Assessing motor Portion of CN5
Masseter muscle- clench teeth and wag jaw back and forth
Assessing sensory portion of CN5
Corneal reflex, sharp dull and light touch
CN5 AKA
Trigeminal nerve
CN7 AKA
Facial nerve
Assessing CN7
Observe: Symmetry on upward gaze (even lifting of eyebrows and wrinkling of the forehead). Test: 1. attempting to open client's eyes against resistance, 2. show teeth, 3. smile, 4. purse lips, and 5. puff out cheeks
Required lymphnodes
Occipital, tonsillar, submandibular, submental, posterior cervical, anterior cervical, supraclavicular (shurg), infraclavicular
Assessing CN11
1. Neck rotation against resistance 2. shrug shoulders against resistance
CN11 AKA
Accessory nerve
CN2 AKA
Optic nerve
Assessing CN2
CONFRONTATION: bilaterally, eye-to-eye at same level of the patient
CONVERGENCE
Checking "CN3, CN4, CN6 for Extraocular movements, checking for lid lag and nystagmus
CN8 AKA
Vestibulocochlear Nerve
Assessing CN8
Whisper test
Rinne
Rihn-nay. Air conduction is greater that bone conduction
CN 1 AKA
Olfactory
CN1 Assessment
Smell test
CN9 AKA
Glossopharyngeal nerve
CN10 AKA
Cranial nerve
These cranial nerves are always assessed together
CN 9 & 10
CN 9 & 10 assessment
Symmetrical rise of soft palate and uvula. "Ah" and gag
CN 12 AKA
Hypoglossal
Assessing CN12
Inspecting the tongue for asymmetry, deviations and fasciculations