Cranial Nerves

Question 1

Cranial Nerve 1

Answer 1

Olfactory - Smell (sensory)

Question 2

Does noxious (skunk) stimuli stimulate cranial nerve #1?

Answer 2

No (surrounding nerves)

Question 3

Cranial Nerve 2

Answer 3

Optic - Peripheral Vision (sensory)

Question 4

How do we test cranial nerve 2

Answer 4

cover 1 eye - use Snellen chart/color vision

Question 5

How do we test cranial nerve 1

Answer 5

close eyes and 1 nostril - smell

Question 6

Cranial Nerve 3, 4 and 6

Answer 6

Eye Movements - pupils to light

Question 7

How do we test cranial nerves 3,4, and 6

Answer 7

follow finger in “H” pattern

shine light into pupils (dilation)

Question 8

cranial nerve 5

Answer 8

Facial Sensation/Jaw Movement (forehead, cheek, lower jaw) - sensory and motor

Question 9

how do we test cranial nerve #5

Answer 9

fingers on temple ask pt. to bite down can you separate

is this “hard or soft” around the face

Question 10

cranial nerve #7

Answer 10

Facial Movement/Taste (anterior 2/3 of tongue)

Question 11

how do we test cranial nerve #7

Answer 11

Ask patient to close eyes tight, raise eyebrows, smile, frown and puff out cheeks.

Question 12

cranial nerve #8

Answer 12

Acoustic - hearing/balance (sensory)

Question 13

how do we test cranial nerve #8

Answer 13

cover one ear and then whisper in the opposite ear or use a ticking watch

Question 14

cranial nerves 9 and 10

Answer 14

sensation to posterior 1/3 of tongue; swallowing (sensory and motor)

Question 15

how do we assess nerves 9 and 10

Answer 15

say “ahh” note upward movement of the palate and uvula. Check gag and cough reflex. Listen to speech, hoarse? dysarthric(stuttering)?

Question 16

cranial nerve #11

Answer 16

spinal accessory - motor nerve

Question 17

how do we test cranial nerve #11

Answer 17

shrug shoulders, turn head to one side while applying pressure in the opposite direction. Check both sides

Question 18

cranial nerve #12

Answer 18

tongue movement (motor)

Question 19

how to test cranial nerve #12

Answer 19

stick out tongue move it side to side.

Say light/tight

Question 20

most sensitive indicator of neurological change

Answer 20

LOC

Question 21

sensory cranial nerves

Answer 21

1, 2, 8,

Question 22

motor cranial nerves

Answer 22

3, 4, 6, 11, 12

Question 23

sensory and motor cranial nerves

Answer 23

5, 7, 9, 10

Question 24

pneumonic for cranial nerves

Answer 24

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Question 25

Name of cranial nerve 1

Answer 25

Olfactory

Question 26

Name of cranial nerve 2

Answer 26

Optic

Question 27

Name of cranial nerve 3

Answer 27

Oculomotor

Question 28

Name of cranial nerve 4

Answer 28

Trochlear

Question 29

Name of cranail nerve 5

Answer 29

Trigeminal

Question 30

Name of cranial nerve 6

Answer 30

Abducens

Question 31

Name of cranial nerve 7

Answer 31

Facial nerve

Question 32

Name of cranial nerve 8

Answer 32

Vestibulocochlear nerve

Question 33

Name of cranail nerve 9

Answer 33

Glossopharyngeal

Question 34

Name of cranial nerve 10

Answer 34

Vagus nerve

Question 35

Name of cranial nerve 11

Answer 35

Spinal accessory nerve

Question 36

Name of cranial nerve 12

Answer 36

Hypoglossal nerve

Question 37

Pneumonic for sensory and motor

Answer 37

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