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What is the classical pyramidal posture?

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In arm:
Flexor > extensors

In leg:
Extensor > Flexor

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Thenar wasting is seen in _____________ palsies.

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Median nerve

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Hypothenar wasting is seen in _____________ palsies.

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Ulnar nerve

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Winging of the scapula is seen in _________________ lesion.

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Long thoracic nerve

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Fasciculations imply denervation and are commonly seen in (upper/lower) motor neuron lesions.

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Lower

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When is pes cavus seen?

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px with longstanding muscle weakness eg. hereditary illnesses like Charcot Marie Tooth, Muscular Dystrophy

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What is pronator drift a sign of?

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Subtle upper motor neuron weakness

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When would a px use a reacher?

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Proximal weakness

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When would a px use utensils with modified handles?

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Distal weakness/clumsiness

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What is rigidity a sign of?

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UMN lesion

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What does a positive supinator catch sign indicate?

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Upper motor neuron lesion

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What does a positive knee catch sign indicate?

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Upper motor neuron lesion

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What is a ankle jerk clonus indicative of?

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Upper motor neuron lesion

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What is the (i) root (ii) nerve (ii) and (iii) plexus involved in a biceps reflex?

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i) C5/6
ii) Musculocutaneous
iii) Upper brachial (Lateral cord)

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What is the (i) root (ii) nerve (ii) and (iii) plexus involved in a triceps reflex?

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i) C7/8
ii) Radial
iii) Lower brachial (posterior cord)

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What is the (i) root (ii) nerve (ii) and (iii) plexus involved in a brachioradialis (supinator) reflex?

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i) C5/6
ii) Radial
iii) Upper brachial (posterior cord)

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What is the (i) root (ii) nerve (ii) and (iii) plexus involved in a quadriceps (knee) reflex?

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i) L2/3/4
ii) Femoral
iii) Lumbosacral

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What is the (i) root (ii) nerve (ii) and (iii) plexus involved in a ankle reflex?

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i) S1
ii) Sciatic and Tibial
iii) Lumbosacral

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What is the optimal stretch of a muscle when assessing its stretch reflex.

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Mid flexion

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What can be done to reinforce a reflex when it cannot be initially elicited?

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1) Clench teeth
2) Clasp hands together and pull (Jendrassik maneuver)

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What are the (i) main muscle (ii) nerve and (iii) root assessed in shoulder abduction power?

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i) Deltoid (middle)
ii) Axillary nerve
iii) C5

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What are the (i) main muscle (ii) nerve and (iii) root assessed in elbow flexion power?

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i) Biceps brachii
ii) Musculocutaneous
iii) C5/6

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What are the (i) main muscle (ii) nerve and (iii) root assessed in elbow extension power?

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i) Triceps
ii) Radial
iii) C7/8

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What are the (i) main muscle (ii) nerve and (iii) root assessed in wrist extension power?

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i) Extensor carpi radialis/ulnaris
ii) radial nerve
iii) C6

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What are the (i) main muscle (ii) nerve and (iii) root assessed in finger extension power?
i) Extensor digitorum ii) Radial iii) C7
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What are the (i) main muscle (ii) nerve and (iii) root assessed in finger abduction power?
i) Dorsal interossei ii) Ulnar iii) T1
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What are the (i) main muscle (ii) nerve and (iii) root assessed in thumb abduction power?
i) Abductor pollicis brevis ii) Median iii) T1
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What are the (i) main muscle (ii) nerve and (iii) root assessed in hip flexion power?
i) Iliopsoas ii) lumbar, femoral iii) L1/2
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What are the (i) main muscle (ii) nerve and (iii) root assessed in hip extension power?
i) Gluteus ii) Inferior gluteal iii) S1
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What are the (i) main muscle (ii) nerve and (iii) root assessed in knee flexion power?
i) Hamstrings ii) Sciatic iii) S1
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What are the (i) main muscle (ii) nerve and (iii) root assessed in knee extension power?
i) Quadriceps ii) Femoral nerve iii) L3
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What are the (i) main muscle (ii) nerve and (iii) root assessed in ankle dorsiflexion power?
i) Tibialis anterior ii) Common peroneal iii) L5
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What are the (i) main muscle (ii) nerve and (iii) root assessed in ankle plantarflexion power?
i) Soleus, Gastrocnemius ii) Tibial iii) S1
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What are the 2 sensory modalities that should be tested in a sensory examination?
1) Pin prick (Spinothalamic) 2) Proprioception (DCML)
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What are saccadic eye movements?
The eyes "jump" from one target to the next with perfect accuracy
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What is the term for impaired saccadic eye movements?
Ocular dysmetria/Dysmetric saccades
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What is "broken pursuit"?
Saccadic intrusions into pursuit eye movement: - eyes are unable to follow the target with accuracy, necessitating corrective adjustments to reacquire the target
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What is nystagmus?
Slow and rapid, repetitive, uncontrolled movements of eye
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What are 3 eye movement signs that are indicative of cerebellar dysfunction?
1) Dysmetric saccades 2) Broken pursuit 3) Nystagmus
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What are 3 upper limb signs that are indicative of cerebellar dysfunction?
1) Impaired rebound check response 2) Finger nose dysmetria 3) Dysdiadochokinesis
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What are the corrective movements often seen in voluntary movement (eg. finger nose dysmetria test)?
Intention tremors
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What test of the trunk can be used to assess the cerebellar function?
Get px to cross him arm and sit up - if sways → truncal ataxia
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What are 2 test of the lower limbs that can be used to assess cerebellar function?
1) Heel shin test 2) Gait (regular and tandem)
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What is heel shin ataxia?
Struggle to place heel on knee and run it down shin in heel shin test - indicative of cerebellar dysfunction
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What is a cerebellar gait?
Broad-based gait → lose balance when asked to catwalk
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How does one assess dysdiadochokinesis?
Ask to slap back of hand and flip between supination and pronation
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Why is the jaw spared in cavernous sinus lesions?
CN3,4,5,6 all traverse through cavernous sinus BUT V3 doesnt → supply mandible
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How are gliomas defined in diagnosis?
Molecular/genetic profile
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Which cranial nerve could be lesioned in a aortic dissection?
CNXII: Hypoglossal nerve
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What are 4 common causes of olfactory sense disruption?
1) Cribiform plate injury (Frontal head injury) 2) Rhinitis 3) Kallman Syndrome 4) Parkinson disease
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What are the testable attributes of vision?
1) Acuity 2) Visual field 3) Colour
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How do the etiology of acuity and visual field defects differ?
Acuity - damage to structures anterior to chiasm (eye, optic nerve) Visual field - damage to structures posterior to chiasm (optic tracts, radiation, visual cortex)
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Why test one eye at a time in visual acuity tests?
A good eye can compensate for a bad eye if both open
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How would you test for visual acuity if the px had forgotten their spectacles?
Test with pinhole
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How would you test for visual acuity if the px has spectacles?
Test once with, once without
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How does one assess the visual field of a px?
Use your visual field (on same facing side) to compare limits of field - EYE LEVEL MUST BE SAME - both parties have to be looking at each others eyes - pin should be held midway between 2 people
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The left visual cortex receives input from the (left/right) retina/visual field.
Right (contralateral) (vice versa)
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What is the (i) afferent limb (ii) efferent limb of the pupillary light reflex?
i) Optic nerve ii) Oculomotor nerve
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How is a optic nerve lesion differentiated from a oculomotor nerve lesion on a pupillary light reflex?
Optic nerve lesion: - light in affected eye → neither reflex - light in unaffected eye → both direct and consensual reflex Oculomotor: - light in affected eye → only consensual - light in unaffected eye → only direct
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Describe the path of the pupillary light reflex?
Optic nerve → Lateral geniculate (CNII) nucleus → Pretectal nucleus → Edinger Westphal (CNIII) nucleus → Oculomotor nerve → pupil constricts
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How can you tell if a px can perform visual accomodation?
Look at wall and back at pin in visual field convergence → Pupils will constrict
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Movements of the eyes muscles and nerve:
UL: LR6, SR3 ML: LR6 LL: LR6, IR3 UM: MR3, IO3 MM: MR3 LM: MR3, SO4
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What is the (i) afferent limb and (ii) efferent limb of the corneal reflex?
i) Trigeminal ii) Facial
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How are UMN and LMN of the face differentiated?
UMN (Hemispheric) palsy (eg. stroke) - C/L lower lose motor - I/L upper maintain (shared innervation from C/L) LMN (Facial nerve) lesion(eg. Bell's palsy): - I/L lose motor for both upper and lower face - C/L preserved
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What is a Rinner and Weber test used for?
For deaf px to differentiate between conductive (middle/outer ear) vs sensorineural (inner ear/CN8/brainstem)
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What is the Rinne's test?
Compares air vs bone conduction in one ear - Tuning fork on mastoid process and outside ear - normally bone conduction would be softer
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What is Weber's test?
Compares bone conduction between both ears - Tuning fork in middle of forehead - should sound like in center
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How is conductive hearing loss diagnosed at bedside?
Weber: - Sound localizes to the affected ear (↓ background noise) Rinne's: - Bone conduction > Air conduction (↓amplification)
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How is sensorineural hearing loss diagnosed at bedside?
Weber: - Sound localizes to the unaffected ear (affected ↓sensorineural input) Rinne's: - Air conduction > Bone conduction (normal)
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Which nerves are affected in a cerebellopontine angle lesion?
CNVII: Facial nerve CNVIII: Vestibulocochlear nerve
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How would a CNIX/X palsy present in an oral examination?
Uvula will be pulled to contralateral side - by unopposed action of palatal muscles on normal side
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What is the (i) afferent limb and (ii) efferent limb of the gag reflex?
i) Glossopharyngeal nerve ii) Vagus nerve
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Other than CNIX and CNX, what is tested in a gag reflex?
Medulla
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How is the accessory nerve assessed?
CNIX (SCM) test: Hold lower jaw at side and ask them to push diagonally down (repeat both sides)
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How is the hypoglossal nerve assessed?
CNXII (bulbar muscles) test: Ask to push tongue against both cheeks Ask to stick out stick and push sideways against tongue depressor
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Px asked to stick out tongue and it deviates to one side, where is the lesion?
I/L Hypoglossal nerve
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What muscle protrudes the tongue and what nerve innervates it?
Geniohyoid CNXII: hypoglossal
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A lesion to the medulla affects which cranial nerves?
9, 10, 12
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A lesion to the jugular foramen affects which cranial nerves?
9, 10, 12
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A lesion to the carotid artery affects which cranial nerves?
12
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What is a positive Rhomberg's test?
Rhomberg's test: - loss of balance when shutting eyes → either proprioceptive or vestibular dysfunction
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What is the physiological mechanism for side gaze?
Frontal cortex → C/L Paramedian Pontine Reticular Formation (PPRF) (in pons) → (C/L) 6th nerve → Lateral rectus + Medial longitudinal fasciculus (up and across) → I/L 3rd nerve → Medial rectus
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What does a medial longitudinal fasciculus lesion present as?
Internuclear ophthalmoplegia - slowness/failure to adduct both eyes in side view at the same time
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Guillan-Barre syndrome is associated with _________ infection.
Campylobacter jejuni
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How does Guillain Barre syndrome present?
Affects peripheral nerves: 1) Ascending numbness 2) Absent reflexes 3) Descending picture (if roots affected) 4) Miller Fisher, Bickerstaff (if brainstem)

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