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Cranial nerves flashcards
All 12 cranial nerves, one per card: the function, whether it's sensory or motor, and how to test it at the bedside.
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- CN I — Olfactorysensory: Smell
- CN II — Opticsensory: Vision
- CN III — Oculomotormotor: Most eye movement, pupil constriction, eyelid
- CN IV — Trochlearmotor: Downward/inward eye movement (superior oblique)
- CN V — Trigeminalboth: Facial sensation; chewing (mastication)
- CN VI — Abducensmotor: Lateral eye movement (lateral rectus)
- CN VII — Facialboth: Facial expression; taste anterior 2/3 tongue
- CN VIII — Vestibulocochlearsensory: Hearing and balance
- CN IX — Glossopharyngealboth: Taste posterior tongue; swallowing; gag
- CN X — Vagusboth: Gag, swallow, phonation; parasympathetic organs
- CN XI — Accessorymotor: Shoulder shrug, head turn (SCM, trapezius)
- CN XII — Hypoglossalmotor: Tongue movement
- Mnemonic — Names
- Mnemonic — S/M/Both
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