Cranial Nerves
This cranial nerve tests the sense of smell, state both cranial nerve number and name.
What is CN I Olfactory?
This part of the brain controls gross motor movements mainly associated with balance.
What is the cerebellum?
You expect your normal adult patient's pupils to be in this range of size.
What is 2-5 mm?
This test is described as the following: activating a tuning fork, placing said tuning fork on the top and center of his head and ask the patient if he hears/feels the sound bilaterally.
What is the Weber test?
Testing for alert and oriented X 3 to person, place and time, this is the worst finding.
What is disorientation to person?
You are attempting check this cranial nerve by asking your patient to close their eyes. State both number and name.
What is Cranial Nerve V Trigeminal?
What is the occipital lobe?
This generally occurs when you shine a light into a healthy adults eyes.
What is pupil constriction?
You perform the Rinne test, you know this to be the normal finding.
What is Air conduction greater than Bone conduction: AC>BC?
Ptosis would be involved with this cranial nerve.
What is cranial nerve III (Oculomotor)
You suspect your patient is showing signs of Bell's Palsy, if correct, this cranial nerve is involved. State cranial nerve number and name.
What is cranial nerve VII Facial Nerve
If this part of the brain is significantly damaged, spontaneous breathing may cease.
What is the medulla oblongata?
This is elicited when you shine a light source into the left eye causing the eventual constriction in the right eye.
What is consensual response?
Your 9-year-old male patient is showing a positive Babinski test, how would you interpret this test?
What is abnormal?
This is usually aggravated by food.
You are attempting to check for symmetrical soft palate rise by checking this cranial nerve. State both cranial nerve number and name.
What is cranial nerve X Vagus nerve
Your patient is showing a significant change in personality and has been acting violent towards the nurses. This part of the brain has most likely been damaged.
What is the frontal lobe?
This scale would be used for a pulse that is described as bounding, increased and full.
What is 3+?
Drawing a number in the palm of your patient's hand is called the following.
What is Graphesthesia?
This maneuver can signal a patient has cholecystitis.
What is Murphy's Sign?
These 3 cranial nerves are the main cranial nerves to check for PERRLA, opening of the eyelid and cardinal points of gaze. Please name all cranial nerves and number.
Cranial nerves III (Occulomotor), IV (Trochlear) and IV (Abducens).
This part of the brain, if injured, may greatly affect a person's ability to speak.
What is Broca's area?
This word described an inability to regulate core body temperature.
Poikilothermia
The following procedure will test for stereognosis.
What is placing an object in a patient's hand and ask him to identify the object with their eyes closed?
These are very loud intestinal rumblings and hyperactive bowel sounds possibly the result of gastroenteritis.
What is borborygmi or borborygmis?