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Cranial nerves

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12 pairs, serve head and neck

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Cranial nerves mnemonic

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Oh Oh Oh To Touch And Feel Very Good Velvet, AH

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Olfactory numerical

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I

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Olfactory Origin

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Nasal cavity to the cortex

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Olfactory Function

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Sensory, afferent impulses for smell

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Olfactory testing

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Sniff certain smells

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Olfactory disorders

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Anosmia (can’t smell)

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Optic numerical

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II

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Optic origin

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Optic nerve from retina to the cortex

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Optic function

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Sensory nerve that carries afferent impulses for vision

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Optic testing

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Eye chart and visual tests

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Oculomotor numerical

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III

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Optic disorders

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Blindness, defects called anopsia

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Oculomotor origin

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Midbrain to eye muscle

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Oculomotor function

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Eye muscle control and parasympathetic control of iris

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Oculomotor testing

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Size and shape of pupil and its reflex

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Oculomotor disorder

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No eye movement and lateral strabismus is present (lazy eye). Pt demonstrates ptosis of eyelid (drooping)

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Trochlear numerical

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IV

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Trochlear origin

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Back of midbrain to superior orbital fissure

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Trochlear function

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Supplies the superior oblique

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Trochlear testing

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Size and shape of pupil and its reflex

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Trochlear disorder

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Double vision and can’t move the eyes down to lateral side

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Trigeminal numerical

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V

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Trigeminal divisions

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Ophthalmic, maxillary and mandibular

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Trigeminal ophthalmic origin
Superior orbital fissure to pons
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Trigeminal maxillary origin
Foramen ovale to pons
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Trigeminal mandibular origin
Foramen ovale to pons
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Trigeminal ophthalmic function
Sensory from nasal cavity on up
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Trigeminal maxillary function
Sensory from lip to ophthalmic
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Trigeminal mandibular function
Sensory from chin up to maxillary, and motor to chewing muscles
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Trigeminal ophthalmic testing
Corneal reflex
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Trigeminal maxillary testing
Sensation of pain, touch and temperature
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Trigeminal mandibular testing
Move jaw side to side and clench teeth
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Trigeminal disorder
Tic douloureux
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Abducens numerical
VI
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Abducens origin
Pons to the lateral rectus muscle
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Abducens function
Serves lateral rectus muscle and proprioception
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Abducens testing
Size and shape of pupil and its reflex
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Abducens disorder
Internal strabismus
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Facial numerical
VII
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Facial 5 areas
Temporal, zygomatic, buccal, mandibular and cervical
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Facial origin
Pons to face
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Facial function
Motor impulses to face. Parasympathetic impulses to glands and sensory inputs from taste buds
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Facial testing
Taste buds and face symmetry
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Facial disorders
Bells palsy
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Vestibulocochlear numerical
VIII
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Vestibulocochlear origin
Vestibular and cochlear nerve to pons
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Vestibulocochlear function
Sensory from hearing and equilibrium centers
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Vestibulocochlear testing
Hearing test
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Vestibulocochlear disorders
Deafness or dizziness and loss of balance
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Glossopharyngeal numerical
IX
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Glossopharyngeal origin
Medulla to throat
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Glossopharyngeal function
Motor nerves to tongue and pharynx and proprioception
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Glossopharyngeal testing
Gag, and speaking and coughing
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Glossopharyngeal disorder
Swallowing
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Vagus numerical
X
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Vagus origin
Medulla to thorax and abdomen
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Vagus function
Motor, swallowing, heart, breathing sensory from abdomen
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Vagus testing
Gag, and speaking and coughing
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Vagus disorder
Hoarseness, difficulty swallowing, death
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Accessory numerical
XI
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Accessory origin
Union of cranial root and spinal cord
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Accessory function
Cranial root supplies the muscles of the pharynx and the spinal root supplies the trapezius and sternocleidomastoid
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Accessory testing
Shrugging against resistance and head turning
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Accessory disorder
Head turning to injured side, difficult shrugging on that side
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Hypoglossal numerical
XII
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Hypoglossal origin
Medulla to tongue
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Hypoglossal function
Movement of the tongue
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Hypoglossal testing
Sticking out tongue
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Hypoglossal disorder
Difficulty speaking and swallowing. Tongue deviates to injured side if only one side is injured
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