S.P.A.N.C.

This blog is meant to be a place for Sunnybrook Peri-Anesthesia Nurses (Pre-Admission Centre, Same Day Surgery, Post Anesthetic Are Unit and Surgical Short Stay Unit) to stay in communication with each other and to be up-to-date with concerns regarding the Peri-Anesthesia Department. The Purpose of S.P.A.N.C is •To re-implement a unit based council •to identify the unique role of the Peri-anesthesia nurse and to help staff from other areas understand what it is that we do •to create a collegial atmosphere for sharing our professional experiences within the subgroups of Peri-anesthesia •to facilitate open discussion and priority of issues relating to professional practice, education and research that impact on the quality of our work life and thereby affect positive outcomes for our patients and their families.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Cranial Nerves























Cranial Nerve & Major Functions:

On I Olfactory -smell
Old II Optic -vision
Olympus III Oculomotor -eyelid and eyeball movement
Towering IV Trochlear -innervates superior obliqueturns eye downward and laterally
Tops V Trigeminal -chewing face & mouth touch & pain
A VI Abducens -turns eye laterally
Finn VII Facial -controls most facial expressions secretion of tears & salivataste
And VIII Vestibulocochlear(auditory) -hearing equillibrium sensation
German IX Glossopharyngeal -taste senses carotid blood pressure
Viewed X Vagus-senses aortic blood pressure, slows heart rate,stimulates digestive organs Some XI Spinal Accessory -controls trapezius & sternocleidomastoid,controls swallow
Hops XII Hypoglossal -controls tongue movements


Now go ahead and try this test!
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