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1
Q

What is in a neurology systems review?

A
Headaches
Altered vision 
Fits/faints 
Hearing issues
Speech and swallowing 
Weakness/numbness 
Balance/coordination
Bowel/bladder/ED
2
Q

What is the swinging light test used to test for?

A

RAPD - damage to optic nerve of affected eye

3
Q

How is saccades performed and what does it test for?

A

Look between palm and fist

Slow/restricted in PSP

4
Q

What is the difference between Bell’s palsy and a stroke affecting the face?

A

Bell’s palsy = LMN, complete facial paralysis

Stroke = UMN, forehead sparing

5
Q

What is the significance of a deviated uvula?

A

Deviates away from the site of the lesion

6
Q

What is the difference between rigidity and spasticity?

A

Spasticity is velocity dependent - pyramidal lesion

Rigidity - extrapyramidal lesion

7
Q

What myotome is shoulder abduction?

A

C5

8
Q

What myotome is elbow flexion?

A

C5/6

9
Q

What myotome is elbow extension?

A

C7

Radial nerve

10
Q

What myotome is wrist extension?

A

C6

Radial nerve

11
Q

What myotome is finger extension?

A

C7

Posterior interosseous

12
Q

What myotome is finger flexion?

A

C8

13
Q

What myotome is finger abduction?

A

T1

Ulnar nerve

14
Q

What myotome is thumb abduction?

A

T1

Median nerve

15
Q

What myotome is hip flexion?

A

L1/2

16
Q

What myotome is hip extension?

A

L5/S1

17
Q

What myotome is knee flexion?

A

S1

Sciatic nerve

18
Q

What myotome is knee extension?

A

L3/4

Femoral nerve

19
Q

What myotome is dorsiflexion?

A

L4

Deep peroneal

20
Q

What myotome is big toe dorsiflexion?

A

L5

21
Q

What myotome is plantar flexion?

A

S1

22
Q

What should be analysed in gait?

A

Stride length, symmetry, ease of turning

23
Q

Where do motor pathways cross?

A

Medulla

24
Q

What happens in Brown-Sequard syndrome?

A

Hemisection of spinal cord
BELOW LESION:
Ipsilateral - UMN weakness, loss of vibration, proprioception and fine touch
Contralateral - loss of pain and temperature