INSTRUCTIONS
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
- Textbook reading
- Lesson
In your reference for this assignment, be sure to include both your text/class materials AND your outside reading(s).
Initial Post Instructions
You are working at an assisted living facility and one of your clients has suffered a CVA (stroke). The client can no longer move the muscles on the right side of their face. They are also having trouble tasting and swallowing their food. What cranial nerve(s) were damaged with their stroke?
ANSWER
In this case, the client cannot move facial muscles and has trouble swallowing and tasting food. The first cranial nerve damaged with their stroke is the facial nerve. This 7th cranial nerve carries fibers that regulate facial movements and expressions and nerves used in taste to the anterior two-thirds of the tongue and in producing tears (Saladin, 2020). Since the facial nerve is responsible for the majority of one’s taste sensations of the tongue and helps one make facial expressions like frowning, smiling, and raising an eyebrow, common signs of its paralysis are loss of….. To access full answer, click on the purchase button below.