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DU PA Neuro Anatomy Review/Approach to the Neuro Patient

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symptom of "light headed" may be indicative of   cardiac insufficiency  
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symptom of "off balance" may be indicative of   cerebellar or posterior column disfunction  
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small lesions in high traffic areas such as the brain or spinal cord may lead to   widespread neurologic disfunction  
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pain is usually due to a lesion of the   peripheral nervous system  
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aphasia is usually due to a lesion of the   central nervous system  
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degenerative diseases progress   gradually  
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vascular diseases progress   rapidly  
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location: limb clumsiness   ipsilateral cerebellar hemisphere  
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location: unsteadiness of gait or posture   midline cerebellar structures  
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location: slowness of voluntary movement   substantia nigra and striatum  
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location: involuntary movement   striatum, thalamus, subthalamus  
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location: unilateral weakness or sensory complaints   contralateral cerebral hemisphere  
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location: language disfunction   left hemisphere (frontal and temporal)  
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location: spatial disorientation   right hemisphere (parietal and occipital)  
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location: anosognosia (lack of insight into deficit)   right hemisphere (parietal)  
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location: hemivisual loss   contralateral hemisphere (occipital, temporal, and parietal)  
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location: flattening of affect or social disinhibition   bihemispheric (frontal and limbic)  
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location: alteration of consciousness   bihemispheric (diffuse)  
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location: alteration of memory   bihemispheric (hippocampus, fornix, amygdala, and mammillary bodies)  
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location: double vision   midbrain and pons  
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location: vertigo   pons and medulla  
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location: alteration of consciousness   midbrain, pons, medulla (reticular formation)  
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location: weakness and spasticity (ipsilateral) and anesthesia (contralateral) below a specific level   corticospinal and spinothalamic tracts  
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location: unsteadiness of gait   posterior columns  
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location: bilateral (can be asymmetric) weakness and sensory complaints in multiple contiguous radicular distributions   central cord  
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location: weakness and wasting with muscle twitching (fasciculation) but no sensory complaints   anterior horn of spinal cord (diffuse or segmental)  
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location: weakness and sensory loss confined to a known radicular distribution (pain, a common feature, may spread)   cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacral  
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example: autosomal dominant   Huntington's disease  
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example: autosomal recessive   Friedreich's ataxia  
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example: sex-linked recessive   Duchenne's muscular dystrophy  
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example: sporadic genentic   Down syndrome  
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example: intrinsic neoplastic   glioblastoma  
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example: extrinsic neoplastic   metastatic melanoma  
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example: paraneoplastic   cerebellar dengeneration  
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example: stroke   thrombotic, embolic, lacunar, hemorrhagic  
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example: structural   arteriovenous malformation  
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example: inflammatory   cranial arteritis  
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example: bacterial   Meningococcal meningitis  
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example: viral   herpes encephalitis  
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example: protozoal   toxoplasmosis  
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example: fungal   cryptococcal meningitis  
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example: helminthic   cysticercosis  
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example: prion   Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease  
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example: central degenerative   Parkinson's disease  
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example: central and peripheral degenerative   amyotrophic lateral sclerosis  
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example: autoimmune, central demylinating   multiple sclerosis  
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example: autoimmune, peripheral demyelinating   Guillain-Barre syndrome  
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example: autoimmune, neuromuscular junction   myasthenia gravis  
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example: endogenous, toxic/metabolic   uremic encephalopathy  
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example: exogenous, toxic/metabolic   alcoholic neuropathy  
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example: psychogenic   hysterical paraparesis  
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__ is most often used to investigate seizures, and is also used to evaluate brain death   electroencephalography  
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__ are commonly used in the evaluation of probable multiple sclerosis   visual-evoked potential studies  
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Alertness or state of awareness of the environment   level of consciousness  
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the ability to focus or concentrate over time on one task or activity   attention  
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recent or short term memory covers __   minutes, hours, or days  
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remote or long-term memory refers to intervals of   years  
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awareness of personal identity, place, and time; requires both memory and attention   orientation  
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sensory awareness of objects in the environment and their interrelationships (external stimuli), also refers to internal stimuli such as dreams or hallucinations   perceptions  
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the logic, coherence, and relevance of the patient's thought as it leads to selected goals; how people think   thought processes  
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what the patient thinks about, including level of insight and judgement   thougth content  
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awareness that symptoms or disturbed behaviors are normal or abnormal   insight  
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process of comparing and evaluating alternatives when deciding on a course of action, reflects values that may or may not be based on reality and social conventions or norms   judgment  
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an observable, usually episodic, feeling or tone expressed through voice, facial expression, and demeanor   affect  
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a more sustained emotion that may color a person's view of the world   mood  
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mood is to affect as climate is to __   weather  
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a complex symbolic system for expressing, receiving, and comprehending words   language  
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assessed by vocabulary, fund of information, abstract thinking, calculations, construction of objects that have two or three dimensions   higher cognitive functions  
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toward the CNS   afferent  
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away from CNS   efferent  
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superior or toward the cranium   rostral  
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inferior or toward the sacrum   caudal  
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anterior or front of body   ventral  
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posterior or back of body   dorsal  
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thick outer layer of meninges   dura mater  
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thin middle layer of meninges   thin middle layer  
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delicate, highly vascular layer of meninges   pia mater  
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usually caused by a rupture of the middle meningeal artery associated with trauma   epidural hematoma  
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usually due to a rupture in the veins that drain into the dural sinuses   subdural hematoma  
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most often associated with head trauma   subdural hematoma  
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may take 24 hours to 2 weeks to fully develop   subdural hematoma  
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presents with a "thunderclap" and the "worst headache of my life"   subarachnoid hemorrhage  
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nourishes neuronal tissue, removes metabolic wast, extends into subarachnoid space surrounding cranial nerves and spinal cord   CSF  
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main passageway for ascending and descending fiber tracts in the brain. Almost all neural traffic to and from the cerebral cortex passes through it   internal capsule  
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when this area is destroyed, no dopamine flows to the basal ganglia. This leads to parkinson's disease   substantia nigra  
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the cerebellum has an __ effect on movement   ipsilateral  
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if the __ is damaged there is no paralysis, just slow, clumsy, tremulous, uncoordinated movements   cerebellum  
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relay station of the brain. Contains the thalamus, and hypothalamus   diencephalon  
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all sensory tracts from the body synapse in the thalamus before being directed to the cortex except __   olfactory  
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controls autonomic functions, regulates homeostasis, coordinates neural and endocrine functions   hypothalamus  
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emotional behavior and memory, bridge between the autonomic and voluntary responses to change in the environment   limbic system  
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involved in signaling stimuli related to reward, fear, motivation. Emotional learning   limbic system  
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required for the formation of long-term memories   hippocampus  
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contributes to cognitive processing including attention   cingulate gyrus  
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part of the brainstem, plays a central role in bodily and behavioral alertness. Crucial for maintaining the state of consciousness   reticular activating system  
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A clinical syndrome characterized by immediate and transient alteration in brain function, including alteration of mental status and level of consciousness, resulting from mechanical force or trauma   concussion  
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inability to use language, loss of access to the symbols that we use to represent concepts   aphasi  
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few words written or spoken. Less difficulty comprehending.   Broca's aphasia  
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able to produce written and spoken words. More deficient in comprehension.   Wernicke's aphasia  
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gray matter destruction from chronic alcohol use.   Korsakoff's psychosis  
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pain or pressure registered in non-nervous tissue structures such as meninges or arteries   headahce  
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spinal cord ends at   L1-L2  
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for a lumbar puncture the needle is inserted between the __ vertebrae (the level of the iliac crest) to avoid spinal nerves   L4-L5  
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disorder in which two sides of the vertebral arches fail to fuse during development, results in an open vertebral canal   spina bifida  
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dermatomal area of groin is innervated by   L1  
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dermatomal area of shoulder is innervated by   C4  
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dermatomal area of nipple line is innervated by   T4  
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dermatomal area of umbilicus is innervated by   T10  
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myotome of shoulder   C5-6  
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myotome of elbow   C6-7  
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myotome of hand   C8-T1  
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myotome of hip flexion   L1-2  
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myotome of knee extension   L3-4  
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myotome of knee flexion   L5-S2  
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myotome of plantar flexion   S1-2  
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hoarse voice with lung CA can be due to a __ palsy caused by pressure from the tumor   recurrent laryngeal nerve  
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Voluntary muscle activity-impulses originate in the precentral gyrus in large cell bodies called __   pyramidal cells  
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intrinsic hand flexors and extensors   ulnar nerve  
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deltoid   axillary nerve  
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biceps   musculocutaneous nerve  
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triceps, wrist and hand extensors   radial nerve  
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most forearm flexors/pronators   median nerve  
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adductor muscles of thigh   obturator nerve  
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iliopsoas, quadriceps   femoral nerve  
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tibialis anterior, peroneal   peroneal nerve  
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gastrocnemius, posterior tibialis   tibial nerve  
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spastic, no atrophy, no fasciculations or fibrillations, hypertonic reflexes, babinski may be present   Upper motor neuron paralysis  
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flaccid, atrophy, fibrillation and fasciculations may be present, hypotonic reflexes, babinski absent   Lower motor neuron paralysis  
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coarse muscle twitching   fasciculations  
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fine barely visible twitch of a single muscle fiber   fibrillations  
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if absent, indicates damage to sensory function, internuclear connection, or motor function   reflexes  
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tests the integrity of nerve pathways   reflexes  
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mediates arm abduction at the shoulder   C5  
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mediate flexion at the elbow and the biceps reflex   C5 and C6  
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mediates wrist extension   C6  
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mediates elbow extension and the triceps reflex   C7  
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mediates leg extension at the knee and the patellar tendon   L4  
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mediates dorsiflexion at the ankle   L5  
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mediates plantar flexion at the ankle and the achilles tendon reflex   S1  
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meaningless unintentional movement occuring unexpectedly (chorea, athetosis, hemiballismus, tremors at rest) signify __   basal ganlia dysfunction  
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awkwardness with intentional movement (hypotonia, decreased DTR, aesthenia, dysmetria, intention tremor, ataxia, speech disorders) indicates __   cerebellar disorder  
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sudden jerky, purposless movements   chorea  
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slow writhing movements of fingers and wrist primarily   athetosis  
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sudden wild, flailing movement of one arm   hemiballismus  
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decreased skeletal muscle tone   hypotonia  
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muscles are mildly fatigued and tire more easily   aesthenia  
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inability to gauge distance, power, or speed of movement   dysmetria  
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impaired ability to stop one action and start another   dysdiadocokinesis  
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senses pain-temperature. nerves enter spinal cord and cross over almost immediately. Lesion results in a loss of sensation contralaterally below the level of the lesion   lateral spinothalamic tract  
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senses light touch and pressure. nerves enter spinal cord and crosses over almost immediately. Lesions result in a loss of sensation contralaterally below the level of the lesion   anterior spinothalamic tract  
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senses conscious proprioception, stereognosis and vibration. Nerves enter spinal cord and initially travels up the same side. Cross over at junction of spinal cord and brainstem.   posterior/dorsal columns  
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CN: smell   olfactory (I)  
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CN: vision   optic (II)  
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CN: all eye muscles except those supplied by IV and VI   oculomotor (III)  
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CN: superior oblique muscle   trochlear (IV)  
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CN: external rectus muscle   abducent (VI)  
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CN: sensory:face, sinuses, teeth, etc.motor: muscles of mastication   trigeminal (V)  
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CN: muscles of the face   facial (VII)  
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CN: inner ear   vestibuloccochlear (VIII)  
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CN: motor: pharyngeal musculature, sensory: posterior part of tongue, tonsil, pharynx   glossopharyngeal (IX)  
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CN: motor: hear, lungs, bronchi, gastrointestinal tractsensory: heart, lungs, bronchi, trachea, larynx, pharynx, gastrointestinal tract, external ear   vagus (X)  
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CN: muscles of the tongue   hypoglossal (XXI)  
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CN: sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles   accessory (XI)  
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CN involved with diplopia   CN's II, IV, VI  
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CN involved with decreased facial sensation   CN V  
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CN involved with decreased strenght/drooping of the face   CN VII  
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CN involved with deafness and dizziness   CN VIII  
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CN involved with dysarthria and dysphagia   CN's IX, X, XII  
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CN involved with decreased strength in neck and shoulder   CN XI  
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pronator drift assesses   subtle corticospinal lesion  
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light touch assesses   posterior columns  
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pain assesses   spinothalamic tract  
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joint position sense assesses   posterior column  
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vibration assesses   posterior column  
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graphesthesia assesses   cortical sensory  
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double simultaneous stimulation assesses   cortical sensory  
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two point discrimination assesses   posterior columns, cortical sensory  
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deep tendon reflexes __ in upper motor neuron involvment   increased  
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deep tendon reflexes __ in lower motor neuron involvement   decreased  
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