Neuro Exam
1. Frontal lobe is primarily responsible for : Personality and alertness
2. Parietal Lobe is primarily responsible for : Sensations
3. Wernicke's area is primarily responsible for : Understanding spoken language
4. Broca's area is primarily responsible for : Speaking part, expressive dysphasia.
5. Basal Ganglia is primarily responsible for : automatic movement like hands out
when falling.
6. Medulla is located where and is responsible for what?: base of skull, responsible for
respiration a and many autonomic nervous system functions.
7. Name the Balance tests: Gait
Tandem Walking
Romberg Test
Shallow knee bend
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, 8. How is the Gait test performed.: Watch patient walk to bathroom or a given location. Don't let them
know you're watching them walk to avoid altered gait.
9. How is the Tandem Walking test performed.: Heal to toe walking
10. How is the Romberg test performed.: Have stand up and close eyes, normal won't fall but positive
will fall.
11. How is the Shallow knee bend test performed.: Bring one leg up and down without holding
on to anything and w/o falling.
12. Name 5 tactile discrimination tests: Sterogenesis
Graphesthesia
Two point discrimination
Extinction
Point Location
13. How is the Sterogenesis test performed.: tactile recognition, i.e. can tell a key is put in their
hand
14. How is the Graphesthesia test performed.: Can discriminate a word written in the hand.
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1. Frontal lobe is primarily responsible for : Personality and alertness
2. Parietal Lobe is primarily responsible for : Sensations
3. Wernicke's area is primarily responsible for : Understanding spoken language
4. Broca's area is primarily responsible for : Speaking part, expressive dysphasia.
5. Basal Ganglia is primarily responsible for : automatic movement like hands out
when falling.
6. Medulla is located where and is responsible for what?: base of skull, responsible for
respiration a and many autonomic nervous system functions.
7. Name the Balance tests: Gait
Tandem Walking
Romberg Test
Shallow knee bend
1/2
, 8. How is the Gait test performed.: Watch patient walk to bathroom or a given location. Don't let them
know you're watching them walk to avoid altered gait.
9. How is the Tandem Walking test performed.: Heal to toe walking
10. How is the Romberg test performed.: Have stand up and close eyes, normal won't fall but positive
will fall.
11. How is the Shallow knee bend test performed.: Bring one leg up and down without holding
on to anything and w/o falling.
12. Name 5 tactile discrimination tests: Sterogenesis
Graphesthesia
Two point discrimination
Extinction
Point Location
13. How is the Sterogenesis test performed.: tactile recognition, i.e. can tell a key is put in their
hand
14. How is the Graphesthesia test performed.: Can discriminate a word written in the hand.
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