Assessing 12 Cranial Nerves

In NUR 226 (Health Assessment), we have to assess the 12 cranial nerves... in order to do that, we must know:
1. name of the nerve
2. what number it is (this would be for charting I think)
3. what it innervates (what functions expected)
4. what to ask patient to do (stick out tongue, shrug shoulders, identify flavor, etc...)


What are the 12 CRANIAL NERVES?
I.     Olfactory
II.    Optic

III.   Oculomotor

IV.   Trochlear

V.    Trigeminal

VI.   Abducens

VII.  Facial

VIII. Auditory (Vestibulocochlear)

IX.   Glossopharyngeal

X.    Vagus

XI.   Spinal Accessory

XII.  Hypoglossal

There are common mnemonics that are helpful to remember names/order for tests...but for the actual assessment/demo for class, we can't rely upon a mnemonic to remember the cranial nerves...so I found a few YouTube videos that get to more than just the names.


Since we use a song to learn the ABC's...why not songs  for cranial nerves? enjoy!