Neurological Lab Notes

Question 1

1. Orientation and LOC

Answer 1

A&O x4; appearance; behavior; mood; attention span; memory; judgement; thought process

Question 2

2. 12 CN Assessment

Answer 2

CN I - XII

Question 3

3. Motor (Cerebellar Function)

Answer 3

tandum walking; rapid hand movement; romberg test; finger-to-toe

Question 4

4. sensory

Answer 4

light touch; vibration; stergnosis; 2 point dicrimination; graphnosis; position sense

Question 5

DTR

Answer 5

bicep; tricep; patellar; achilles

Question 6

Reflex

Answer 6

Bubnski sign - dorsi flexion of the big toes and fanning of other toes

Question 7

Mengitis

Answer 7

brudzinski; kerngs sign

Question 8

brudzinski

Answer 8

severe neck stiffened causes pts hips and knees to flex when neck is flexed

Question 9

kernigs sign

Answer 9

severe stiffness of the hamstring causes an inability to straighten the leg when the hip is flexed to 90 degrees