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?
The cranial nerves affected are the following:
Right side paralysis of the face is affected by…
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Facial (Cranial nerve VII)
Loss of taste is affected by…
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Facial (Cranial nerve VII)
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Glossopharyngeal (Cranial nerve IX)
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Vagus (Cranial nerve X)
Dry mouth is affected by…
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Facial (Cranial nerve VII)
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Glossopharyngeal (Cranial nerve IX)
The inability to close the right eye is affected by …
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Oculomotor (Cranial nerve III)
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Trochlear Nerve (Cranial nerve IV)
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Facial (Cranial nerve VII)
References:
Gibbons, J., & Sadiq, N. (2023, May 1). Neuroanatomy, neural taste pathway - statpearls - NCBI bookshelf. National Library of Medicine. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK545236/#:~:text=The%20three%20nerves%20associated%20with,which%20provides%20fibers%20to%20the
Pasahan, R., Yardim, A., Karadag, M. K., Alpaslan, A., & Aydin, M. D. (2021, July 24). Dry mouth caused by facial nerve ischemia due to subarachnoid hemorrhage: An experimental study. World Neurosurgery. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1878875021010792#:~:text=The%20facial%20nerve%20(seventh%20cranial,this%20increases%20the%20substance%20P.
Tortora, G. J., & Derrickson, B. H. (2017). Tortora’s Principles of Anatomy & Physiology. Wiley.