MN552 FINAL 2024 VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Spurling's Test : TESTING: dysfuction of cervical nerve root POSITION: sitting, head side bent to uninvolved side, apply pressure through head straight down, repeat with head bent toward involved (+) TEST: pain and/or paresthesia in dermatomal pattern 7th cranial nerve (facial nerve) : Bell's Palsey snesorineural hearing loss causes : congenital and hereditary conditions, viral infections, Meniere's disease, noise exposure, ototoxic drug exposure, and acoustic neuromas Weber test with tuning fork : In unilateral conductive hearing loss, the sound is heard in the impaired ear. In unilateral sensorineural hearing loss, the sound is heard in the good ear Rinne test with tuning fork : normal: sound is heard longer through air than bone Grading Muscle Strength : o 0: No visible muscle contraction o 1: Visible muscle contraction with no or trace movement 2: Limb movement, but not against gravity 3: Movement against gravity but not resistance 4: Movement against at least some resistance supplied by the examiner 5: Full strength corneal light reflex : also known as the Hirschberg test, assesses parallel align - ment; have pt look straight ahead, shine light from 12" and look for reflection on corneas in exactly the same position in both eyes; asymmetry indicates deviation in alignment from eye muscle weakness or paralysis anklysosis : : abnormal stiffening and immobility of a joint due to fusion of bones