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Cranial Nerves
Head, Face, Neck
Eyes and Ears
Nose, Mouth, Throat
Neurologic System
100
Its the test for visual acuity.
What is the Snellen eye test. It tests Cranial nerve II - Optic Nerve
100
The approach the nurse uses to assess an adult client's thyroid.
What is posterior approach
100
This is also noted as being nearsighted.
What is myopia.
100
The roof of the mouth is divided into two parts.  One is white and the other is pink.
What is the hard palate and the soft palate.
100
Cerebellar function balance test in which the patient must stand with eyes closed, arms at the side and feet together for 20 seconds. 
What is the Romberg Test
200
Test by patient closing their eyes tight, raising eyebrows, smile, frown, puff cheeks.
What is Cranial nerve VII - Facial
200
This gland straddles the trachea in the middle of the neck.  
What is the thyroid gland.  
200
This presents as involuntary, rapid, rhythmic movement of the eyeball.
What is nystagmus. 
200
Tonsil grade when they are halfway between tonisllar pillars and uvula. 
What is 2+
200
Cerebellar function coordination and skilled movement test where missing the nose could indicate cerebellar disease or alcohol intoxication. 
What is the finger-to-nose test
300
What cranial nerve is tested when you ask the patient to say, "light, tight, dynamite" - and their lingual speech is clear and distinct?
What is cranial nerve XII - Hypoglossal. 
300
Difficulty swallowing
What is dysphagia
300
When the patient can read at 20 feet what the normal eye can read from 30 feet.
What is 20/30 vision.
300
A white, cheesy, curdlike patch on the buccal mucosa and tongue. 
What is Candida or thrush
300
The ability to recognize objects by feeling their forms, sizes and weights. 
What is stereognosis
400
The three tests performed to test Cranial nerves III, IV, and VI. 
What are the six cardinal fields of gaze; corneal light reflex; and pupillary light reflex. It tests the Oculomotor, Trochela, and Abducens
400
Providing resistance while the patient shrugs his or her shoulder is a test of which cranial nerve?
What is cranial nerve XI - Spinal Accessory
400

This can be reversible and temporary, or irreversible and cause permanent damage to the ears.

What is known as ototoxic. 
400
This presents as clear vesicles with red base that evolve into pustules, usually at the lip-skin junction.
What is herpes simplex
400
A deep tendon reflex that's response is brisker than average; but could be "normal" for some patients. 
What is grade 3+
500
Normal response includes pupillary constriction and convergence of the axes of the eyes. 
What is accommodation.
500
This is how "normal" lymph nodes feel upon palpation.
What is movable, discrete, soft and nontender. 
500

True rotational spinning often from labyrinthine vestibular disorder in inner ear. 

What is vertigo. 

500
Decrease or loss of smell
What is anosmia
500
A primative reflex in which the infant turns the head toward that side and opens the mouth. 
What is the rooting reflex