Cranial Nerves
Trigeminal nerve
What is V?
What is 14?
158/98
What is 118 mmHg?
This phase of a seizure is characterized by rhythmic jerking movements
What is clonic phase?
Patients with this condition have chronic overproduction of mucus and cyanosis.
What is chronic bronchitis?
Accessory nerve
What is XI?
No eye opening, no verbal response, no motor response
What is 3?
76/28
What is 44 mmHg?
This type of reaction from antipsychotics can be reversed with 50 mg of diphenhydramine
What is dystonia?
The collapse of the alveolar air spaces within the lungs, often secondary to a loss of surfactant.
Optic nerve
What is II?
Eyes open to pain, incomprehensible moaning, decorticate posturing
What is 7?
220/118
What is 152 mmHg?
The region of the brain concerned with the production of speech.
What is Broca's area?
The name for the base of the trachea where it splits into the right and left bronchi.
What is the carina?
Facial nerve
What is VII?
Eyes open to pain, inappropriate words, withdraws from pain
What is 9?
160/106
What is 124 mmHg?
The three components to Cushing's triad
What are hypertension, bradycardia, and irregular respirations?
A state in which a person's stimulus to breathe comes from a decrease in PaO2, rather than from an increase in PaCO2.
What is hypoxic drive?
Trochlear nerve
What is IV?
Eyes open to pain, no verbal response, decerebrate posturing
What is 5?
80/56
What is 64 mmHg?
This condition may be present if a patient presents with positive Kernig's and/or Brudzinski's sign.
What is meningitis?
Arterial _____, located in the aortic arch and carotid bodies, are specialized nerve cells that detect changes to chemical composition and pH.
What are chemoreceptors?