Sensory tests Flashcards
Stretch reflex
Muscle contraction in response to stretching within a muscle
Patellar reflex
- a Stretch reflex.
-Tests the conduction of the Femerol nerve w rubber hammer below patella
-Knee-jerk reaction
Calcaneal (Achilles) tendon reflex
-Test the tibial nerve
-Tap Achilles tendon, result plantar flexion of foot

Babinski reflex (planter response)
-Stroke the plantar surface of the foot from the heel to the big toe; big toe curls or flexes
Corneal reflex
Blow or flick fingers near eye and you should blink
Two-point discrimination test
Test the ability to distinguish between two points
Proprioception
The sense of where you are in space; awareness of your own body
Touch partner with marker, ask them with eyes closed to touch where you touched
Visual tracking
Test the six I muscles
Follow someone’s finger and eye-movement easy either smooth or jerky
Near point of accommodation
How close you can see something clearly.
Tests lens elasticity
Visual acuity
Tests sharpness of vision.
Can be tested with a Snellen eye chart
Pupillary light reflex
Pupil either in larges in low light or constricts in bright light
Testing for color blindness
Ishihara plates are a common test for color blindness
Webber test
-For determining hearing impairment; conductive or sensorineural hearing loss
-Tuning fork, hold to your forehead, see if sound is louder in either ear
-Conductive: sound louder in ear
with hearing loss
-Sensorineural: Sound is louder in
ear without hearing loss
Rinne Test
Tuning fork on mastoid process and in front of external auditory meatus.
-conductive hearing loss: louder
through mastoid process
