Lecture 2 Flashcards
Components of mental status
- Attention
- Memory
- Orientation
- Perceptions
- Thought process/content
- Insight
- Judgement
- Affect
- Mood
- Language
- Higher cognitive functions
What triggers a MSE?
- Medically unexplained physical Sx
- High Sx count
- High severity of the complaint when organic causes are ruled out
- Chronic pain
- Recent stressor
- Difficult encounters
- Low self rating of health
- Frequent use of healthcare servicces
- Substance abuse
- Cognitive complaints of any sort
Illusions & when are they seen?
Mis-interpretation of real stimuli
- Grief
- PTSD
- Schizophrenia
MMSE components
- Date orientation - 5 pts
- Place orientation - 5
- Register - 3 (Name objects & repeat)
- Serial 7’s - 5 (Count back from 7, WORLD)
- Recall - 3 (3 objects from register)
- Naming - 2
- Repeating phrase - 1
- Verbal commands - 3
- Written commands - 1
- Writing - 1
- Drawing - 1
What is a normal MMSE score?
24 or higher
Depends on age & education
What does a neuro exam test?
- MSE
- CN
- Sensory
- DTR/Plantar response
- Cerebellar function
- Muscle strength
- Motor screening
CN I
Olfactory
Sensory
CN II
Optic
Sensory - visual acuity & visual fields
CN III
Oculomotor
Motor - raise eyelids, most EOM
Parasympathetic - pupil constriction, lens shape
CN IV
Trochlear
Motor - downward, inward eye mvmt (SO)
CN V
Trigeminal
Motor - jaw opening & clenching, mastication
Sensory - 3 branches
CN VI
Abducens
Motor - lateral eye mvmt (LR)
CN VII
Facial
Motor - facial expression muscles (except jaw), eye closure, mouth closure
Sensory - taste (ant. 2/3 tongue)
Parasympathetic - Secretion of saliva & tears
CN VIII
Acoustic
Sensory - hearing & equilibrium
CN IX
Glossopharyngeal
Motor - voluntary muscles for swallowing & pronation
Sensory - nasopharynx, gag reflex, taste (post. 2/3 tongue)
Parasympathetic - secretion of saliva, carotid reflex
CN X
Vagus
Motor - Voluntary muscles of phonation & swallow
Sensory - behind ear, part of external canal
Parasympathetic - secretion of digestive enzymes, peristalsis, carotid reflex, heart, lungs, digestive tract
CN XI
Spinal Accessory
Motor - turn head, shoulder shrug, some phonation
CN XII
Hypoglossal
Motor - tongue mvmt for speech, sound articulation, swallowing
Spinal nerve C3
Front & back of neck
Spinal nerve C6
thumb/C8
5th finger
Spinal nerve T4
nipple line
Spinal nerve T10
umbilicus
Spinal nerve L1
inguinal
Spinal nerve S2/3
Anogenital
Spinal nerve L4
Knee
Lesions above & below corticospinal tract
Motor Tract
A - contralateral Sx
B - ipsilateral Sx
UMN lesions Sx & when are they seen
- babinski
- Inc. DTRs
- Muscular spasticity
- MS
- ALS
LMN lesions Sx & when are they seen
- Dec. DTRs
- Ipsilateral weakness
- Dec. or absent muscle tone
- Nerve transection
- Guillan-Barre
- Polio
What are the sensory pathways?
Participate in reflex activity, regulation of position & autonomic function
- Spinothalamic
- Posterior Column
Spinothalamic tract
Sensory pathway Crosses in cord 1. Pain 2. Temp 3. Crude touch
Posterior Column tract
Sensory pathway Crosses in the medulla 1. Position 2. Vibration 3. Fine touch
All affected by diabetic neuropathy
What do differences in reflexes indicate?
- Level of spinal lesion
- Electrolyte disturbances
- Endocrine disturbances
- UMN vs LMN disease
What kind of reflex does hypermagnesemia cause?
Delayed DTR
DTR & Spinal nerves
Biceps & Brachioradialis - C5&6
Triceps - C6&7
Patellar - L2,3&4
Achilles - S1
Grading DTRs
0 - absent 1+ - Hypoactive 2+ - Normal 3+ - Hyperactive 4+ - Hyperactive w/ clonus