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Organization of the neurologic examination

Organization of the neurologic examination
A. Mental status
1. Level of alertness
2. Language
a. Fluency
b. Comprehension
c. Repetition
d. Naming
e. Reading
f. Writing
3. Memory
a. Immediate
b. Short-term
c. Long-term
i. Recent (including orientation to place and time)
ii. Remote
4. Calculation
5. Construction
6. Abstraction
B. Cranial nerves
1. Olfaction (CN I)
2. Vision (CN II)
a. Visual fields
b. Visual acuity
c. Funduscopic examination
3. Pupillary light reflex (CNs II, III)
4. Eye movements (CNs III, IV, VI)
5. Facial sensation (CN V)
6. Facial strength
a. Muscles of mastication (CN V)
b. Muscles of facial expression (CN VII)
7. Hearing and vestibular function (CN VIII)
8. Palatal movement (CNs IX, X)
9. Dysarthria (CNs IX, X, XII)
10. Head rotation (CN XI)
11. Shoulder elevation (CN XI)
12. Tongue movements (CN XII)
C. Motor
1. Gait
2. Coordination
3. Involuntary movements
4. Pronator drift
5. Individual muscles
a. Strength
b. Bulk
c. Tone (resistance to passive manipulation)
D. Reflexes
1. Tendon reflexes
2. Plantar responses
3. Superficial reflexes
4. "Primitive" reflexes
E. Sensory
1. Light touch
2. Pain/temperature
3. Joint position sense
4. Vibration
5. Double simultaneous stimulation
6. Graphesthesia
7. Stereognosis
With permission from: Gelb DJ. The Neurologic Examination. In: Introduction to Clinical Neurology. Woburn, MA, Butterworth-Heinemann 2000.
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