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Extraocular Muscle Actions & Clinical Testing
What about clinical testing of extraocular muscle function & associated nerve
Extraocular Muscle Actions ... function & associated nerve ... produced by the medial ... produces depression Nerve ... diagnosis #testing #ophthalmology
Localizing Extraocular Movement Disorders
 • CN Ill (Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy 
 • CN IV (Trochlear) Nerve
Ill (Oculomotor) Nerve ... IV (Trochlear) Nerve ... VI (Abducens) Nerve ... palsy • Medial ... #Localization #ophthalmology
Bell's Palsy
Bell’s Palsy is a damage, acute weakness, or paralysis of the Facial nerve (7th CN),
paralysis of the Facial ... nerve (7th CN), ... happens when the facial ... nerve gets damaged ... neurology #anatomy #pathophysiology
Dysconjugate Gaze - Esotropia, Exotropia and Cranial Nerve Disorders

#Diagnosis #Ophthalmology #Dysconjugate #Gaze #Esotropia #Exotropia

** GrepMed Recommended
Exotropia and Cranial ... Nerve Disorders ... #Diagnosis #Ophthalmology
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Nerve VI problem ... Tumor • Trauma Cranial ... Nerve Ill - Eye ... Nerve IV - Eye ... Algorithm #Causes #Ophthalmology
Diabetic Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Mild Non-proliferative DR
 • Outpouchings of the weakened capillary walls or
Hard Exudates • Nerve ... more superficial nerve ... Retinopathy #Diabetes #ophthalmology ... complications #pathophysiology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... all extremity, facial ... Nerve Palsies / ... • Pain: Due to nerve ... intrathecal spinal nerve
Pathways Involved in Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism in Chronic Kidney Disease. The tricarboxylic acid (TCA)
series of chemical reactions ... These mechanisms serve ... #Pathophysiology
Priapism: Pathogenesis

 - Post-cavernosal venous occlusion -> Post-cavernosal venous drainage is mechanically obstructed e.g. sickle cell
from cavernous nerve ... norepinephrine action ... #Priapism #Pathophysiology
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
Superior gluteal nerve ... abduction and medial ... Trendelenburg #Gait #pathophysiology