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What is assessed when preforming a neurological recheck?
- LOC
- Motor function
- Pupillary response
- Vital signs
- Gaslow coma state
What is Gaslow coma state?
eye opening, motor, verbal
Characteristics of a palpable lymph node?
- mobility
- size
- shape
- consistency
- tenderness
What 3 cranial nerves stimulate extraocular eye movement?
3 - oculomotor
4 - trochlear
6 - Abducens
What heart sound makes the "lub"
S1 (systole)
What is a common cause of conducive hearing loss?
earwax build up/ cerumen
What does turgor reflect?
shows dehydration. elasticity
Sensory, to the CNS
Afferent
Motor, from the CNS to muscles and glands
Efferent
Brain and spinal cord
CNS
12 cranial nerves and 31 spinal nerves
PNS
Personality, emotion, behavior, intellect
frontal lobe
Sensation
parietal lobe
visual reception
Occipital lobe
auditory reception
Temporal lobe
Language comprehension (temporal)
, Wernicke's area
motor speech (frontal)
Broca's area
basal ganglia
controls automatic associated movement
Relay station
Thalamus
control center
hypothalamus
balance
cerebellum
highway
spinal cord
cranial nerve I
olfactory
cranial nerve II
optic
cranial nerve III
oculomotor
cranial nerve IV
Trochlear
cranial nerve V
Trigeminal
cranial nerve VI
Abducens
cranial nerve VII
facial
cranial nerve VIII
Acoustic
cranial nerve IX
Glossopharyngeal
cranial nerve X
Vagus
cranial nerve XI
Spinal accessory
cranial nerve XII
Hypoglossal
neurological changes in the aging adult
- loss of muscle
- loss of muscle tone in face, neck and around spine
- decreased muscle strength
- impaired coordination and agility
- decreased reflexes
- irregular pupil shape
- slower motor system