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Tongue Fasciculations Secondary to Hypoglossal Nerve Damage

Most commonly associated with ALS - This LMN XII was
Tongue Fasciculations ... Secondary to Hypoglossal ... @camwolfe #Tongue ... Clinical #Video #Hypoglossal
Bilateral LMN palsy with tongue weakness, wasting and fasciculations.  →  Bulbar motor Neuron disease

Note
LMN palsy with tongue ... Note the wrinkled tongue ... @bobvarkey #tongue ... fasciculations #LMN #hypoglossal
This is another example of facial bruising. Here again the face appears to be cyanotic (including
lips), but the tongue ... bruising in a newborn ... facial #bruising #newborn
Tongue Fasciculations in Left Hypoglossal Nerve Palsy

- Atrophy of affected side
- Fasciculations
- Tongue deviates towards weak
Tongue Fasciculations ... in Left Hypoglossal ... Fasciculations - Tongue ... weak side #Tongue ... Fasciculations #Hypoglossal
SUMMARY FOR YOUR NOTES:
- The thyroid appears as an epithelial proliferation of the floor of the
posterior 1/3 of the tongue ... connected to the tongue ... canal called the thyroglossal ... part of the hyoid bone ... cyst - Thyroglossal
Nucleated red blood cells, aka normoblasts or erythroblasts, were released prematurely from the bone marrow in
prematurely from the bone ... marrow in these newborns ... In the fetus/newborn
Ventral Suspension Position on Newborn Physical Exam 
The baby is placed in the prone position, suspended
Suspension Position on Newborn ... maintain some flexion tone ... neck and trunk tone ... Suspension #Position #Newborn
Right Hypoglossal Nerve Paralysis on Physical Exam

Note tongue deviation to the side of the weakness.

#Hypoglossal #Nerve
Right Hypoglossal ... Physical Exam Note tongue ... #Hypoglossal #Nerve
Lower Extremity Tone on Physical Exam
Assessing motor function of the lower extremities begins with passive range
Lower Extremity Tone ... better define the tone ... and any tone abnormalities ... LowerExtremity #tone ... #Newborn #PhysicalExam
In this video, you see right sided atrophy, right sided deviation, and fasiculations R>L, indicating a
hoarseness; and CNXII (tongue ... skull base, the hypoglossal ... NateWarnerMD #Tongue ... Clinical #Video #Hypoglossal