Cranial Nerves

Front 1

I

Back 1

olfactory

Front 2

II

Back 2

Optic

Front 3

III

Back 3

oculomotor

Front 4

IV

Back 4

Troculear

Front 5

V

Back 5

Trigeminal

Front 6

VI

Back 6

Abducens

Front 7

VII

Back 7

Facial

Front 8

VIII

Back 8

Acoustic

Front 9

IX

Back 9

Glossopharyngeal

Front 10

X

Back 10

Vagus

Front 11

XI

Back 11

Spinal Accessory

Front 12

XII

Back 12

Hypoglossal

Front 13

Function of nerve I

Back 13

Smell

Front 14

Function of nerve II

Back 14

Visual Acuity/visual Field

Front 15

Function of nerve III

Back 15

Pupillary Reaction

Front 16

Fuction of nerve IV

Back 16

Eye movement

Front 17

Function of nerve V

Back 17

Facial sensation/motor function

Front 18

Function of nerve VI

Back 18

Motor Function

Front 19

Function of nerve VII

Back 19

motor function/sensory

Front 20

Function of nerve VIII

Back 20

hearing/balance

Front 21

Function of nerve IX

Back 21

swallowing and voice

Front 22

Function of nerve X

Back 22

gag reflex

Front 23

Function of nerve XI

Back 23

Neck Motion

Front 24

Function of nerve XII

Back 24

Tongue Movement and Strength

Front 25

testing of optic nerve:
- visual field

Back 25

check peripheral vision

Front 26

testing oculomotor nerve: pupilary reacion

Back 26

shine light in the eye

Front 27

testing trigeminal nerve:
- facial sensaion
- motor function

Back 27

- touch the face (face sensation, the cay sense the diff. points on the face where you are touching them)
- have athelete hold mouth open (wrinkle eyebrows, puff cheeks, nurse tries to push cheeks in)

Front 28

testing abducens nerve:
- motor function

Back 28

- lateral eye movements

Front 29

testing facial nerves:
- motor function
- sensory

Back 29

- smile, wrinkle face, puff cheeks
- tastes

Front 30

testing acoustic nerve:
- hearing
- balance

Back 30

- snap fingers by ear/whisper
- Rhomberg's test **( part of musculoskeletal nerve #8) arms out, eyes closed, maintain balance

Front 31

testing glossopharyngeal nerve:
-swallowing and voice

Back 31

- swallow and say "AH"

Front 32

testing vagus nerve:
- gag reflex

Back 32

- use tongue depressor

Front 33

testing sinal accessory nerve:
- neck motion

Back 33

shoulder shrug (against resistance- is it equal?)

Front 34

testing hypoglossal nerve:
- tongue movement and strength

Back 34

- stick out tongue and apply resistance with a tongue depressor