Cranial Nerve Testing - Class 8 Flashcards
olfactory
sensory
smell
olfactory test
have pt identify familiar odors
optic N
sensory
sight
eye
optic N test
test visual fields
oculomotor N
motor
oculomotor N tests
rxn to light
upward, downward, and medial gaze
trochlear N
motor
helps to turn the adducted eye down
causes intorsion of the eye
abducens N
motor
turns eye out
trigeminal N
motor and sensory
sensation from face
corneal sensation
anterior tongue sensation
trigeminal N test
jaw opening and side to side mm strength
w/ unilateral deficit –> trigeminal N
will open to the side of the opening
facial N
motor and sensory
control symmetry of facial movements
smiling
whistling
closing eyes
wrinkling forehead
facial N tests
UMN
LMN
UMN facial N test
can wrinkle forehead but lower face paralyzed
CVA
LMN facial N test
can’t wrinkle forehead of lower face
bell’s palsy