Cranial Nerves
Head & Neck
Trunk & Thorax
Organs
Occupations
100
This cranial nerve is responsible for tongue movement.
What is the hypoglossal nerve (CN XII)?
100
These are the muscles of mastication.
What are the masseter, temporalis, and pterygoids (lateral & medial)?
100
These muscles are innervated by the spinal accessory nerve (CN XI).
What are the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius.
100
This organ is responsible for filtering blood, regulating BP, regulating electrolytes, producing the hormone for RBC production, and produces urine.
What are the kidneys?
100
These are the movements for a tennis player.
What is trunk rotation, trunk extension, trunk flexion, neck extension, neck rotation, neck flexion?
200
This nerve is tested by touching the back of the throat with a tongue depressor.
What is the glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)?
200
These are the prime movers of cervical lateral flexion and its normal range of motion.
What are the SCM, splenius capitis/cervicis, scalenes, erector spinae, interansversarii, and 45 degrees?
200
These are the prime movers and normal range of motion for trunk extension.
What are erector spinae, interspinalis, transversospinalis and 80degrees?
200
The valve that regulates blood flow between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart.
What is the mitral valve?
200
For a person in a wheelchair, it is the UE motion of propelling the wheelchair and the motion as s/he moves across the room.
What are angular and linear motions?
300
Smiling, puffing cheeks, and raising eyebrows are innervated by this cranial nerve.
What is facial (CN VII)?
300
These are your smiling muscles.
What are zygomaticus major & levator labii superioris (also levator anguli oris, risorius, & zygomaticus minor)?
300
These muscles contract concentrically during left thoracic rotation.
What are the left internal oblique and right external oblique?
300
This occurs when people hold their breath and attempt to exhale, sometimes leading to cardiac arrest in weakened hearts.
What is Valsalva's maneuver?
400
Damage in this nerve would greatly impair TMJ function.
What is the trigeminal nerve (CN V)?
400
These are the bones and articular surfaces that make up the temporomandibular joint.
What is the mandibular fossa of the temporal bone and the condyle of the mandible?
400
This poor posture could result in reduced inspiratory capacity and impaired speaking ability.
What is kyphosis?
400
When a heart cannot pump strongly enough to push an adequate amount of blood out to various parts of the body often resulting in edema.
What is congestive heart failure?
400
Your patient would like to be able to return to golfing. IN order to help him/her do so, you can focus on improving these motions.
What is trunk flexion, trunk extension, trunk rotation, neck flexion, neck extension, and neck rotation.
500
These cranial nerves that pass through the superior orbital fissure are involved in eye movement and eye area sensation.
What are occulomotor (CN III), trochlear (CN IV), opthalmic branch of trigeminal (CN V), and abducens (CN VI)?
500
This fracture involving the C2 occurs when there is a forceful, sudden hyperextension.
What is Hangman's Fracture?
500
This occurs when a portion of the nucleus pulposus bulges through a weakened annulus, common in L4 & L5.
What is a herniated disk?
500
You are running up a steep hill. You are using these 7 muscles during the forced expiration stage.
What is intercostals, external oblique, internal oblique, rectus abdominis, transverse abdomins, serratus posterior inferior, and quadratus lumborum.
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