BOARD REVIEW 2026 CERTIFICATION REVIEW
PACK WITH SOLVED ANSWERS
◉ What is Brudzinski's sign? Answer: Think Back of the head
When we flex the back of the head it causes the patient's hips and
knees to flex with it due to the meningeal irritation
This is indicative of meningitis
◉ What is Kernig's sign? Answer: Think about the Knee
We are not going to be able to extend the patient's knee past 90
degree angle without pain.
This can indicate meningitis
◉ Are there any cures available for Alzheimer's Disease? Answer:
No, there is no known cure. We have treatments that can aid these
patients by slowing down disease progression of that overall loss of
cognitive function.
◉ What are the 3 A's associated with Alzheimer's? Answer: Apraxia
Agnosia
Aphasia
,◉ What is apraxia? Answer: Loss of the ability to execute or carry
out learned (familiar) movements, despite having the desire and the
physical ability to perform the movements.
◉ What is agnosia? Answer: inability to recognize objects.
◉ What is aphasia? Answer: loss of ability to understand or express
speech.
◉ What is a quick assessment tool that we can use cognitive decline
and maybe a possible dementia setting in? Answer: Mini-Mental
State Exam also known as the MMSE
◉ What pneumonic is helpful when remembering the cranial
nerves? Answer: Oh
Oh
Oh
To
Touch
And
Feel
A
Great
,Vein
Ah!
Heaven
◉ What pneumonic is helpful when remember which cranial nerves
are sensory, motor, or both? Answer: Some
Say
Marry
Money
But
My
Brother
Says
Big
Brains
Matter
More
◉ Which cranial nerve is involved in trigeminal neuralgia? Answer:
Cranial nerve 5- the trigeminal nerve
, ◉ What happens to the patient when they have a condition called
trigeminal neuralgia? Answer: Usually they will present with a
severe stabbing pain in their face.
◉ What are all of the cranial nerves? Answer: CN 1: Olfactory
CN 2: Optic
CN 3: Oculomotor
CN 4: Trochlear
CN 5: Trigeminal
CN 6: Abducens
CN 7: Facial
CN 8: Acoustic (Vestibulocochlear)
CN 9: Glossopharyngeal
CN 10: Vagus
CN 11: Accessory
CN 12: Hypoglossal
◉ How do we treat trigeminal neuralgia? Answer: Tegretol
◉ What are we going to be worried about that a patient might do if
we can not get their trigeminal neuralgia under control? Answer:
This pain is sop severe that they can be at an increased risk of
suicide.
PACK WITH SOLVED ANSWERS
◉ What is Brudzinski's sign? Answer: Think Back of the head
When we flex the back of the head it causes the patient's hips and
knees to flex with it due to the meningeal irritation
This is indicative of meningitis
◉ What is Kernig's sign? Answer: Think about the Knee
We are not going to be able to extend the patient's knee past 90
degree angle without pain.
This can indicate meningitis
◉ Are there any cures available for Alzheimer's Disease? Answer:
No, there is no known cure. We have treatments that can aid these
patients by slowing down disease progression of that overall loss of
cognitive function.
◉ What are the 3 A's associated with Alzheimer's? Answer: Apraxia
Agnosia
Aphasia
,◉ What is apraxia? Answer: Loss of the ability to execute or carry
out learned (familiar) movements, despite having the desire and the
physical ability to perform the movements.
◉ What is agnosia? Answer: inability to recognize objects.
◉ What is aphasia? Answer: loss of ability to understand or express
speech.
◉ What is a quick assessment tool that we can use cognitive decline
and maybe a possible dementia setting in? Answer: Mini-Mental
State Exam also known as the MMSE
◉ What pneumonic is helpful when remembering the cranial
nerves? Answer: Oh
Oh
Oh
To
Touch
And
Feel
A
Great
,Vein
Ah!
Heaven
◉ What pneumonic is helpful when remember which cranial nerves
are sensory, motor, or both? Answer: Some
Say
Marry
Money
But
My
Brother
Says
Big
Brains
Matter
More
◉ Which cranial nerve is involved in trigeminal neuralgia? Answer:
Cranial nerve 5- the trigeminal nerve
, ◉ What happens to the patient when they have a condition called
trigeminal neuralgia? Answer: Usually they will present with a
severe stabbing pain in their face.
◉ What are all of the cranial nerves? Answer: CN 1: Olfactory
CN 2: Optic
CN 3: Oculomotor
CN 4: Trochlear
CN 5: Trigeminal
CN 6: Abducens
CN 7: Facial
CN 8: Acoustic (Vestibulocochlear)
CN 9: Glossopharyngeal
CN 10: Vagus
CN 11: Accessory
CN 12: Hypoglossal
◉ How do we treat trigeminal neuralgia? Answer: Tegretol
◉ What are we going to be worried about that a patient might do if
we can not get their trigeminal neuralgia under control? Answer:
This pain is sop severe that they can be at an increased risk of
suicide.
