Neurological Assessment

Question 1

What’s a good way to rememeber the order of the 12 cranial nerves?

Answer 1

“Oh, oh oh, to touch and feel very good velvet, ah!”

Question 2

What’s a good way to rememember which cranial nerves are sensory vs motor vs both?

Answer 2

“some say money matters, but my brother says big brains matter most”

Question 3

What score on the GCS is considered comatose?

Answer 3

3 or less

Question 4

What score on the GCS would indicate a severe head injury?

Answer 4

8 or less

Question 5

What does CN1 (olfactory) do?

Answer 5

Sense of smell

Question 6

What does CN2 (optic) do?

Answer 6

Sense of sight

Question 7

What does CN3 (oculomotor) do?

Answer 7

eye focus, pupil constriction, convergence

Question 8

What does CN4 (trochlear) do?

Answer 8

eyes down and in

Question 9

What does CN5 () do?

Question 10

What does CN6 (abducens) do?

Answer 10

eyes outward (abduct)

Question 11

What does CN7 (facial) do?

Answer 11

expressive facial motor, anterior tongue sensory

Question 12

What does CN8 (vestibulocochlear) do?

Answer 12

cochlear is sense of hearing, vestibular is sense of balance

Question 13

What does CN9 (glossopharyngeal) do?

Answer 13

Sensory posterior tongue, motor swallowing and salivation

Question 14

What does CN10 (vagus) do?

Answer 14

Parasympathetic sensation and control, visceral sensory

Question 15

What does CN11 (accessory) do?

Answer 15

motor control of neck

Question 16

What does CN12 (hypoglossal) do?

Answer 16

Tongue motor

Question 17

What difference in lateralized muscle measurements is considered abnormal?

Answer 17

> 1 cm

Question 18

What is Romberg’s test?

Answer 18

Eyes closed, feet together, arms out, stand still.