Activity 2

DE LEON, Mart Reynold B. - Activity 2

DE LEON, Mart Reynold B. - Activity 2

by Mart Reynold De Leon -
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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?

  • Cannot move the muscles on right side of the face - Cranial Nerve VII (Facial Nerve)
  • Loss of taste - Cranial Nerve VII (Facial Nerve), Cranial Nerve IX (Glossopharyngeal Nerve), and Cranial Nerve X (Vagus Nerve)
  • Dry mouth - Cranial Nerve VII (Facial Nerve), and Cranial Nerve IX (Glossopharyngeal Nerve)
  • Unable to close the eye - Cranial Nerve III (Oculomotor), and Cranial Nerve VII (Facial Nerve)