Set: Cranial Nerves and Actions

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CN I Olfactory Sensory: smell (close eyes and smell object)
CN II Optic Sensory: Vision (Read time off clock, light test)
CN III Occulomotor Motor: muscles that move eye, ciliary muscle, sphincter of pupil (ciliospinal, light, consensual)
CN IV Trochlear Motor: muscles that move the eye diagonally (corneal)
CN V Trigeminal Sensory: touch to skin of face, teeth, gums, jaw (poke skin and identify when they feel it). Motor: Muscles of Mastication (clench teeth)
CN VI Abducens Motor: moves eye left and right (corneal)
CN VII Facial Sensory: Taste of anterior 2/3 Tongue (pepsi vs coke test). Motor: Muscles of face such as puckering lips, winking the eye, smile
CN VIII Vestibularcochlear Sensory: Hearing, balance, equilibrium (close eyes and tell which side has pen clicking by it)
CN IX Glossopharyngeal Sensory: Taste of posterior 1/3 of tongue and pharyngeal walls (gag reflex, touch sides of mouth with cotton swab). Motor: Pharyngeal muscles (Gag Reflex)
CN X Vagus Sensory: Visceral organ sensory of heart, lungs, trachea, GI tract, pharynx, larynx (feel throat structures when swallowing). Motor: skeletal muscles of swallowing, visceral organs, muscles of vocal cords (swallowing, Gag Reflex)
CN XI Spinal Accessory Motor: Muscles of neck that move head (push against head and resist the force)
CN XII Hypoglossal Motor: Muscles of the tongue (stick tongue out, move around)

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Created June 26, 2007
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  1. CN VIII Vestibularcochlear → Sensory: Hearing, balance, equilibrium (close eyes and tell which side has pen clicking by it) - 5 misses
  2. CN IX Glossopharyngeal → Sensory: Taste of posterior 1/3 of tongue and pharyngeal walls (gag reflex, touch sides of mouth with cotton swab). Motor: Pharyngeal muscles (Gag Reflex) - 5 misses
  3. CN III Occulomotor → Motor: muscles that move eye, ciliary muscle, sphincter of pupil (ciliospinal, light, consensual) - 3 misses
  4. CN VI Abducens → Motor: moves eye left and right (corneal) - 3 misses
  5. CN I Olfactory → Sensory: smell (close eyes and smell object) - 2 misses
  6. CN II Optic → Sensory: Vision (Read time off clock, light test) - 2 misses
  7. CN V Trigeminal → Sensory: touch to skin of face, teeth, gums, jaw (poke skin and identify when they feel it). Motor: Muscles of Mastication (clench teeth) - 2 misses