NEURO TEST #1 UNIT #1 (USAHS)
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
vesitibulocochlear (sensory) - ANSWER -equilibrium, balance, hearing
Glossopharyngeal (motor) - ANSWER -middle ear
Glossopharyngeal (sensory) - ANSWER -posterior 1/3 of tongue and pharynx
Glossopharyngeal (parasympathetic) - ANSWER -Salivation
Vagus (motor) - ANSWER -Speech, swallow
Vagus (Sensory) - ANSWER -taste, sensation to the pharynx, larynx, trachia, and
bronchioles
Vagus (parasympathetic) - ANSWER -External ear
Olfactory nerve (sensory) - ANSWER -Smell
Optic nerve (sensory) - ANSWER -Vision
Oculomotor (motor) - ANSWER -eye movement
Oculomotor (parasympathetic) - ANSWER -pupil constriction
trochlear (motor) - ANSWER -superior oblique muscle of eye
- Trigeminal (sensory)
- Trigeminal (motor) - ANSWER --sensation in face/scalp
- mastication
Abducens (motor) - ANSWER -lateral rectus muscle of eye movement
- Facial (motor)
- Facial (sensory) - ANSWER -- muscles of facial expressions
- ataste to anterior 2/3 of tongue
Facial (parasympathetic) - ANSWER -Salivation
Accessory (motor) - ANSWER -movement of head and shoulders
Hypoglossal (motor) - ANSWER -muscles of the tongue
, Test olfactory nerve? - ANSWER -Offer them something to smell
Test optic nerve? (acuity) - ANSWER -Snellen chart
Test optic nerve (color)? - ANSWER -Ishihara plates
Optic nerve (visual field)? - ANSWER -clinician wiggle fingers in quadrants
Optic Nerve (visual attention)? - ANSWER -wiggling both fingers ask which is wiggling
Optic nerve (visual reflex)? - ANSWER -shine light into pupils to see if they constrict
Test oculomotor nerve? - ANSWER -draw large H's with finger make patients follow with
eyes
Test trochlear nerve? - ANSWER -draw large H's with finger make patients follow with
eyes
Test trigeminal nerve (sensory)? - ANSWER -touch face with wool then blunt pin
(jawline, cheek, forehead)
Test trigeminal nerve (motor)? - ANSWER -patient clench jaws and clinician touch
master and temporalis.
Test abducens nerve? - ANSWER -draw large H's with finger make patients follow with
eyes
Test facial nerves? - ANSWER -ask patient to crease forehead, close eyes and keep
them closed against resting tone, puff cheeks out and reveal teeth.
Test Vestibulocochlear Nerve? - ANSWER -a. Rinne's test: place tune fork on mastoid
process then ear (2nd position should be louder)
b. Webster's test: place tune fork on forehead center and ask if sound is louder on either
side.
Test Glossopharyngeal Nerve? - ANSWER -test gag reflex by touch arch of pharynx
Test vagus nerve? - ANSWER -ask patient to speak, observe uvula.
Test accessory nerve? - ANSWER -ask patient to shrug shoulders and turn head
against resistance.
Test hypoglossal nerve? - ANSWER -ask patient to stick out tongue and observe for
wasting and fasciculations.
CNS is made up of? - ANSWER -Brain and spinal cord
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
vesitibulocochlear (sensory) - ANSWER -equilibrium, balance, hearing
Glossopharyngeal (motor) - ANSWER -middle ear
Glossopharyngeal (sensory) - ANSWER -posterior 1/3 of tongue and pharynx
Glossopharyngeal (parasympathetic) - ANSWER -Salivation
Vagus (motor) - ANSWER -Speech, swallow
Vagus (Sensory) - ANSWER -taste, sensation to the pharynx, larynx, trachia, and
bronchioles
Vagus (parasympathetic) - ANSWER -External ear
Olfactory nerve (sensory) - ANSWER -Smell
Optic nerve (sensory) - ANSWER -Vision
Oculomotor (motor) - ANSWER -eye movement
Oculomotor (parasympathetic) - ANSWER -pupil constriction
trochlear (motor) - ANSWER -superior oblique muscle of eye
- Trigeminal (sensory)
- Trigeminal (motor) - ANSWER --sensation in face/scalp
- mastication
Abducens (motor) - ANSWER -lateral rectus muscle of eye movement
- Facial (motor)
- Facial (sensory) - ANSWER -- muscles of facial expressions
- ataste to anterior 2/3 of tongue
Facial (parasympathetic) - ANSWER -Salivation
Accessory (motor) - ANSWER -movement of head and shoulders
Hypoglossal (motor) - ANSWER -muscles of the tongue
, Test olfactory nerve? - ANSWER -Offer them something to smell
Test optic nerve? (acuity) - ANSWER -Snellen chart
Test optic nerve (color)? - ANSWER -Ishihara plates
Optic nerve (visual field)? - ANSWER -clinician wiggle fingers in quadrants
Optic Nerve (visual attention)? - ANSWER -wiggling both fingers ask which is wiggling
Optic nerve (visual reflex)? - ANSWER -shine light into pupils to see if they constrict
Test oculomotor nerve? - ANSWER -draw large H's with finger make patients follow with
eyes
Test trochlear nerve? - ANSWER -draw large H's with finger make patients follow with
eyes
Test trigeminal nerve (sensory)? - ANSWER -touch face with wool then blunt pin
(jawline, cheek, forehead)
Test trigeminal nerve (motor)? - ANSWER -patient clench jaws and clinician touch
master and temporalis.
Test abducens nerve? - ANSWER -draw large H's with finger make patients follow with
eyes
Test facial nerves? - ANSWER -ask patient to crease forehead, close eyes and keep
them closed against resting tone, puff cheeks out and reveal teeth.
Test Vestibulocochlear Nerve? - ANSWER -a. Rinne's test: place tune fork on mastoid
process then ear (2nd position should be louder)
b. Webster's test: place tune fork on forehead center and ask if sound is louder on either
side.
Test Glossopharyngeal Nerve? - ANSWER -test gag reflex by touch arch of pharynx
Test vagus nerve? - ANSWER -ask patient to speak, observe uvula.
Test accessory nerve? - ANSWER -ask patient to shrug shoulders and turn head
against resistance.
Test hypoglossal nerve? - ANSWER -ask patient to stick out tongue and observe for
wasting and fasciculations.
CNS is made up of? - ANSWER -Brain and spinal cord
