Exam 3 Blueprint Flashcards
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Cranial Nerve 5: What is it, function and assessment
Trigeminal
* Motor and Sensory
* Motor function: Chewing
* Have patient clench teeth
clench, then palpate temporal and masseter muscles
* Sensory function
* Facial sensation
* Taste at anterior tongue
What are the lobes of the cerebral cortex
Parietal
Occipital
Cerebellum
Frontal
Temporal
Brain stem
Focused questions- Breast Exam (8)
Pain, Lumps, Discharge, Rash, Swelling, Trauma, Hx of breast disease, Surgery
Qualifying sensation: what is anesthesia?
no sensation
Neurological injury: stroke
- “3rd most common cause of death in US”
- Men > women
- Thrombotic/embolic - clot
- Hemorrhagic - vessel ruptured/bleeding
- Often from poor control of modifiable risk factors (diabetes, obesity, HTN)
Qualifying sensation: what is hypoesthesia?
loss of sensation
Structure of Nervous system (two parts)
CNS
Brain
Spinal cord
PNS
Everything else
All nerve fibers outside brain/spinal cord
includes autonomicNS
romberg
Describing sensory function-testing senses
Touch, pain, temperature: light/dull
Vibration
Proprioception: awareness of where you are
Romberg: swaying when standing
Stereognosis
Graphesthesia
Superficial Reflexes(5)
- Plantar
- Abdominal
- Anal
- Cremasteric: males, stroke the inner aspect of
upper thigh - Bulbocavernosus: contraction of the anal sphincter
AROM and PROM
What is ROM
Active range of motion (AROM)
- The individual moves a body part on their own without assistance
Passive range of motion (PROM)
-When someone or something else moves the body part for the individual
Deep tendon reflexes: types and grading
Grading
* 4+: brisk, hyperactive
with clonus
* 3+: Brisker than average
* 2+: Normal
* 1+: Diminished
* 0: No response
Areas to test
* Biceps
* Triceps
* Brachioradialis
* Quadriceps
* Achilles
Palpation in neurological assessment (not sure)
just added things about sensation, muscle strength and reflexes but idrk
superficial and deep sensation
muscle strength and tone
DTRs and superficial reflexes
Testing cerebellar function (4)
Test through normal ROM
Testing cerebellar function
- finger to nose
- standing posture
- heel to shin
- gait pace
Hypotonia
Hypertonia
Myoclonus
Hypotonia? low muscle tone/strength
Hypertonia? abnormally high muscle tone/stiff
Tics? tremors?
Myoclonus: tremors that can be pathological
What is the palmar grasp in infants?
strongest? disappears?
Place baby’s head midline to ensure symmetric response
Offer finger from baby’s ulnar side, away from thumb
Note tight grasp of all baby’s fingers
Present at birth; strongest at 1-2 months; disappears at 3-4 months
Motor function disorders: what is multiple sclerosis?
the immune system attacks the myelin sheath
Abnormal postures
Decorticate rigidity: body turns in
Decerebrate rigidity: body turns out
Flaccid quadriplegia
Opisthotonos: back arches
Developmental considerations in Male GU assessment: adult and aging men
- testosterone production declines after age 55 to 60 years
- decline proceeds gradually
- pubic hair decreases and penis size decreases
- scrotal contents hand lower, rugae decrease, and scrotum becomes pendulous
- testes decrease in size and are less firm to palpation
structure and function of male GU
lymphatics
- lymphatics of penis and scrotal surface drain into inguinal lymph nodes
- lymphatics of testes drain into abdomen
- abdominal lymph nodes not accessible to clinical exam
Cranial Nerve 4: What is it, function and assessment
Trochlear (Motor)
Assessed in extraocular movements (6 cardinal fields of gaze “cat whiskers”)
Types of muscles
Skeletal, smooth, cardiac
Neurological injury: Parkinson’s (classic symptom triad)
- Damage to extrapyramidal tracts
* Dopamine loss - Classic symptom triad
* Tremor
* Rigidity
* Bradykinesia (slow walking) - Flat facial expression
- Increased Salivation (drooling)
- Decreased Eye blink (dry eyes)
- Ambulation problems (shuffling)
Assessing mental status (9)
- Is change acute or gradual
- Orientation (person, place, time, situation)
- Response to pain
- Speech patterns
- Person’s appearance
- Coordination
- Thought process
- Level of consciousness (LOC)
– awake and alert
– lethargic
– stuporous: may wake to painful stimuli
– comatose - Speech patterns
– ability to communicate?
– appropriate response?
– speech rhythm
Assessment of the male genitalia: preparation
- position male standing with underwear down and appropriate draping
- examiner should be sitting (male could also be supine for first part and stand for hernia check)
- use firm, deliberate touch (not soft)
– if erection occurs, do not stop exam or leave room