CT division Flashcards
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Common S/S of CAD
headaches/migraines
men 35-50
Carotidynia
Ptosis
Ptosis definition
Dropping of the eyelid
Carotidynia definition
Mid - upper cervical pain
Pain around ear and jaw
Cranial nerve Mnemonic
Oh oh oh to touch and feel very good velvet, ah heaven
Cranial nerve 1
olfactory nerve
sense of smell
Cranial nerve 2
Optic nerve
Ability to see
Cranial nerve 3
Oculomotor nerve
Ability to move and blink your eyes
Cranial nerve 4
Trochlear nerve
Ability to move your eyes up and down or back and forth
Cranial nerve 5
Trigeminal nerve
Sensations in your face and cheeks, taste and jaw movements
Cranial nerve 6
Abducens nerve
Ability to move your eyes
Cranial nerve 7
Facial nerve
Facial expressions and sense of taste
Cranial nerve 8
Auditory/vestibular nerve
Sense of hearing and balance
Cranial nerve 9
Glossopharyngeal nerve
Ability to taste and swallow
Cranial nerve 10
Vagus nerve
Digestion and heart rate
Cranial nerve 11
Accessory nerve or spinal accessory nerve
Shoulder and neck muscle movement
Cranial nerve 12
Hypoglossal nerve
Ability to move your tongue
Cervical myelopathy demographics
males
> 50 y/o
C5-6 more commonly
Cervical myelopathy signs
Hyperreflexia DTRs
UMN signs
Unsteadiness
UMN signs
Sensory loss with multi-dermatomal pattern
Neuromuscular exam of upper and lower extremities
Spasticity
Clonus
Ms wasting of UE and LE
Finger escape sign
Seated, pt flexes both elbow to 90
PT pronates and ADD fingers
(+) if 5th finger cannot maintain adduction
Ulnar nerve neuropathy
(+) Wartenberg sign
Paresthesias on 4th and 5th finger
Posterior interosseus nerve
Radial Nerve branch and is motor only seen w/ supinator syndrome
Median nerve entrapment
Cause paresthesias on the volar aspect of the band and the fingertips of 1,2,3 & lateral 4th
Parsonage - Turner’s syndrome
Neuritis involving the brachial plexus (involves the upper trunk)