The Cranial Nerve Exam

The Cranial Nerve Exam

This text discusses sensory nerves, gaze control, nerves of the face and oral cavity, motor nerves of the neck, and motor nerves of the neck.

Topics

  • accommodation
  • accommodation–convergence reflex
  • anterograde amnesia
  • aphasia
  • ataxia
  • Babinski sign
  • cerebrocerebellum
  • check reflex
  • clasp-knife response
  • conduction aphasia
  • conductive hearing
  • conjugate gaze
  • convergence
  • coordination exam
  • cortico-ponto-cerebellar pathway
  • cranial nerve exam
  • cytoarchitecture
  • deep tendon reflex
  • diplopia
  • edema
  • embolus
  • episodic memory
  • expressive aphasia
  • extrinsic muscles of the tongue
  • fasciculation
  • fauces
  • fibrillation
  • flaccid paralysis
  • flaccidity
  • flocculonodular lobe
  • gait
  • gait exam
  • gnosis
  • graphesthesia
  • hemisection
  • hemorrhagic stroke
  • hyperflexia
  • hypotonicity
  • hypovolemia
  • inferior cerebellar peduncle
  • ICP
  • inferior olive
  • internuclear ophthalmoplegia
  • intorsion
  • intrinsic muscles of the tongue
  • ischemic stroke
  • jaw-jerk reflex
  • localization of function
  • medial longitudinal fasciculus
  • MLF
  • mental status exam
  • middle cerebellar peduncle
  • MCP
  • motor exam
  • neurological exam
  • paramedian pontine reticular formation
  • PPRF
  • paresis
  • plantar reflex
  • praxis
  • procedural memory
  • pronator drift
  • receptive aphasia
  • red nucleus
  • retrograde amnesia
  • Rinne test
  • Romberg test
  • rubrospinal tract
  • saccade
  • sensorineural hearing
  • sensory exam
  • short-term memory
  • Snellen chart
  • spasticity
  • spinocerebellar tract
  • spinocerebellum
  • stereognosis
  • stroke
  • superficial reflex
  • superior cerebellar peduncle
  • SCP
  • transient ischemic attack
  • TIA
  • vermis
  • vestibulo-ocular reflex
  • VOR
  • vestibulocerebellum
  • Weber test
  • Wernicke’s area
  • accessory nerve
  • extrinsic muscle of the tongue
  • gaze control
  • intrinsic muscle of the tongue
  • papillary light response
  • pituitary tumor
  • saccadic eye movement
  • sensory nerve