NURS 2070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Vestibulocochlear Nerve, Optic Nerve, Hypoglossal Nerve
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Able to identify coffee scent in each nostril while pressing the other closed. Able to read a page in the newspaper with corrective lenses. Cranial nerve iii, iv, and vi: oculomotor, trochlear, and abducens nerves. Able to follow finger in h pattern with no difficulty. Pupils equal, round, responsive to light and accommodation. Able to feel sensation equally on both sides of face. Able to raise eyebrows, show teeth, puff cheeks out, and close eyes against resistance. Able to repeat numbers whispered in either ears with distractive sounds. Cranial nerve ix and x: glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves. Able to move tongue up, down, side to side. Trigeminal nerve somatosensory info (touch, pain); muscles for chewing. Facial nerve anterior taste; controls muscles used in facial expression. Glossopharyngeal nerve hearing; balance posterior taste; controls some muscles used in swallowing. Vagus nerve sensory, motor and autonomic functions of glands, digestion, and heart rate. Spinal accessory nerve controls muscles used in head movement.
