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CN Testing

Terms in this set (12)

I Olfactory
Sensory - Sense of Smell - Identify different smells like vanilla and coffee
II Optic
Sensory - Visual acuity - Use Snellen chart or ask client to read printed materials while wearing glasses
III Oculomotor
Motor - Extraocular eye movement and pupil constriction and dilation - Assess directions of gaze
IV Trochlear
Motor - Upward and downward movement of eyeballs - Measure pupillary reaction to light reflex and accommodation.
V Trigeminal
Sensory and Motor - Sensory nerve to skin of face - Lightly touch cornea with cotton, Measure sensation of light pain and touch across skin of face. - Motor nerve to muscles of jaw - Palpae temples as clinet clenches teeth.
VI Abducens
Motor - Lateral movements of eyeballs - Assess directions of gaze
VII Facial
Sensory and motor - Facial expression - look for asemmetry while client smiles, frowns, puffs out cheeks and raises and lowers eyebrows.
VIII Auditory
Sensory - Hearing - Asses ability to hear spoken word
IX Glossopharyngeal
Sensory and motor - Taste and Ability to swallow - Identify taste. Use tongue blade to elicit gag reflex.
X Vagus
Sensory and motor - Sensation of pharynx - Ask client to say "ah." Observe movement of palate and pharynx.
XI Spinal accessory
Motor - Movement of head and shoulders - Ask client to shrug shoulders and turn head against passive resistance
XII Hypoglossal
Motor - Position of tongue - Ask client to stick out tongue to midline and move it from side to side.
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