| A | B |
| Mental Status | Assessment of cerebral function which looks at language, orientation, memory and attention span. |
| Glasgow Coma Scale | A tool used to measure level of consciousness. |
| Level of Consciousness | Assessment of eye, motor, and verbal response to stimuli. |
| Cranial Nerve Functions | Assessment of nerve innervation of the eye, ear, face, tongue, neck and shoulders. |
| Deep tendon reflexes | Assessment of muscle contraction in response to tendon stimulation. |
| Walking Gait | Motor assessment performed by asking client to ambulate across the room. |
| Romberg test | Motor assessment performed by asking the client to stand with feet together and eyes closed. |
| Light touch sensation | Sensory assessment performed by asking client to feel a cotton whisp applied to the skin. |
| Pain sensation | Sensory assessment performed by asking client to determine sharp from dull. |
| Gross Hearing Acuity Test | Sensory assessment performed by observing response to normal voice tones. |
| Weber's test | Vibrating tuning fork is placed on top of head to assess bone conduction. |
| Rinne test | Use of tuning fork on mastoid process to assess air conduction of sound. |
| Gross Visual Acuity | Sensory assessment of ability to read newsprint and at a distance. |
| Pupil response to Light | Cranial nerve assessment of pupil constriction in response to light. |
| Accomodation | Cranial nerve assessment of pupil dilation in response to distance. |
| Extraocular Muscle tests | Cranial nerve assessment of eye movements. |
| Smell/Taste testing | Sensory assessment to differentiate odors and taste sensations. |
| Level of Orientation | Mental assessment which determines recall of person, place and time. |
| Stereognosis | Sensory assessment of ability to recognize objects by touch. |