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 she cannot close her right eye. Which cranial nerves have been affected by the viral infection?
CRANIAL NERVES AFFECTED:
- Inability to right facial muscles - Facial (VII) nerves
- Loss of Taste - Glossopharyngeal (IX) nerves; posterior 1/3 of tongue, Facial (VII) nerves; anterior 2/3 of tongue, and Vagus (X) nerve; epiglottis region
- Dry mouth - Glossopharyngeal (IX) nerves, Facial (VII) nerves
- Inability to close right eye - Oculomotor (III) nerves and Facial (VII) nerves
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Gibbons, J. R., & Sadiq, N. M. (2023, May 1). Neuroanatomy, Neural Taste Pathway. National Center for Biotechnology Information. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK545236/#:~:text=The%20three%20nerves%20associated%20with,which%20provides%20fibers%20to%20the
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