neuro - cranial nerves

Olfactory nerve

one (think one nose)

smell test

Optic nerve

two (two eyes)

eye test

Oculomotor

shine light

(think 3 tri light)

Trochlear nerve

four

tip and wall test (look at my pen light, look at the wall)

trochlear tip

trigeminal nerve

five

cotton ball on the face

abducens nerve

six

follow the pen

(think 6 eyes abduct side to side)

facial nerve

ask them to smile, frown, puff cheeks

(think 7 = lucky face)

Vestibulocochlear nerve

eight

whisper into opposite ear

glossopharyngeal nerve

nine

say ahh watch uvula

I have 9 glossy teeth in the back of my mouth

vagus nerve

ten (light tight dynamite is 10 words)

say ahh

say light tight dynamite

accessory nerve

Eleven (i wear accessories on my cheeks and shoulders)

resist shoulder and cheek

hypoglossal

twelve (tongue twelve)

stick tongue out