Cranial Nerves
What is 12 pairs?
This is caused when there is an interruption of blood supply to the brain and is the 5th leading cause of death in the US.
What is a stroke?
When testing this the nurse can expect to find an involuntary extension of the lower leg.
What is the patellar reflex?
This is apparent when a person's response is much greater than the expected reaction to a life event.
What is a mental disorder?
This word describes an unsteady gait.
What is ataxia?
This cranial nerve is responsible for pupil constriction and most extraocular eye movement.
What are CN III (Oculomotor)?
What is the frontal lobe?
This term describes when a patient is unable to feel vibrations in both patella.
What is peripheral neuropathy?
A nurse can discern orientation by asking a patient questions that relate to these 4 categories.
What are time, place, person and situation?
A term for sudden, rapid, jerky, purposeless movements involving limbs, trunk, or face.
What is chorea?
When assessing this cranial nerve, the patient will use sternomastoid and trapezius muscles.
What is cranial nerve XI?
This is an area of skin that is supplied mainly by one spinal cord segment.
What is a dermatome?
This word describes the back and forth oscillation of the eyes when performing an eye exam.
What is nystagmus?
This condition is an acute confusional change and perceptive distrubance.
What is delirium?
This area of the nervous system controls the coordination, equilibrium and balance.
What is the cerebellum?
This nerve is affected when a patient has Bell's Palsy.
What is cranial nerve 7?
This part of your neuro system innervates smooth muscles and mediates unconscious activity.
What is the autonomic nervous system?
This word describes the mental perception of depth or three-dimensionality by the senses. For example, when a patient correctly identifies the object in their hand without looking at it.
What is stereognosis?
These are the 4 main headings of mental status assessment.
What are Appearance, Behavior, Cognition, and Thought Process?
This is the area of the frontal lobe mediates motor speech.
What is Broca's area?
This cranial nerve is the only one that travels to the abdomen, also termed the "vagabond" or wanderer CN.
What is Cranial Nerve X (Vagus)?
This term describes an extreme resistance to any direction of head movement and occurs with inflammation of the meninges due to meningitis, bleeding, or tumor.
What is nuchal rigidity?
This reflex shows signs of increasing intracranial pressure and vital signs will show a sudden elevation in BP with a widening pulse pressure, and a slow heart rate.
What is the Cushing Reflex?
These are the 4 most common anxiety disorders.
What are GAD, PTSD, panic disorder, and social anxiety disorder?
This word describes a distorted speech sounds and may sound unintelligible.
What is dysarthria?