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NUR209
Cranial Nerves
12
Nursing
Undergraduate 4
01/27/2010

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Term
Olfactory Nerve (I)
Definition

Function: sense of smell

Test: *not routinely tested; use smelling salts, or history questions

Term
Optic (II)
Definition

Function: Vision and Visual Fields

TEST: Snellen Chart and "bowl technique visual fields."

Term
Oculomotor (III)
Definition

Function: Eye movement, eyelid rise, and pupil reaction/size

TEST: EOM, light reflex, and eyelid opening

Term
Trochlear (IV)
Definition

Function: Eye movement (down and in)

TEST: EOM

Term
Trigeminal (V)
Definition

Function: Chewing and Facial touch

TEST: clench jaw, touch face-3 branches

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Abducens (VI)
Definition

Function: eye movement (lateral)

TEST: EOM

Term
Facial (VII)
Definition

Function: movements of face

TEST: smile, frown, and raise eyebrows

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Acoustic (VIII)
Definition

Function: Hearing and balance

TEST: finger test, Rinne, Webber, and Romberg

Term
Glossopharyngeal (IX)
Definition

Function: Gag, swallow, and movement of soft palate and uvula

TEST: open mounth, say "ahhh"; and gag reflex if necessary 

Term
Vagus (X)
Definition

Function: Gag and Phonation

TEST: Quality of speech, and gag if necessary

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Spinal Accessory (XI)
Definition

Function: shoulder and neck movements

TEST: shrug head, rotation strength

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Hypoglossal (XII)
Definition

Function: Tongue

TEST: strength of tongue against cheeck

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