Neuro Exam

Neuro Exam Give questions and you ask patients regarding following subjective data and give small background comments about them. a.Headach b. Head injury c. dizziness/vertigo d. Seizures e. Tremors f. weakness g. Incoordination h. numbness or tingling i. difficulty swallowing j. difficulty speaking. k. significant past history l. Environmental/ occupational hazards. II  Physical  ( Give a brief description of how to perform this components of assessment, give the expected normal findings) 1.    Mental status 2.    Cranial nerves II through XII 3.    Motor system: a.    Muscle size, strength, tone b.    Gait and balance c.    Rapid alternating movements. 4    Sensory function a.    Superficial pain and light touch b.    Vibration c.    Position sense d.    Streognosis, graphesthesia, two point discrimination 5     Reflexes a.    DTR’s : biceps, triceps, brachioradialis, patellar, Achilles b.    Superficial: abdominal, plantar.