The Neurological Exam
This pathway provides an in-depth look at overview of the neurological exam, the mental status exam, the cranial nerve exam, the sensory & motor exams, and the coordination & gait exams. The pathway also provides vocabulary support for these topics, as well as opportunities for learners to self-assess their understanding by analyzing figures and answering questions.
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