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Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
Palmar Grasp Reflex ... Rooting Reflex ... perioral skin at the corners ... Peds #Diagnosis #Neurology ... #PhysicalExam
Intact Corneomandibular (Wartenberg) Reflex

Patient with pontine hemorrhage without impaired consciousness - Left corneal stimulation triggers contralateral
consciousness - Left corneal ... deviation produced by corneal ... #Corneal #Corneomandibular ... #PhysicalExam # ... clinical #Neurology
Orbicularis Reflex in an Alzheimer's Patient on Physical Exam

Alzheimer's is a degenerative, progressive and irreversible disease.
Orbicularis Reflex ... the orbicular reflex ... atrophy of the cortex ... #PhysicalExam # ... clinical #video #neurology
Tromner Sign on Physical Exam

Tromner sign indicates pyramidal release.  The Tromner sign is flexion of
response in the upper extremity ... Tromners #Sign #Reflex ... clinical #Video #Neurology ... #physicalexam
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Upper Extremity ... , T1 (median) Reflexes ... "claw hand" ± Horner ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology ... sensory #motor #arm #physicalexam
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
the bilateral cortex ... • Corneal reflex ... • Gag reflex ... caseyalbin #PhysicalExam ... #neurology #comatose
Babinski Response: Note upgoing great toe upon stimulation of lateral foot in patient with
upper motor neuron
Images #Clinical #Photo ... #Neurology #Foot ... #Babinski #Reflex ... UpperMotorNeuron #UCSDH #PhysicalExam
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Contralateral motor cortex ... contralateral extremity ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
Lower Extremity ... and Myotomes Reflexes ... #LowerLimb #Extremity ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology ... sensory #motor #leg #physicalexam
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Vit B12 and copper ... dysfunction • Abnormal reflexes ... , lower extremity ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology ... differential #algorithm