Quiz 1 Flashcards
How do you obtain a thorough history?
Understand neurological complaints, medical history (symptom development, review of systems), family history, social history…
What kinds of general observations should you make?
Make observations about bx, gait, skin, head, neck & spine.
What is a mental status exam?
Gain general info on someone’s mental status. Concerns memory (what were the three words?), language (“no ifs, ands or buts”), visuospatial function (copying shapes) & manipulation of acquired knowledge (count backwards by 7).
What is cranial nerve 1 & what is it responsible for?
Olfactory- responsible for smell & taste
What is cranial nerve 2 & what is it responsible for? Why do we talk about it so much?
Optic- responsible for vision. We know what happens in every part of the visual system!
What happens if there is a cut at the optic nerve? Optic chiasm? Optic tract? Visual cortex?
Blindness in one eye
Bitemporal hemianopia
Homonymous hemianopia
Homonymous hemianopia
What side are those with aphasia most likely to have strokes? What vision would this affect?
Left, affecting right side’s vision.
What is cranial nerve 3 and what is it responsible for? What are some symptoms of dysfunction?
Occulomotor- responsible for upward eye movement. Paresis of eye gaze (not moving), diplopia (double vision), nystagmus, ptosis…
What is cranial nerve 4 and what is it responsible for? What are symptoms of dysfunction?
Trochlear- responsible for downward eye movement. Diplopia (double vision).
What is cranial nerve 5 and what is it responsible for? What are symptoms of damage?
Trigeminal- sensory receptors on skin of face, oral and nasal mucosa, gums, eyeballs… motor innervation for muscles of mastication. Damage results in difficulty opening and closing mandible or sensory problem called Tic Douloureux which is severe facial pain (trigeminal neuralgia).
What is cranial nerve 6 and what is responsible for? Symptoms of damage?
Abducens- outward eye rotation. Horizontal diplopia.
What is cranial nerve 7 and what is it responsible for? Symptoms of damage?
Facial- facial muscles. Unilateral facial weakness!
What is cranial nerve 8 and what is it responsible for? Symptoms of damage?
Vestibulocochlear- hearing, balance, position sense. Sensorineural hearing loss, vertigo.
What is cranial nerve 9 and what is it responsible for? Symptoms of damage?
Glossopharyngeal- constriction of posterior pharynx, gag reflex-sensory. Dysphagia.
What is cranial nerve 10 and what is it responsible for? Symptoms of damage?
Vagus- intrinsic laryngeal muscles, soft palate, and pharyngeal function. Atypical vocal quality, restricted pitch, hypernasality, dysphagia.
What is cranial nerve 11 and what is it responsible for? Symptoms of damage?
Spinal accessory- neck and shoulder muscles. Impaired rotation of head or shrug of shoulders.
What is cranial nerve 12 and what is it responsible for? Symptoms of damage?
Hypoglossal- all tongue muscles except palatoglossus. Impaired tongue mobility.
What is looked at in a motor system exam?
Muscle tone, bulk, strength, range of motion, coordination, reflexes, and involuntary movements.
What are types of paralysis?
Monoplegia (one limb one side), hemiplegia (both limbs one side) due to upper motor neuron damage OR paraplegia (2 limbs on either side of body- 2 legs!), quadriplegia ( 4 limbs) due to damage to the spinal cord.
What are types of reflexes?
Hyperreflexia (upper motor neuron damage= increased reflexes), hyporeflexia (lower motor neuron damage= reduced/absent reflexes), and primitive reflexes (present in infant but typically disappear in adults- if occurs, bilateral upper motor neuron damage).
What are the parts of the sensory system exam?
Primary: pain/temp, light touch, vibration, position
Secondary: two-point discrimination, stereognosis (ID something in hand), graphesthesia (ID charactres written on skin)