In Assessing a Stroke Patient,you Ask Her to Stick Out

question 117

Multiple Choice

In assessing a stroke patient,you ask her to stick out (protract) her tongue.You note that it deviates to one side.You suspect that damage to the neural control of the ________ muscle has occurred.

• A)hyoglossus
• B)genioglossus
• C)palatoglossus
• D)styloglossus
• E)None of the answers is correct.

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