NSG 6020 Neuro Week 10 | Questions with 100% Verified
Answers | Latest Update 2026/2027
Question: HPI seizures
Answer: did you fall, shrill cry, motor activity, loss of consciousness, chewing or lip smacking, post-ictal
Question: HPI pain
Answer: sudden or progressive, deep aching, throb or stabbing, where is pain, radiate
Question: HPI gait coordination
Answer: lose balance, fall forward\backward, feel stiff, legs give way
Question: HPI weakness parathesia
Answer: sudden onset, with activity, tingling, numbness or confusion, chronic illness, medications like
zidovudien or chemotherapy
Question: CNI
Answer: test the patient's ability to identify familiar odors, such as coffee & mint extract, one naris at a time
with the eyes closed
Question: CNII
Answer: test visual acuity and the visual fields
Question: CNIII, IV, VI
Answer: assess the 6 cardinal points of gaze; inspect eyelids for drooping; & observe pupils for equality of size,
shape, & reaction to light & accommodation
Question: Headaches -severe unremitting
Answer: evaluate movement of the eyes for the presence or absence of lateral (temporal) gaze. The 6th cranial
nerve is commonly one of the first to lose function in the presence of increased intracranial pressure.
Question: legal blindness
Answer: Vision not correctable to better than 20/200
Question: CNV
Answer: four assessments:
1. inspect face for muscle atrophy, jaw deviation, & tremors.
2. palpate clenched jaw muscles for tone & strength.
3. test superficial pain & touch sensations in each branch of the nerve.
4. test the corneal reflex
Question: CNVII
Answer: observe for facial symmetry while the pt makes a series of facial expressions. test taste on sides of the
tongue
Question: signs of muscle weakness
Answer: Drooping of one side of the mouth, a flattened nasolabial fold, & a sagging lower eyelid for CNVII
, Question: CNVIII
Answer: test the sense of hearing & bone & air conduction of sound & note sound lateralization
Question: CNIX
Answer: tastes on the posterior 3rd of the tongue. eval of the vagus nerve for nasopharyngeal sensation (gag
reflex) & the motor function of swallowing
Question: CNX
Answer: inspect the palate & uvula for symmetry with speech sounds. Check gag reflex & ability to swallow;
say AH
Question: CNXI
Answer: evaluate the size, shape & strength of the trapezius & sternocleidomastoid muscles; shrug
Question: CNXII
Answer: 4 assessments:
1. inspect tongue
2. movement side to side nose to chin
3. tongue against cheek; pressing
4. say l, t, d, n
Question: evaluate proprioception & cerebellar function
Answer: rapid rhythmic alternating movements; slowed nonrhythmic, or jerky clonic movements are
unexpected
Question: types of movements for proprioception
Answer: finger-to-finger test, finger-to-nose test, & heel-to-shin test on both sides of the body
Question: Romberg test
Answer: patient stand with the eyes closed, feet together, & arms at the sides (also seen with arms out)
Question: stereognosis
Answer: hand the pt a familiar object, such as a coin or key
Question: graphesthesia
Answer: tracing a letter, number, or shape on the palm of the hand
Question: pronator drift
Answer: push arms down & observe rebound; strong rebound = ok
Question: primary sensory functions
Answer: superficial touch & pain; temp, vibration on joints, joint position
Question: cortical sensory functions
Answer: stereognosis, 2 pt discriminication, extinction phenomenon, graphesthesia, point location
Question: superficial reflexes
Answer: abdominal, cremasteric & plantar reflexes
Answers | Latest Update 2026/2027
Question: HPI seizures
Answer: did you fall, shrill cry, motor activity, loss of consciousness, chewing or lip smacking, post-ictal
Question: HPI pain
Answer: sudden or progressive, deep aching, throb or stabbing, where is pain, radiate
Question: HPI gait coordination
Answer: lose balance, fall forward\backward, feel stiff, legs give way
Question: HPI weakness parathesia
Answer: sudden onset, with activity, tingling, numbness or confusion, chronic illness, medications like
zidovudien or chemotherapy
Question: CNI
Answer: test the patient's ability to identify familiar odors, such as coffee & mint extract, one naris at a time
with the eyes closed
Question: CNII
Answer: test visual acuity and the visual fields
Question: CNIII, IV, VI
Answer: assess the 6 cardinal points of gaze; inspect eyelids for drooping; & observe pupils for equality of size,
shape, & reaction to light & accommodation
Question: Headaches -severe unremitting
Answer: evaluate movement of the eyes for the presence or absence of lateral (temporal) gaze. The 6th cranial
nerve is commonly one of the first to lose function in the presence of increased intracranial pressure.
Question: legal blindness
Answer: Vision not correctable to better than 20/200
Question: CNV
Answer: four assessments:
1. inspect face for muscle atrophy, jaw deviation, & tremors.
2. palpate clenched jaw muscles for tone & strength.
3. test superficial pain & touch sensations in each branch of the nerve.
4. test the corneal reflex
Question: CNVII
Answer: observe for facial symmetry while the pt makes a series of facial expressions. test taste on sides of the
tongue
Question: signs of muscle weakness
Answer: Drooping of one side of the mouth, a flattened nasolabial fold, & a sagging lower eyelid for CNVII
, Question: CNVIII
Answer: test the sense of hearing & bone & air conduction of sound & note sound lateralization
Question: CNIX
Answer: tastes on the posterior 3rd of the tongue. eval of the vagus nerve for nasopharyngeal sensation (gag
reflex) & the motor function of swallowing
Question: CNX
Answer: inspect the palate & uvula for symmetry with speech sounds. Check gag reflex & ability to swallow;
say AH
Question: CNXI
Answer: evaluate the size, shape & strength of the trapezius & sternocleidomastoid muscles; shrug
Question: CNXII
Answer: 4 assessments:
1. inspect tongue
2. movement side to side nose to chin
3. tongue against cheek; pressing
4. say l, t, d, n
Question: evaluate proprioception & cerebellar function
Answer: rapid rhythmic alternating movements; slowed nonrhythmic, or jerky clonic movements are
unexpected
Question: types of movements for proprioception
Answer: finger-to-finger test, finger-to-nose test, & heel-to-shin test on both sides of the body
Question: Romberg test
Answer: patient stand with the eyes closed, feet together, & arms at the sides (also seen with arms out)
Question: stereognosis
Answer: hand the pt a familiar object, such as a coin or key
Question: graphesthesia
Answer: tracing a letter, number, or shape on the palm of the hand
Question: pronator drift
Answer: push arms down & observe rebound; strong rebound = ok
Question: primary sensory functions
Answer: superficial touch & pain; temp, vibration on joints, joint position
Question: cortical sensory functions
Answer: stereognosis, 2 pt discriminication, extinction phenomenon, graphesthesia, point location
Question: superficial reflexes
Answer: abdominal, cremasteric & plantar reflexes
