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First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 (2021) | Physician Assistant (PA) School Study Aid
CN V
- Trigeminal Nerve
- Sensory
- Facial Sensation
- Motor
- Mastication Muscles
1 min
CN V Motor Lesion
- CN V motor lesion
- Jaw Deviates Toward Side of Lesion
- Unopposed Force From The Opposite Pterygoid Muscle
- Muscles of Mastication
55 secs
CN X
- Vagus Nerve
- Sensory
- Aortic Arch Chemoreceptors and Baroreceptors
- Taste from Epiglottic Region
- Motor
- Swallowing
- Palate Elevation
- Talking
- Coughing
- Midline Uvula
1 min
CN X Lesion
- Uvula Deviation To Contralateral Side
- Impaired Gag Reflex
- Difficulty Swallowing
- Hoarse Voice
- Impaired Coughing
- Aspiration Pneumonia
2 mins
CN XI
- Accessory Nerve
- Motor
- Head Turning
- Shoulder Shrugging
35 secs
CN XI Lesion
- Cause/Mechanism
- Iatrogenic
- Clinical Manifestations
- Sternocleidomastoid Muscle Paralysis
- Trapezius Muscle Paralysis
1 min
CN XII
- Hypoglossal Nerve
- Motor
- Tongue Movement
34 secs
CN XII Lesion (Hypoglossal Nerve)
- Medulla
- Tongue Deviated Toward Lesion
- Paralysis
- Fasciculations
- Atrophy
1 min
Facial Nerve Lesions
- Etiology
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Sarcoidosis
- Tumors
- Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV)
- Bell's palsy
- Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV)
- Lyme Disease
- Treatment
- Corticosteroids
- Acyclovir
2 mins
Motor Neuron Signs UMN and LMN
- Upper Motor Neuron (Increases)
- Increased DTRs
- Positive Babinski
- Spastic Paralysis
- Clasp-Knife Reaction
- Lower Motor Neuron (Decreases)
- Decreased DTRs
- Negative Babinski
- Flaccid Paralysis
- Muscle Atrophy
- Fasciculations
2 mins
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