Neuro (cranial)

Question 1

What tests do we do to examine cranial nerve II?

Answer 1

Visual acuity 
Visual fields
Inattention
Light reflexes 
Accommodation

Question 2

Which cranial nerves can be examined together by tracing a H with your finger?

Answer 2

III IV VI

Question 3

What is cranial nerve IV?

Answer 3

trochlear

Question 4

What is diplopia?

Answer 4

double vision

Question 5

What is nystagmus?

Answer 5

involuntary eye movement

Question 6

What are the three branches of the trigeminal nerve?

Answer 6

opthalmic
maxillary
mandibular

Question 7

Which reflex do you test when examining cranial nerve V?

Answer 7

jaw jerk

Question 8

What movements should you ask the patient to perform when testing cranial nerve VII?

Answer 8

screw up eyes (don't let you open them)
puff out your cheeks
raise eyebrows 
purse lips 
show teeth

Question 9

What is cranial nerve VIII?

Answer 9

vestibulocochlear

Question 10

How do you assess cranial nerves IX and X?

Answer 10

Is the uvula in the midline ?
Say AAH
Any difficulty swallowing ?
Cough for me

Question 11

What is cranial nerve XI?

Answer 11

accessory

Question 12

How do you test cranial nerve XI?

Answer 12

shrug shoulders against resistance

Turn head against resistance and palpate body of sternocleidomastoid with free hand

Question 13

How do you test cranial nerve XII?

Answer 13

Open mouth and observe tongue
Stick out your tongue
Push tongue into cheek against resistance of my finger

Question 14

Which tuning folk is used to perform Rinne’s and Weber’s ?

Answer 14

512Hz

Question 15

In Rinne’s test, what is indicated if the sound is louder when the tuning folk is on the mastoid?

Answer 15

conductive hearing loss

Question 16

Where is the tuning folk held in Weber’s test?

Answer 16

the forehead