NMS Dx Questions Flashcards
28 yo female wakes up no complaints, fatigue and weakness as day progresses cannot keep eyes open
Myasthenia gravis
Weakness following exercise, hyperreflexia, low ext, 32 yo female
LMNL
MS
Pharyngeal afferent/efferent?
IX
X
67 yo male smoker dropping eye, constrict pupil no sweat on L face
Horner’s syndrome
Shock like along face several times a day few seconds
Trigeminal neuralgia
Efferent accomodation
3
Direct and indirect light nerves
Afferent - 2
Efferent - 3
Unilateral facial paralysis cannot wrinkle eyebrow
Bells palsy
If can wrinkle forehead = stroke
Hoarseness, motor funciton to larynx
CN IX
LMNL sign
Fasciculations
Epiglottis and laryngeal sensory
Vagus nerve
Wakes up neck pain head tilt to right can’t straighten c-spine
Torticollis
Stick out tongue, deviates to L
Hypoglossal nerve lesion
DTR hyperactivity with intermittent clonus
4+
Babinski shows
Dorsiflexion large toe and splaying of remaining toes