
imagining unpleasant odors
psychiatric dz/head trauma
Dysfunction of Trochlear Nerve (IV) can cause:
Vertical Diplopia!
- Typically due to trauma.
- They keep their head tilted away from affected side to reduce double vision and tilt head forward to bring fields together.
Dysfxn of Abducens MC caused by:
-Resulting in:
MC-neoplasm resulting in internal rotation of the eye. May complain of Horizontal Diplopia.
Potential dysfxn signs of the Oculomotor Nerve:
Diplopia
Blurry vision
Dizziness
