Your patient recently had a viral infection and now she cannot move the muscles on the right side of her face. In addition, she is experiencing a loss of taste and dry mouth and cannot close her right eye. Which cranial nerves have been affected by the viral infection?
IRREGULAR ACTIVITIES and AFFECTED CRANIAL NERVES:
-Cannot move muscles on the right side of the face: Facial nerve (Cranial nerve VII)
-Loss of taste: Facial nerve (Cranial nerve VII); Glossopharyngeal nerve (Cranial nerve IX); Vagus nerve (Cranial nerve X)
-Dry mouth (decreased salivation): Facial nerve (Cranial nerve VII); Glossopharyngeal nerve (Cranial nerve IX)
-Cannot close right eye: Oculomotor (Cranial nerve III); Facial nerve (Cranial nerve VII)