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 the right side of the face: Facial (Cranial Nerve VII)
- Loss of taste: Facial (Cranial Nerve VII), Glossopharyngeal (Cranial Nerve IX) and Vagus (Cranial Nerve X)
- Dry mouth: Facial (Cranial Nerve VII) and Glossopharyngeal (Cranial Nerve IX)
- Cannot close the right eye: Oculomotor (Cranial Nerve III) and Facial (Cranial Nerve VII)