Cranial Nerve Assessment Quiz

How many Cranial Nerves are there?

• 2

• 100

• 12

• 5

When checking pupil reaction and having your athlete read the scoreboard, which Cranial nerve are you testing?

• Femoral Nerve

• Optic Nerve

• Median Nerve

• None of the above

Having your athlete stick out there tongue and make a fart noise is a test to check which Cranial Nerve?

• Hypoglossal Nerve

• Radial Nerve

• Ulnar Nerve

• Sciatic Nerve

Testing your athlete's sense of smell by giving them something sweet to smell is a way to test which Cranial nerve?

• Oculomotor Nerve

• Vagus Nerve

• Abducens Nerve

• Olfactory Nerve

Which Cranial Nerve are you testing when you are checking their "Gag Reflex"?

• Vagus Nerve

• Radial Nerve

• Peroneal Nerve

• None of the above

Which Cranial Nerve are you testing when you are checking their balance and their ability to hear?

• Optic Nerve

• Vagus Nerve

• Vestibular Cochlear Nerve

• None of the above

Your athlete is complaining of blurry vision. They cannot read the scoreboard. Which Cranial Nerve do you think may be affected?

• Optic Nerve

• Trochlear nerve

• Sciatic Nerve

• Ulnar Nerve

Which Cranial Nerve are you testing when you have your athlete shrug their shoulders and you try to push their shoulders down?

• Spinal Accessory Nerve

• Oculomotor Nerve

• Sciaitc Nerve

• Vagus Nerve

Which Cranial Nerve are you testing when you have your athlete try to swallow?

• Glosso Pharyngeal Nerve

• Optic nerve

• Ulnar Nerve

• Sciatic Nerve

You have your athlete follow your finger by instructing them only to move their eyes and not their head. Which Cranial Nerve(s) are you testing?

• Oculomotor, Trochlear and Abducens Nerve

• Vagus Nerve

• Spinal Accessory Nerve

• Sciatic Nerve