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Neurologic Exam

Eye Exam
1. See Eye Neurologic Exam
Face Exam
1. See Cranial Nerve Exam
2. Palpebral fissures equal
3. Facial symmetry
4. Tongue midline with no fasciculations
5. Jaw symmetric
Oropharynx Exam
1. Gag Reflex
2. Swallow reflex
3. Regurgitation (nasal or liquid)
Larynx and Language
1. Voice quality
2. Speech Exam
3. Dysarthria (explosive or nasal)
4. Aphasia (writing)
Sensory
1. Two Point Discrimination
2. Sharp and dull discrimination
3. Proprioception (finger up or down?)
4. Stereography
Motor Exam
1. Motor Strength
2. Tone (flaccid, rigid, or cogwheel)
3. Atrophy
4. Fasciculations
5. Muscle tenderness
6. Tremor
Reflexes
1. Deep Tendon Reflexes
2. Primitive Reflexes
  1. Babinski Reflex
  2. Grasp Reflex
  3. Suck Reflex
  4. Glabellar Reflex
  5. Hoffman Reflex
Cerebellar
1. Finger-Nose-Finger
  1. Dysmetria
  2. Overshooting target
  3. Intention Tremor
2. Alternating hand movements
3. Heel-knee-shin
4. Romberg Test
5. Gait
  1. Walking on base of foot
  2. Tandem walking
  3. Overall coordination
6. Vestibular Exam

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