Neuro Exam - Horses Flashcards
!! Clinical signs
Dullness
Behavioral alterations
Head tilt
Circling
Stumbling/falling
In coordination
Recumbency
Examination sequence
Signalment
History
Physical exam
Neuro exam
Evaluation of head
Mentation
Posture
Coordination
Cranial nerves
Mentation
Alert
Reduced - dull, Stuporous, comatose
Increased - hyperesthetic, aggressive
Testing cranial nerves
Normal (2/2)
Reduced (1/2)
Absent (0/2)
Menace reflex
Sensory (CN II)
Motor (CN VII)
Pupillary light reflex
Sensory (CN II)
Motor (CN III)
Strabismus
Abnormal eye position
CN III
CN IV
CN VI
Cranial nerve V - sensory
Ophthalmic, maxillary, mandibular branch
CN V - motor
Integrity of masseter muscle
Jaw tone
Cranial nerve VII
Motor is expressed through
Eyes
Eyelids
Nostrils
Lips
Facial symmetry
CN VIII
Circling
Head tilt
Leaning/falling
Nystagmus
Nystagmus
Rapid eye movement
Normal vestibular nystagmus
Pathologic nystagmus
Pathologic nystagmus
Occurrence - spontaneous, positional
Direction - vertical, horizontal, rotary
CN IX, X
Swallowing
Endoscopic exam of larynx