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Neuro PNP Exam Questions And Answers
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Cranial Nerve I - Answer✔Olfactoy
Smell
Sensory Nerve
Cranial Nerve II - Answer✔Optic
Vision
Sensory Nerve
Cranial Nerve III - Answer✔Oculomotor
Most EOM's, opening eyelids, papillary constriction
Motor Nerve
Cranial Nerve IV - Answer✔Trochlear
Down and inward eye movement
Motor Nerve
Cranial Nerve V - Answer✔Trigeminal
Muscles of mastication, sensation of face, scalp, cornea, mucous membranes, and nose
Sensory/Motor Nerve
Cranial Nerve VI - Answer✔Abducens
Lateral eye movement
Motor Nerve
Cranial Nerve VII - Answer✔Facial
Moves face, closes mouth/eyes, taster (anterior 2/3) saliva and tear secretion
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Sensory and motor nerves
Cranial Nerve VIII - Answer✔Acoustic
Hearing and equilibrium
Sensory nerves
Cranial Nerve IX - Answer✔Grossopharyngeal
Phonation 1/3, gag reflex, carotid reflex swallowing, taste posterior 1/3
Sensory and motor nerves
Cranial Nerve X - Answer✔Vagus
Talking, swallowing, general sensation from the carotid body, carotid reflex
Sensory and motor nerve
Cranial Nerve XI - Answer✔Spinal Accessory
Movement of trapezius and sternomastoid muscles (shrug shoulders)
Motor nerve
Cranial Nerve XII - Answer✔Hypoglossal
Moves the tongue
Motor Nerve
What CN controls eye movement? - Answer✔III, IV, VI
What CN controls facial (bell's palsy)? - Answer✔VII
What CN controls the tongue? - Answer✔XII
Four primary mechanisms of headache pain - Answer✔Vascular dilation, muscular contraction,
traction, and inflammation
Vascular dilation - Answer✔Cranial artery distention (eg: migraine, fever, vasodilator drugs,
metabolic disturbance, systemic infection)
Muscular Contraction - Answer✔Head and neck muscle contraction (eg: tension/psychogenic
headache)
Traction - Answer✔Space occupying lesion (brain tumors, mass lesions, abscesses, hematoma,
increased ICP)
Inflammation - Answer✔Infection (eg: meninges, sinuses, teeth)
Headache considerations with fever - Answer✔Meningitis- bacterial, viral, TB or septic
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Neuro PNP Exam Questions And Answers
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Cranial Nerve I - Answer✔Olfactoy
Smell
Sensory Nerve
Cranial Nerve II - Answer✔Optic
Vision
Sensory Nerve
Cranial Nerve III - Answer✔Oculomotor
Most EOM's, opening eyelids, papillary constriction
Motor Nerve
Cranial Nerve IV - Answer✔Trochlear
Down and inward eye movement
Motor Nerve
Cranial Nerve V - Answer✔Trigeminal
Muscles of mastication, sensation of face, scalp, cornea, mucous membranes, and nose
Sensory/Motor Nerve
Cranial Nerve VI - Answer✔Abducens
Lateral eye movement
Motor Nerve
Cranial Nerve VII - Answer✔Facial
Moves face, closes mouth/eyes, taster (anterior 2/3) saliva and tear secretion
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Sensory and motor nerves
Cranial Nerve VIII - Answer✔Acoustic
Hearing and equilibrium
Sensory nerves
Cranial Nerve IX - Answer✔Grossopharyngeal
Phonation 1/3, gag reflex, carotid reflex swallowing, taste posterior 1/3
Sensory and motor nerves
Cranial Nerve X - Answer✔Vagus
Talking, swallowing, general sensation from the carotid body, carotid reflex
Sensory and motor nerve
Cranial Nerve XI - Answer✔Spinal Accessory
Movement of trapezius and sternomastoid muscles (shrug shoulders)
Motor nerve
Cranial Nerve XII - Answer✔Hypoglossal
Moves the tongue
Motor Nerve
What CN controls eye movement? - Answer✔III, IV, VI
What CN controls facial (bell's palsy)? - Answer✔VII
What CN controls the tongue? - Answer✔XII
Four primary mechanisms of headache pain - Answer✔Vascular dilation, muscular contraction,
traction, and inflammation
Vascular dilation - Answer✔Cranial artery distention (eg: migraine, fever, vasodilator drugs,
metabolic disturbance, systemic infection)
Muscular Contraction - Answer✔Head and neck muscle contraction (eg: tension/psychogenic
headache)
Traction - Answer✔Space occupying lesion (brain tumors, mass lesions, abscesses, hematoma,
increased ICP)
Inflammation - Answer✔Infection (eg: meninges, sinuses, teeth)
Headache considerations with fever - Answer✔Meningitis- bacterial, viral, TB or septic
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