Cranial Nerve Function
The 6 cardinal fields of gaze.
What is assessing for CN 3 Oculomotor, 4 trochlear, and 6 abducens?
The function of Cranial Nerve IX.?
IX. Glossopharyngeal - Phonation, swallowing, tasting posterior third of tongue
This type of gait is present in patients with Parkinson's Disease.
What is a shuffled gait?
Tripple Jeopardy: Name the dermatome that innervates the thumb.
What is C6?
This neurological test is performed by palpating 10 different areas of the foot. State what specifically the medical professional is assessing for.
What is neuropathy or diabetic neuropathy?
Provides sensation and motor function of the face, and ability to chew food.
What is CN V Trigeminal nerve?
The function of Cranial Nerve X.
X. Vagus - Talking, swallowing, and sensory information from pharynx and carotid sinus
State the difference between a rest tremor and an intention tremor?
A rest tremor is a tremor that occurs at rest and goes away with purposeful movement. Intention tremor gets worse with voluntary movement.
This term means rapid, rhythmic contractions of a muscle.
What is clonus?
Tripple Jeopardy: This dermatome innervates the umbilicus area.
What is T10?
This nerve provides the sense of sight.
The function of Cranial Nerve XI.
XI. Spinal Accessory - Movement of the sternomastoid and trapezius muscles
State the difference between stereognosis and graphesthesia assessments.
What is stereognosis is where we give a patient a familiar object and place it in their hand. The patient must identify the object. Graphesthesia is where a number is drawn on the patient's hand and the patient has to identify the number. Both assess for astereognosis.
State the assessment: "Place your thumb on the biceps tendon and strike a blow on your thumb. You can feel as well as see the normal response, which is contraction of the biceps muscle and flexion of the forearm."
What are biceps reflex?
This reflex should not be present in those over the age of 2. This reflex causes fanning of the toes.
What is the Babinski reflex?
This nerve provides symmetrical facial movement, show teeth, puff cheeks, and blink eyes.
What is CN VII the facial nerve?
The function of Cranial Nerve XII.
XII. Hypoglossal - Movement of the tongue
This term is documented when the patient has slow, clumsy, and sloppy responses to rapid alternating movement assessments and indicates cerebellar disease.
What is dysdiadochokinesia?
This Glascow Coma Scale indicates a patient is in a coma.
What is 7 or less?
State how the neurological system is affected by the aging process.
What is slight atrophy that is symmetrical (asymmetric and larger amounts of brain atrophy indicates AD and is NOT an expected finding of the aging process), muscle atrophy, loss of muscle tone and strength, loss of coordination, decreased reflexes, decreased reaction times, decreased sensation of taste, smell, pain, and touch?
The function of Cranial Nerve VIII.
VIII. Vestibulocochlear - Hearing & Equillibrium
Describe characteristics associated with a normal gait.
What is weight is evenly distributed, stands on heals and toes, arms in swinging position
A positive test shows swaying posture when eyes have been closed for at least 20 seconds and indicates increased risk for falls.
What is the Romberg test?
The Glasgow Coma Scale includes these three different types of responses.
What is eye opening, motor response, and verbal response?
Definition: "a circumscribed skin area that is supplied mainly from one spinal cord segment through a particular spinal nerve."
State what this is.