Mental Assessment
The awareness of one’s own existence, feelings, thoughts and of one’s environment.
What is consciousness?
The grading of muscular strength with no movement.
What is 0 (Zero)?
This part of the nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord.
What is the CNS (Central Nervous System)?
This cranial nerve tested by smelling vanilla (the number and nerve).
What is CN 1 - Olfactory?
This body position is moving a limb away from the center of the body.
What is abduction?
This is the temporary expression of feelings or state of mind.
What is affect?
The musculoskeletal system grading when there is full ROM, but only passive.
What is grade 2 (two)?
Area of the brain responsible for vision.
What is Occipital?
This cranial nerve innervates the muscles of mastication (chewing) (name the nerve and number).
What is Trigeminal nerve - CN V?
The body position when you bring a limb back towards the center of the body.
What is adduction?
These are the three parts of orientation.
What is person, place and time?
This is graded as normal range of motion.
What is grade 5?
The part of the nervous system responsible for fight or flight.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
This cranial nerve is responsible for symmetrical facial movement.
What is CN VII - Facial nerve?
This is moving the hand to palm side up.
What is supination?
The ability to have awareness through the five senses, sight, touch, taste, hearing and smell.
What is perceptions?
The grading of muscular strength with a small amount of movement.
What is 1 (one)?
What is broca area?
This nerve is responsible for hearing.
What is the CN VIII - Acoustic Nerve?
This is moving the hand to palm side down position.
What is pronation?
This can be described as posture, body movements, dress, and grooming/hygiene.
What is appearance?
This musculoskeletal grade for full active ROM, with some resistance, but is weak.
What is grade 4?
Area of the brain responsible for coordination and equilibrium.
What is cerebellum?
These 2 cranial nerves help to stimulate the gag reflex.
What are CN IX and X- glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves?
This is a circular motion that combines flexion, extension, abduction and adduction.
What is circumduction?