NEUROLOGICAL ASSESSMENT UPDATED EXAMS
SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What are the four sections of the mental status exam that you are examining? -
✔✔(ABCT) appearance, behavior, cognition, thought process
✔✔What are the cranial nerves (in order)? - ✔✔olfactory, optic, oculomotor, trochlear,
trigeminal, abducens, facial, acoustic (vestibulocochlear), glossopharyngeal, vagus,
spinal accessory, hypoglossal
✔✔What is the mnemonic to remember what cranial nerves are sensory/motor/both -
✔✔Some Say Marry Money But My Brother Says Big Brains Matter Most
✔✔What is the function of CN 1? - ✔✔smell
✔✔What is the function of CN 2? - ✔✔vision
✔✔What is the function of CN 3? (4) - ✔✔most extraocular muscle movement, opening
of eyelids and pupil constriction and lens accomodation
✔✔What is the function of CN 4? - ✔✔down and inward movement of eye
, ✔✔What is the function of CN 5? - ✔✔muscles of mastication, sensation of face, scalp,
cornea, mucous membranes of mouth and nose
✔✔What is the function of CN 6? - ✔✔lateral movement of eye
✔✔What is the function of CN 7? - ✔✔facial muscles, close eye, labial speech, close
mouth, taste on anterior two thirds of tongue
✔✔What is the function of CN 8? - ✔✔hearing and equillibrium
✔✔What is the function of CN 9? - ✔✔pharynx (phonation and swallowing), taste on
one third of tongue, gage reflex, parotid gland and carotid reflex
✔✔What is the function of CN 10? - ✔✔pharynx and larynx (talking and swallowing),
general sensations from carotid body, carotid sinus, pharynx and visera
✔✔What is the function of CN 11? - ✔✔movement of trapezus and sternomastoid
muscles
✔✔What is the function of CN 12? - ✔✔movement of tongue
✔✔Mnemonic to remember the names of the cranial nerves (not super appropriate) -
✔✔Oh, Oh, Oh, To Touch And Feel Virgin Girls Vagina And Hymen
✔✔How do we test CN1? - ✔✔do not test routinely, but want to do check both nostrils,
using familiar convenient smells such as coffee, toothpaste, orange, vanilla, alcohol,
peppermint
✔✔How do we test CN2? - ✔✔Test visual acuity and visual fields by confrontation
Using ophthalmoscope, examine ocular fundus to determine color, size, and shape of
optic disc
✔✔How do we test CN 3, 4 and 6? (3) - ✔✔make sure palpebral fissures are equal, test
pupils for PERRLA, cardinal/diagnostic positions test
✔✔What does PERRLA stand for? - ✔✔pupils equal round reactive to light and
accomodation
✔✔What is nystagmous? Is it normal? What can cause it? - ✔✔back-and-forth
oscillation of the eye, no caused by diseases and medications
✔✔What are the average pupil size range? - ✔✔3-4 mm
✔✔What is miosis? - ✔✔pupils smaller than 2 mm
SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What are the four sections of the mental status exam that you are examining? -
✔✔(ABCT) appearance, behavior, cognition, thought process
✔✔What are the cranial nerves (in order)? - ✔✔olfactory, optic, oculomotor, trochlear,
trigeminal, abducens, facial, acoustic (vestibulocochlear), glossopharyngeal, vagus,
spinal accessory, hypoglossal
✔✔What is the mnemonic to remember what cranial nerves are sensory/motor/both -
✔✔Some Say Marry Money But My Brother Says Big Brains Matter Most
✔✔What is the function of CN 1? - ✔✔smell
✔✔What is the function of CN 2? - ✔✔vision
✔✔What is the function of CN 3? (4) - ✔✔most extraocular muscle movement, opening
of eyelids and pupil constriction and lens accomodation
✔✔What is the function of CN 4? - ✔✔down and inward movement of eye
, ✔✔What is the function of CN 5? - ✔✔muscles of mastication, sensation of face, scalp,
cornea, mucous membranes of mouth and nose
✔✔What is the function of CN 6? - ✔✔lateral movement of eye
✔✔What is the function of CN 7? - ✔✔facial muscles, close eye, labial speech, close
mouth, taste on anterior two thirds of tongue
✔✔What is the function of CN 8? - ✔✔hearing and equillibrium
✔✔What is the function of CN 9? - ✔✔pharynx (phonation and swallowing), taste on
one third of tongue, gage reflex, parotid gland and carotid reflex
✔✔What is the function of CN 10? - ✔✔pharynx and larynx (talking and swallowing),
general sensations from carotid body, carotid sinus, pharynx and visera
✔✔What is the function of CN 11? - ✔✔movement of trapezus and sternomastoid
muscles
✔✔What is the function of CN 12? - ✔✔movement of tongue
✔✔Mnemonic to remember the names of the cranial nerves (not super appropriate) -
✔✔Oh, Oh, Oh, To Touch And Feel Virgin Girls Vagina And Hymen
✔✔How do we test CN1? - ✔✔do not test routinely, but want to do check both nostrils,
using familiar convenient smells such as coffee, toothpaste, orange, vanilla, alcohol,
peppermint
✔✔How do we test CN2? - ✔✔Test visual acuity and visual fields by confrontation
Using ophthalmoscope, examine ocular fundus to determine color, size, and shape of
optic disc
✔✔How do we test CN 3, 4 and 6? (3) - ✔✔make sure palpebral fissures are equal, test
pupils for PERRLA, cardinal/diagnostic positions test
✔✔What does PERRLA stand for? - ✔✔pupils equal round reactive to light and
accomodation
✔✔What is nystagmous? Is it normal? What can cause it? - ✔✔back-and-forth
oscillation of the eye, no caused by diseases and medications
✔✔What are the average pupil size range? - ✔✔3-4 mm
✔✔What is miosis? - ✔✔pupils smaller than 2 mm
