Cranial Nerves - Everything You want to Know Flashcards
Cranial Nerve II mediates ______. Tested in each ____ separately.
Vision.
Eye
This cranial nerve is in charge of the superior oblique muscle. Responsible for downward and inward movement of the eye.
4, or IV.
Trochlear nerve.
Cranial nerve ___ is evaluated by asking a child to frown, smile, make a face. or, “show me your teeth!”
Facial nerve,
VII or 7,
Seven!
Just like Las Vegas, the Vagus tests your ability to ______ clearly.
Speak.
Vagus nerve is cranial nerve 10.
This is a test a child might giggle when doing. You instruct the child to stick out his or her tongue. Plus, instruct child to move tongue from L to R, up then down, also.
This is cranial nerve number: ___.
12, or XII.
Hypoglossal Nerve.
Which cranial nerve is responsible for abducting the eye?
VI, Cranial nerve 6
Abducent Nerve.
(notice Abducting the eye,
and name of nerve, Abducent Nerve, start with the letters, A-b-d-u-c)
This cranial nerve VIII test assesses hearing, and Romberg test for balance.
Acoustic. Cranial Nerve 8.
Acoustic nerve, conveniently named for what is controls—hearing.
“there is only __ way to smell an Ol’ factory—with your _____”
What cranial nerve is this?
I, or Cranial Nerve 1
(Olfactory Nerve)
Think “there is only 1 way to smell Ol’ factory—with your NOSE”
You can use you nose to smell an Old factory.
The Oculomotor nerve is number ___. It’s the one where you ask a child to follow your pen light/object as you move it.
Test for PERRLA, EOMs intact
3, or III
The cranial nerve __ tests the child’s ability to swallow and taste.
Part of its name gives you a clue to its location that the nerve stimulates.
9, or IX.
Glossopharyngeal nerve.
Pharyng—tells you in the throat, pharynx, mouth, where Swallowing and taste happens.
The Corneal Reflex is tested to assess the ________ nerve V.
Trigeminal
Cranial Nerve 5.
Cranial nerve XI (eleven) is also known as a _________ nerve.
Instruct child to “shrug” shoulders.
accessory
assesses strength of SCM and trapezius muscles
