Neurological Exam Flashcards
What are the 7 categories of a neuro exam?
1) mental status
2) cranial nerves
3) motor system
4) reflexes
5) sensory system
6) coordination (cerebellum)
7) station and gait
Which cranial nerve is responsible for smell?
CN I
Which cranial nerves are responsible for the cardinal fields of gaze?
CN III, IV, and VI
Which cranial nerves are responsible for the direct/consensual light reflex?
CN II and III
Which cranial nerve is responsible for accommodation?
CN III
Which cranial nerve is responsible for peripheral vision?
CN II
Which cranial nerve is responsible for facial expression?
CN VII
Which cranial nerve is responsible for sticking the tongue out?
CN XII
Which cranial nerve innervates traps and SCM?
CN XI
Which cranial nerve is responsible for hearing?
CN VIII
The weber and rinne test is looking at which cranial nerve?
CN VIII
Which cranial nerves allow you to say ahhhhhhh?
CN IX and X
Which cranial nerve allows you to bite tongue depressor?
CN V
Which cranial nerve is tested in an ophthalmoscopic exam?
CN II
What are the 4 ways to assess the cerebellum?
1) finger to nose or finger to finger test
2) rapidly alternating movements test
3) heel to toe walking test (checking for ataxia)
4) romberg and mittelmeyer test
Which cerebellum test is assessing for dysmetria (overshooting or undershooting a target) and intentional tremors?
finger to nose or finger to finger test
Which cerebellum test is assessing dysdiadochokinesia (unable to perform rapidly alternating movements)?
rapidly alternating movements test (finger/hand tapping or foot tapping)
Which muscles are involved in wrist flexion?
1) flexor carpi radialis
2) flexor carpi ulnaris
3) palmaris longus
Which muscles are involved in wrist extension?
1) extensor carpi radialis longus and brevis
2) extensor carpi ulnaris
3) brachioradialis
Which muscles are involved in finger flexion?
extensor digitorum superficialis and profundus
Which muscles are involved in finger extension?
1) extensor digitorum commudis
2) extensor indicis proprius
3) extensor digiti minimi
Which muscle is involved in finger ABduction?
dorsal interossei
Which muscle is involved in finger ADDuction?
palmar interossei
What muscle is involved in knee extension?
quads
What muscle is involved in dorsiflexion?
extensor hallucis longus
What muscle is involved in plantar-flexion?
gastrocnemius
Which muscles are involved in ankle inversion?
tibialis anterior and posterior
Which muscles are involved in ankle eversion?
fibularis longus and brevis
