Which structures are injured if patient has global aphasia?
Broca and Wernicke's area
What is a score of 13-15 on the Glosgow coma scale?
Mild brain injury
Which cranial nerve are you testing when you ask the patient to read from an eye chart?
Optic nerve
What is Homonymous hemianopsia and why is it a red flag?
loss of contralateral half of visual field from lesion in optic tract, FALL RISK
Nerve root for Biceps and deltoid
C5
Cause and symptoms of receptive aphasia?
Damage to wernicke's area, can not understand spoken language, speech is gibberish
What is a score of less then or equal to 8?
Severe brian injury (coma)
Which nerve are you testing when you ask the patient if they can smell something
Olfactory
What are the primary components of the neuro exam?
Patient observation, Patient history, review of relevant systems, appropriate tests and measures
Nerve root for Tricpes, Lat, Extrinsic finger extensors, and flexor carpi radialis?
C7
Area damaged and symptoms of speech apraxia
Pre-motor cortex damage, poor speech formation due to disruption of motor planning process to produce speech
What are the 5 responses during Gloscow coma scale verbal response?
Oriented, confused, inappropriate words, incomprehensible sounds, no response
Which crainal nerve are you testing when you ask the patient to follow something with their eyes.
Trochlear nerve
What are the components to patient observations?
Quality and quantity of movement in: standing, sitting, incoordination, asymmetry in movements, timing, speed, fluidity of movements, gait components
T9-T12
What is Dysarthria?
Paresis of oral muscles
What are the 6 motor responses during glosgow coma scale?
follows motor commands, localizes pain, withdraws to pain, decorticate posturing, decerebrate posture, no response
Which nerve are you testing when you observe the patients position of their eyes
Abducens
Components of neuro screening exam
Mental status, crainal nerves, motor, reflexes, sensation, coordination, stance and gait
Nerve root for QL, Iliopsoas, and sartorius
L1, L2
What area is damaged and symptoms of epressive aphasia
Damage to brocca's area, issues with wrod selection, limited speech output, CAN understand speech but cant respond in complete sentences
What are the 4 visual glosgow motor test response?
Eyes are already open, open to verbal comman, open to pain, no response
Which nerve are you testing when you lightly move your fingers down the side of patients face or palpate their masseter
Trigeminal nerve
Which crainal nerve are you testing when you ovserve how the patient's pupils respond to light?
Oculomotor
Nerve root for Glute max
S1, S2