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Cranial Nerves! Yay!
Incase you're at the end of the semester & still don't know the cranial nerves...
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Nursing
Undergraduate 2
12/08/2011

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Olfactory: Sensory, motor, or both?
Definition
Sensory
Term
Optic: Sensory, motor, or both?
Definition
Sensory
Term
Oculomotor: Sensory, motor, or both?
Definition
Motor
Term
Trochlear: Sensory, motor, or both?
Definition
Motor
Term
Trigeminal: Sensory, motor, or both?
Definition
Both
Term
Abducens: Sensory, motor, or both?
Definition
Motor
Term
Facial: Sensory, motor, or both?
Definition
Both
Term
Acoustic: Sensory, motor, or both?
Definition
Sensory
Term
Glosso-pharyngeal: Sensory, motor, or both?
Definition
Both
Term
Vagus: Sensory, motor, or both?
Definition
Both
Term
Spinal: Sensory, motor, or both?
Definition
Motor
Term
Hypoglossal: Sensory, motor, or both?
Definition
Motor
Term
Sensory function of CN I?
Definition
Smell
Term
Sensory function of CN II?
Definition
Vision
Term
Motor function of CN III?
Definition
EOM (extra-ocular muscle) movement, opening of eyelids, pupil constriction, lens shape
Term
Motor function of CN IV?
Definition
Down & inward movement of eye
Term
Motor function of CN V?
Definition
Mastication (chewing)
Term
Sensory function of CN V?
Definition
Sensation of face, scalp, cornea, mucous membranes of mouth & nose
Term
Motor function of CN VI?
Definition
Lateral movement of eye
Term
Motor function of CN VII?
Definition
facial muscles, closing eyes, labial speech, closing mouth
Term
Sensory function of CN VII?
Definition
Taste (sweety, salty, sour, bitter) on anterior 2/3 of tongue
Term
Sensory function of CN VIII?
Definition
Hearing & equilibrium
Term
Motor function of CN IX?
Definition
Pharynx (phonation & swallowing)
Term
Sensory function of CN IX?
Definition
Taste on posterior 1/3 of tongue
pharynx (gag reflex)
Term
Motor function of CN X?
Definition
Pharynx & larynx (talking & swallowing)
Term
Sensory function of CN X?
Definition
Sensation from carotid body, carotid sinus, pharynx, viscera
Term
Motor function of CN XI?
Definition
Movement of trapezius and sternomastoid muscles
Term
Motor function of CN XII?
Definition
Movement of tongue
Term
My trick for remembering the cranial nerves in order:
Definition
On
Old
Olympus's
Towering
Top
A
Fat
Angry
German
Viewed
Some
Hawks
Term
Brighton's trick for remembering the order of sensory/motor/both for the CNs
Definition
Some
Say
Marry
Moxie
But
My
Brother
Says
Big
Bucks
Mean
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Term
How do you test CN II?
Definition
Visual acuity
Test visual fields by confrontation
Term
How do you test CN V?
Definition
Palpate temporal and masseter muscles when person clenches teeth
Light touch test with cotton ball on area of person's face
Term
How do you test CN VII?
Definition
Facial symmetry as person smiles, frowns, closes eyes tightly, lifts eyebrows, puffs cheeks
Term
How do you test CN VIII?
Definition
Hearing in normal conversation & whispered voice test
Term
How do you test CNs IX & X?
Definition
Depress with tongue blade, watch movement as person says "ahhh"
Uvula & soft palate should rise in midline, tonsillar pillars move medially
Term
How do you test CN XI?
Definition
Strength of neck muscles by having person turn head again your resistance at side of chin
Shrug shoulders against resistance
Term
How do you test CN XII?
Definition
Ask person to stick tongue out, protrude in midline
Clear, distinct speech
Term
How do you test CNs III, IV and VI?
Definition
PERRLA
EOMs - positions of cardinal gaze
Nystagmus - only normal at extreme lateral gazes
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