neuro assessment on pt

Question 1

1

Answer 1

olfactory - sensory

Question 2

2

Answer 2

optic - sensory

Question 3

3

Answer 3

oculomotor- motor

Question 4

4

(4 corners are troch)

Answer 4

Trochlear (looking down)- motor

Question 5

5

Answer 5

Trigeminal - Motor and Sensory

Question 6

6

(6 is duces)

Answer 6

Abducens - motor (extraocular motor functions of the eye)

Question 7

7

(7 faces)

Answer 7

facial - Motor and Sensory

Question 8

8

(perfect pitch in 8)

Answer 8

Acoustic/
Vestibulocochlear - sensory

Question 9

9

(9 lives, 9 glossy pharnyx)

Answer 9

Glossopharyngeal - Motor and Sensory

Question 10

10

(turned 10 in vagus)

Answer 10

vagus - Motor and Sensory

Question 11

11

(11 looks like it)

Answer 11

Spinal accessory- motor

Question 12

12

(12 hyper tongue monkeys)

Answer 12

Hypoglossal- motor

Question 13

1 - test

Answer 13

Close one nostril and identify a scent

Question 14

2-test

(snell, am I holding up 2 fingers?)

Answer 14

Snellen test. Can use clock in room or ask pt to tell you how many fingers you’re holding up from a distance

Question 15

3-test

(perrla is your fav number)

Answer 15

Use pen light; check one eye at a time
(test 6 cardinal field of gaze, PERRLA)

Question 16

4-test

(four noses down)

Answer 16

Have the patient look down toward nose

Question 17

5-test

Answer 17

Ask pt to clench teeth and palpate masseter muscle.
Test facial sensation w/gauze or or light touch (eyes closed)

Question 18

6-test

(sex left and right)

Answer 18

Have patient look left and right

Question 19

7-test

(7 eyes go to heaven)

Answer 19

Ask pt. to smile, raise eye brows; keep eyes closed while you try to open them

Question 20

8-test

(whisper 8 is enough)

Answer 20

Use tuning fork /rub hair/whisper
Check gait, balance

Question 21

9-test

(ahh, it’s 9)

Answer 21

Touch the back of the throat with tongue depressor
Have pt. say “Ahh”

Question 22

10-test

(ahh, it’s 10 also)

Answer 22

Assessed with CNIX

(cough, say ahh)

Question 23

11-test

Answer 23

Have pt. shrug shoulder and rotate head

Question 24

12-test

(12 monkeys are cheeky)

Answer 24

stick tongue out move it internally from cheek to cheek

Question 25

PNS - dorsal root - on test

Answer 25

travels afferent path - carries sensory info from peripheral toward CNS

Question 26

ventral root

Answer 26

travels efferent - carries impulses away from the cns towards the periphery for motor control

Question 27

broca’s area - what type of language?

Answer 27

expressive