Cranial Nerve Flashcards
CN II OPTIC
CONTROL VISION
Vision test ; vision acuity checked by Snellen chart and Opthalmoscopic exam .
Color vision is checked
Peripheral vision checked by confrontation.
OLFACTORY
Sensory
Smell
Testing : the client asked to close eyes and block one nostril with finger . Client ask to identify non irritating and familiar odors ; coffee, tea , cloves
CN III
OCULOMOTOR
MOTOR EYE
Controls pupillary constriction , upper-eyelid elevation and most eye movement.
Test ; for drooping
Accommodation reaction to light
CN IV
TROCHLEAR
Motor eye
Control downward and inner eye movement
CN V
TRIGEMINAL
SENSORY , Face motor ; chewing
CN VI
ABDUCENS
MOTOR EYE
CN VII
Facial sensory , face and hands
CN VIII
ACOUSTIC SENSORY
HEARING AND BALANCE
CN IX
GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL SENSORY
Posterior taste
CN X
VAGAS SENSORY
Throat ; motor, swallow, speech
CN XI
ACCESSORY SENSORY;
Motor , throat , neck muscle , upper back
CN XII
HYPOGLOSSAL
MOTOR ; tongue