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A PTA is working with a patient with the diagnosis of C7 SCI.  Following a transfer from the wheelchair to the mat, the patient begins to complain of light-headedness.  The PTA observes some sweating.  Which of the following actions should the PTA take?

Patient’s with this CN disorder are often misdiagnosed, resulting in patients having their teeth extracted at the site of pain.  The name of this disorder is_________________?

A PTA has a patient raise up their great toe in sitting. Which spinal segment is the PTA assessing?

Which of the following patients would MOST LIKELY NOT be at risk for Autonomic Dysreflexia?

Damage to which of the following cranial nerves may result in weakness in the sternocleidomastoid muscle?

Which of the following terms is used to describe hoarseness in a patient’s voice?

A PTA is treating a patient with the following signs and symptoms:  unilateral facial paralysis; inability to close eye on involved side, drooping mouth on involved side.  What is the name of this specific disorder?

A PTA is treating a patient with the following signs:  dysphonia, dysphagia, abnormal gag reflex.  What CN is MOST LIKELY involved?

CN VIII functions to  ________________?

A patient presents with the following:  ipsilateral loss of the following: sensation, clonus, motor, loss of kinesthesia and proprioception below level of lesion and a positive Babinski on the side of the lesion.  Contralateral loss of pain and temperature below the level of lesion.  Which of the following syndromes MOST ACCURATELY describes this patient’s findings?