Assessments For Cranial Nerves

Question 1

Your patient smells a scent

Answer 1

Cranial nerve:
#1
Olfactory nerve

Question 2

Corneal light reflect test and pupillary construction

Answer 2

Cranial nerve:
#2
Optic

Question 3

Accommodation & 6 cardinal fields of gaze

Answer 3

Cranial nerve :
#3
Oculomotor

Question 4

6 cardinal fields of gaze

Answer 4

Cranial nerves:
#3 - oculomotor 
#4 - trochlear 
#6 - abducens

Question 5

Make funny face, raise eyebrows, puff cheeks

Answer 5

Cranial nerves:
#7 - facial

Question 6

Romberg test & whisper test

Answer 6

Cranial nerve:
#8 - vestibulocochlear

Question 7

Saying “ahh” & gag reflex

Answer 7

Cranial nerves:
#9 - glossopharnylgeal
#10- vagus

Question 8

Push down patients shoulders as they shrug

Answer 8

Cranial nerve:
#11 - accessory

Question 9

Stick out tongue

Answer 9

Cranial nerve:
# 12 - hypoglossal