CRANIAL NERVES FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+

CRANIAL NERVES FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔abducens physical assessment - ✔✔same as II, III, IV and VI

✔✔Facial physical assessment - ✔✔1. observe face at rest for expression and
symmetry
2. ask client to raise eyebrows
3. ask client to close eyes tightly and attempt to open without resistance
4. ask client to smile and/or show teeth

✔✔vestibulocochlear physical assessment - ✔✔1. whisper test (both ears)
2. Webber test - tuning fork, conductive hearing loss
3. Rinne Test - bone conduction

✔✔glossopharyngeal physical assessment - ✔✔1. open wide, say "AAaahh"
2. pen light to observe for symmetrical rise of soft palate
3. gag reflex at back of throat using tongue blade
4. listen for hoarseness

✔✔vagus physical assessment - ✔✔same as IX

✔✔Accessory physical assessment - ✔✔1. place hands on client's shoulders / ask to
shrug shoulders against resistance
2. place your hand firmly on client's cheek and ask to turn head from side to side with
resistance

✔✔hypoglossal physical assessment - ✔✔1. inspect tongue for symmetry, atrophy,
deviation, twitching
2. ask client to protrude tongue in midline
3. ask client to push each cheek out w/ tongue against resistance

✔✔ I. Olfactory (sensory or motor) - ✔✔Sensory

✔✔II. Optic (sensory or motor) - ✔✔Sensory

✔✔III. Oculomotor (sensory or motor) - ✔✔Motor

✔✔IV. Trochlear (sensory or motor) - ✔✔Motor

✔✔V. Trigeminal (sensory or motor) - ✔✔Both

✔✔VI. Abducens (sensory or motor) - ✔✔Motor