During a Neurologic Exam, You Ask Your Patient to Stick

question 80

Multiple Choice

During a neurologic exam, you ask your patient to stick out his tongue. It deviates to the right. This may indicate a lesion to the patient's ________ nerve.

• A) vagus
• B) glossopharyngeal
• C) facial
• D) hypoglossal

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Atomic Sentences

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