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?
Inability to move the right side of the face: Facial (Cranial Nerve VII)
Loss of taste: Facial (Cranial Nerve VII), Vagus (Cranial Nerve X), Glossopharyngeal (Cranial Nerve IX)
Dry mouth: Facial (Cranial Nerve VII), Glossopharyngeal (Cranial Nerve IX)
Inability to close right eye: Oculomotor (Cranial Nerve III), Facial (Cranial Nerve VII)