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Olfactory - Correct Answer-Crainal Nerve I, Sensory
Cranial Nerve I - Correct Answer-Responsible for this function: Smell
Optic - Correct Answer-Cranial Nerve II, Sensory
Cranial Nerve II - Correct Answer-Responsible for this function: Vision
Oculomotor - Correct Answer-Cranial Nerve III: Motor
Oculomotor, Cranial Nerve III - Correct Answer-This cranial nerve is responsible for
Most Extaocular Movements/muscles, opeining eyelids, pupillary constriction
Trochlear - Correct Answer-Cranial Nerve IV: Motor
Trochlear: Cranial Nerve IV - Correct Answer-This cranial nerve is responsible for down
and inward eye movement
Trigeminal - Correct Answer-Cranial Nerve V: Motor and Sensory Functions
Trigeminal: Cranial Nerve V - Correct Answer-This cranial nerve is responsible for
muscles of mastication, sensation of face, scalp, cornea, mucus membranes and nose
,Abducens - Correct Answer-Cranial Nerve IV: Motor Function
Abducens: Cranial Nerve VI - Correct Answer-This cranial nerve is responsible for
lateral eye movement
Facial - Correct Answer-Cranial Nerve VII: Sensory and Motor Functions
Facial: Cranial Nerve VII - Correct Answer-This cranial nerve is responsible for moving
the face, closing mouth and eyes, taste (anterior 2/3), saliva and tear secretion.
Acoustic - Correct Answer-Cranial Nerve VIII, sensory
Acoustic: Cranial Nerve VIII - Correct Answer-This cranial nerve is responsible for
hearing and equilibrium
Glossopharyngeal - Correct Answer-Cranial Nerve IX, Sensory and Motor functions
,Glossopharyngeal: Cranial Nerve IX - Correct Answer-This cranial nerve is responsible
for Phonation (one-third), gag reflex, carotid reflex, swallowing, taste (posterior)
Vagus - Correct Answer-Cranial Nerve X: Motor and Sensory Funtions
Vagus: Cranial Nerve X - Correct Answer-This cranial nerve is responsible for talking,
swallowing, general sensation from the carotid body, carotid reflex
Spinal Accessory - Correct Answer-Cranial Nerve XI responsible for motor function
Spinal Accessory, Cranial Nerve XI - Correct Answer-This cranial nerve is responsible
for movement of the trapezius and sternomastoid muscles (shrug shoulders)
Hypoglossal - Correct Answer-Cranial Nerve XII, Motor Function
Hypoglossal: Cranial Nerve XII - Correct Answer-This cranial nerve is responsible for
moving the tounge.
Lacteral Rectus - Correct Answer-Which eye muscles move the eye to the side
Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) - Correct Answer-Periods of acute cerebral insufficiency
lasting less than 24 hours without an residual deficits. Most resolve in 3 hours
Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA): Causes/General Concepts - Correct Answer-Ischemia
due atherosclerosis, thrombus, arterial occulsion, embolus, intracerbral hemorrhage
Cardio-embolic events such as atrial fib, acute MI, endocarditis, valve disease
TIA is indicative of impeding stroke
, Approximately 1/3 of patients with TIA will experience cerebral infarction within 5 years
Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA): Signs and Symptoms - Correct Answer-Altered vision:
Ipsilateral monocuar blindness (amaurosis fugax)
Altered speech: Transient aphasia
Motor Impairment: Paresthesias of contralateral arm, leg or face
Sensory Deficits
Cognitive and behavioral abnormalities
Dysphagia Vertigo Nystagmus
Components of the mental status exam - Correct Answer-Appearance
Behavior
Cognition
Thought Processes
Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA): Classifications: Vertebrobasilar - Correct Answer-As a
result of inadequate blood flow from vertebral arteries