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?
Affected are:
- The Facial nerve/ 7th Cranial Nerve
- Oculomotor Nerve/ 8th Cranial Nerve
- Hypoglossal Nerve/12th Cranial Nerve
- Vagus Nerve/10th Cranial Nerve