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Cranial Nerve 1-12
Cranial Nerves I-XII for nursing assessment
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| CN I | Olfactory Smell |
| CN II | Optic Snellen Chart - visual fields |
| CN III | Occulomotor 6 Cardinal Fields of Gaze; Pupil size, shape, equality, constriction & accomodation; Check for Ptosis (eye lid droop) |
| CN IV | Trochlear 6 Cardinal Fields of Gaze |
| CN V | Trigeminal Clench Teeth - touch cotton to face with eyes closed |
| CN VI | Abducens 6 Cardinal Fields of Gaze |
| CN VII | Facial Raise eyebrows, purse lips, smile, close eyes, puff cheeks (checking for symmetry); taste |
| CN VIII | Vesibulocochlear/Acoustic hearing & balance: whisper test; tuning fork test; finger-rubbing test |
| CN IX | Glossopharyngeal Gag reflex & movement of soft palate; taste bitter/sour on posterior 1/3 of tongue |
| CN X | Vagus Gag reflex & movement of soft palate |
| CN XI | Spinal Accessory Shrug shoulders and turn head against examiner's hands |
| CN XII | Hypoglossal symmetry in tongue movement - stick out tongue, move side-to-side |
| Pneumonic | O-O-O To Touch And Feel A Girls Vagina And Hips Olfactory, Optic, Occulomotor, Trochlear, Trigeminal, Abducens, Facial, Acoustic, Glossopharyngeal, Vagus, Accessory, Hypoglossal |