Neurological Examination CNS exam |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
with correct answers |||\\\ |||\\\
When you've got the best haircut on campus - correct answer✔✔
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Also this friendly announcement.. - correct answer✔✔These cards reeeeeeeeeeeally suck, im
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sorry
1. What are some good questions to ask to narrow down the history?
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2. What is the goal of these questions? - correct answer✔✔1. Local or diffuse?
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How has it developed over time?
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Restricted to nervous system or include other systems? |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
CNS, PNS or Both?
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2. Get to WHERE the lesion is
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Then you can develop a meaningful "WHAT the lesion is" differential. Don't jump too fast
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Each of the following are either CNS or PNS. Please tell the class which:
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Group A: |||\\\
Cortex
Basal Ganglion |||\\\
Brain Stem |||\\\
Cerebellum
Spinal Cord |||\\\
,Group B: |||\\\
Cranial Nerves |||\\\
Sensory Afferents |||\\\
Motor Efferents |||\\\
Neuromuscular Junction |||\\\
Muscle itself - correct answer✔✔Group A: CNS
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Group B: PNS |||\\\ |||\\\
What is exam that you can use to evaluate these things:
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Cortex
Basal Ganglion
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Brain Stem|||\\\
Cerebellum - correct answer✔✔Mental Status Exam |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
1. What % of primary care visits are for anxiety and depression?
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2. What are some persistent symptoms that patients frequently complain of? - correct
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answer✔✔1. 30% |||\\\
2. Headache, GI issues, insomnia, fatigue, chronic pain
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What are the 5 categories that are evaluated in the mental status exam? - correct
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answer✔✔1. Appearance and Behavior |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
2. Mood/Affect
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3. Speech/Language
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4. Thoughts/Perceptions
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5. Cognitive/Executive Function
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, When focusing on appearance and behavior, what are you evaluating in the patient? - correct
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answer✔✔level of consciousness, posture, motor behavior, hygiene |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
When focusing on speech/language, what are you evaluating in the patient? - correct
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answer✔✔articulation
relevance
word finding |||\\\
rate
fluency
When focusing on thoughts/perceptions, what are you evaluating in the patient? - correct
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answer✔✔logic
coherence
content
insight
judgment
When focusing on Cognitive/Executive Function, what are you evaluating in the patient? -
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correct answer✔✔orientation |||\\\ |||\\\
memory
abstract thinking |||\\\
performance
What is the acronym for the mental status exam? - correct answer✔✔LOL AMEN! HAHAHAHA!
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No its really LOL AMEN
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Level of Consciousness/Affect/Behavior
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with correct answers |||\\\ |||\\\
When you've got the best haircut on campus - correct answer✔✔
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Also this friendly announcement.. - correct answer✔✔These cards reeeeeeeeeeeally suck, im
|||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
sorry
1. What are some good questions to ask to narrow down the history?
|||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
2. What is the goal of these questions? - correct answer✔✔1. Local or diffuse?
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How has it developed over time?
|||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Restricted to nervous system or include other systems? |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
CNS, PNS or Both?
|||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
2. Get to WHERE the lesion is
|||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Then you can develop a meaningful "WHAT the lesion is" differential. Don't jump too fast
|||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Each of the following are either CNS or PNS. Please tell the class which:
|||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Group A: |||\\\
Cortex
Basal Ganglion |||\\\
Brain Stem |||\\\
Cerebellum
Spinal Cord |||\\\
,Group B: |||\\\
Cranial Nerves |||\\\
Sensory Afferents |||\\\
Motor Efferents |||\\\
Neuromuscular Junction |||\\\
Muscle itself - correct answer✔✔Group A: CNS
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Group B: PNS |||\\\ |||\\\
What is exam that you can use to evaluate these things:
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Cortex
Basal Ganglion
|||\\\
Brain Stem|||\\\
Cerebellum - correct answer✔✔Mental Status Exam |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
1. What % of primary care visits are for anxiety and depression?
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2. What are some persistent symptoms that patients frequently complain of? - correct
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answer✔✔1. 30% |||\\\
2. Headache, GI issues, insomnia, fatigue, chronic pain
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What are the 5 categories that are evaluated in the mental status exam? - correct
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answer✔✔1. Appearance and Behavior |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
2. Mood/Affect
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3. Speech/Language
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4. Thoughts/Perceptions
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5. Cognitive/Executive Function
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, When focusing on appearance and behavior, what are you evaluating in the patient? - correct
|||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
answer✔✔level of consciousness, posture, motor behavior, hygiene |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
When focusing on speech/language, what are you evaluating in the patient? - correct
|||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
answer✔✔articulation
relevance
word finding |||\\\
rate
fluency
When focusing on thoughts/perceptions, what are you evaluating in the patient? - correct
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answer✔✔logic
coherence
content
insight
judgment
When focusing on Cognitive/Executive Function, what are you evaluating in the patient? -
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correct answer✔✔orientation |||\\\ |||\\\
memory
abstract thinking |||\\\
performance
What is the acronym for the mental status exam? - correct answer✔✔LOL AMEN! HAHAHAHA!
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No its really LOL AMEN
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Level of Consciousness/Affect/Behavior
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