DONE: Cranial Nerves I-XII Flashcards
What is the BEST Mnemonic to remember the cranial nerves in order?
Olaf Opened Oceanfront Tractors Triggering Abducens Facing Academic Glaring Vacationing Spider Hypnotists
What is the Harry Potter Mnemonic to remember the cranial nerves in order?
Oh, Oh, Oh, They Traveled And Found Voldemort Guarding Very Secret & Ancient Horcruxes
What is the Dirty Mnemonic to remember the cranial nerves in order?
Oh, Oh, Oh To Touch And Feel A Girls Vagina Ah Heaven
List the 12 cranial nerves in order?
- Olfactory / Smell
- Optic / Sight
- Occulomotor / Constriction / Eye Movement > Motor
- Trochlear / Eye Movement
- Trigeminal / Facial Sensations
- Abducens /
- Facial /
- Acoustic /
- Glossopharyngeal /
- Vagus Nerve /
- Spinal Nerve /
- Hypoglossal Nerve /
How many cranial nerves does the human body have?
There are 12 pairs of cranial nerves so that means there are 24 total cranial nerves.
What is the mnemonic to remember which of the nerves are Sensory, Motor, or Both in order?
- Some - SENSORY
- Say - SENSORY
- Marry - Motor
- Money - Motor
- But - BOTH
- My - Motor
- Brother - BOTH
- Says - SENSORY
- Bad - BOTH
- Business - BOTH
- Marry - Motor
- Money - Motor
Allow the patient to wear their glasses during this test.
The nurse can also test this cranial nerve by allowing the patient to read a book.
This is how the nurse assesses what cranial nerve?
Cranial Nerve II – Optic
Rationale: Allow the patient to wear their glasses because you are not testing their vision that is controlled by the lens. You are testing the nerve.
Assess this nerve by poking the face with something sharp and then something dull with the patients eyes closed.
Then have the patient tell you where you placed the item and whether it was sharp or dull.
This is how the nurse assesses what cranial nerve?
Cranial Nerve V – Trigeminal
This is the sensory nerve that allows us to see.
What cranial nerve does this indicate?
Cranial Nerve II – Optic
Checking the Gag Reflex
This is how the nurse assesses what cranial nerve?
Glosspharygeal - IX and Vagus - X Nerves
Stroke symptoms affect what 2 cranial nerves?
Cranial Nerve IX - Glosspharygeal
Cranial Nerve X Nerve - Vagus
Study Tip: This is IMPORTANT!
Have the patient stick out their tongue.
If the tongue deviates to one side then there is a problem with the nerve.
This is how the nurse assesses what cranial nerve?
Cranial Nerve XII – Hypoglossal
The nurse will test this nerve with the Snellen Chart for measuring visual acuity.
Test each eye separately and then test both eyes together.
This is how the nurse assesses what cranial nerve?
Cranial Nerve II – Optic
This is the motor nerve that allows the eyes to move.
What cranial nerve does this indicate?
Cranial Nerve III – Occulomotor
ASK ARBOGAST? This is a motor nerve that innervates striated muscles in the soft palate, pharynx, larynx, and esophagus; its spinal trunk continues down the neck to innervate the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles.NOT DISCUSSED?
What cranial nerve does this indicate?
Cranial Nerve XI- Spinal Accessory
Have the patient cover one ear while you whisper and repeat to the nurse what was said.
Rub fingers together. NOT DISCUSSED?
This is how the nurse assesses what cranial nerve?
Cranial Nerve VIII – Acoustic
Assess the corneal reflex with a cotton whisp to the open eye.
DO NOT use this assessment on an alert and oriented patient.
This is how the nurse assesses what cranial nerve?
Cranial Nerve V – Trigeminal
This is the sensory nerve that gives us our sense of smell.
What cranial nerve does this indicate?
Cranial Nerve I – Olfactory