Test 2 module 7 neuro Flashcards
Cranial nerve rarely assessed in a physical exam involved in smells
olfactory-CN I
What kind of gait is walking with a limp
Antalgic gait
An assessment of a pt’s affect, appearance, orientation, insight, memory and language
Mental status exam
The cranial nerve controls movements in the forehead, eyebrows and cheeks
Facial nerve-CN VII
This cranial nerve governs sensation of the forehead, cheeks and chin
Trigeminal-CN V
This cranial nerve controls swallowing and gag reflex
Glossopharyngeal-CN IX
When testing vision with a Snellen eye chart you are testing this cranial nerve
Optic-CN II
What type of gait is a clumsy staggering walk like a drunken sailor
ataxia gait
What type of gait is walking without picking your feet up off the floor
Magnetic gait
After certain type of strokes a patient may walk with a
hemiplegic or spastic gait
what disorder is common in people with vascular risk factors, presents with focal neuro signs, confusion and headache
Ischemic stroke
what disorder consists of unilateral facial weakness and drooping, eyelid weakness, facial pain, pain around the ear, abnormal taste, reduced tearing
Bells Palsy
What disorder consists of persistent headaches disrupt sleep, seizures, visual changes, anorexia, nausea/vomiting, behavior and personality changes, focal neuro signs
tumor
These exam findings may be normal in infants but abnormal in adults
Frontal release or primitive reflexes
What exam technique is graded out of 5, 5/5 being the best you can do
strength test
What exam is comprised of finger taps, resting muscle tone, gait exam, and retropulsion
Motor exam (looking for parkinsons)
Two major divisions of nervous system
Central and peripheral
Gray matter part of brain where all thinking is done
Cerebrum or Cerebral cortex
The ball of yarn shaped structure that controls balance and coordination
Cerebellum
a band of skin innervated by the sensory root of a single spinal nerve
Dermatome
what does the optic nerve II test
distant and near vision
what do oculomotor III, trochlear IV, and abducens VI test?
tested with movement of the eyes through the six cardinal points of gaze
what does the trigeminal V nerve test
sharp and dull touch sensations, and jaw movements. have patient clench teeth together
what does the facial VII nerve test
facial symmetry, test by having pt make faces
what does the acoustic nerve test
hearing by whispered voice test
what do the glossopharyngeal IX and Vagus X nerve test
gag reflex, uvula rise, motor function of swallowing. say AHH
what does the spinal accessory XI nerve test for
size shape and strength of sternocleidomastoid muscles. turn head against hand and shrug up
what does the hypoglossal
