A cranial nerve exam can assess sensory functions by systematically testing different cranial nerves through specific sensory modalities: visual identification tests the optic nerve (CN II), olfactory identification tests the olfactory nerve (CN I), gustatory identification tests the facial nerve (CN VII), and auditory identification tests the vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII). The exam involves presenting various items (such as candles, exfoliators, lip balm, paint, and food items) and asking the subject to identify them using their senses, thereby evaluating the integrity and function of these cranial nerves.
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ASMR Oddly Specific Cranial Never ExamAdded:
Hi, welcome to my ASMR channel. Today we are going to be doing an oddly specific cranial nerve exam.
So, let's get started. Item number one.
Item number one. Item number one. Item number one.
What is this? What is this? What is this? What is this?
Use your sight. Your sight. Use your sense of smell.
Probably don't use your taste buds for this one. Um he might not like that very much.
He probably won't.
So, this is a cat. Good. Good. Good.
What's his name?
Okay, his name is Tiger Henry.
This is Tiger Henry. Tiger Henry. Tiger Henry. Tiger Henry.
He's my baby. I'm going to do this pretty fast.
This next item.
It is a candle. I want you to use your sense of smell.
All right.
Don't use the color of the packaging.
The color of the packaging is blue. It's going to throw you for a loop.
But, just smell and see what it smells like. Smell. Smell. Smell. Smell. Smell.
Smell. Smell. Smell. Smell. Smell.
What does it smell like? What does it smell like? What's the scent of this candle?
Correct guess. It is in fact chocolate chip cookies. Good job.
Wonderful. All right, for this next one you are not allowed to see. You're not allowed to see it. You're not allowed to see it. What is this sound? What is this sound?
What is this sound?
Correct guess. It is a bunch of diamond painting bead kits. Beads.
In a glass cotton swab jar.
Correct guess. Good job, though. I threw you for a loop with that one, I know.
All right.
What is this? What is this? What Let me open it.
Smell it. Smell it. Smell it.
Uh don't taste it. It goes on your face.
Smell it. Smell it. Smell it.
I'll give you a hint. It is an exfoliator. So, it exfoliates all the dead skin cells off of your skin.
It smell like Smell it. Smell it. Smell it. It smells like pineapple.
Good. Good. Good. Okay. Okay. Okay.
All right. For this next one, I want you to use your eyesight to guess what color this duck is.
All right. Remember this is oddly specific. So, do you think it is a plain duck? Do you think it has designs? What do you think? All right. Guess. Guess.
Guess. Guess. Guess. Guess. Guess. In 3 2 1.
Correct. This duck is green. And correct. It does have blue stars on it.
Good job. Good job.
All right. Open your mouth. This one This one is a tasting one. Open your mouth. Open your mouth. Open your mouth.
Open your mouth.
All right. Open your mouth.
All right. Smell it. Taste it. What do you think?
It smells like coconuts. Right. Right.
Right. What does it taste like? What does it taste like?
Taste like chemicals. Good job. Good job. Good job. And it is in fact perfume.
It is Frosted Coconut Snowball. It is perfume.
All right. Use your senses of feeling and tasting for this. I'm going to put this lip balm on you.
Lip balm. Lip balm. Lip balm. Lip balm.
Lip balm.
It comes in a really cool tin. Do this to your lips. Smell it.
Taste it. Taste it. Taste it.
What does it taste like?
Correct. Yes, it is in fact blue raspberry slushy flavored. Good job.
Smell it. This is body wash.
What does it smell like?
All right, it is in fact lavender scented. Good job.
All right.
Now, I want you to guess the color of this paint.
Guess the color of this paint.
Correct. It is hydrangea pink. Awesome.
All right.
What color is this paint? What color is this paint? What color is this paint?
It is in fact sun bright yellow. Good job. Good job. Good job.
All right.
All right, I'm going to put on some hand sanitizer and you tell me what you smell.
Also, look at my peacock ring.
Look at this pretty ring. I found this.
I found this ring at a garage sale for $2.
All right, so anyways, what was the smell of this What was the smell of this hand sanitizer?
Correct. It was in fact Fiji white sand.
Good job. You're really good at this.
All right.
What color is this? Use your sight. Use your sight. Use your sight. What color is this?
Blue. All right. All right.
What kind of blue?
Good job. It is lake.
It's just called lake.
Good job. All right. Guess what color this is.
Tell me what color this is. What color is this?
What color is this acrylic paint?
Good job. It is in fact avocado colored.
Good job.
All right.
Use your eyesight. Use your eyesight.
Use your eyesight. Tell me what animal this is. Tell me what animal this is.
Tell me what animal this is.
It's on my sweater as well.
Good job. It is a whale shark. Good job.
All right. Open your mouth. This is more taste.
Open your mouth. Open your mouth. Open your mouth.
All right. What's that taste like?
Just water.
Are you sure?
Change your mind. It's bleach. Okay.
Good job. Good job. Good job. You got that right. You got that right. You got that right.
Um I want you to use your sound. Use your sound. Use your sound. What's this sound like?
Good job. It is an angry cat squishy.
Awesome work.
All right. All right. All right.
Now, I have I have this cup right here.
I have this cup right here. Put it into pieces.
All right. All right. All right.
Put it in your mouth.
Do it. Go.
But tell me what the flavor is. What's the flavor? What's the flavor?
What does it smell like? What does it taste like? What does it feel like?
Good job. It is blue raspberry flavored gum.
Good job. All right.
For this one, I'm going to need you to use your sense of smell. Your sense of smell. Your sense of smell.
I have spray right I have the spray right here.
I'm going to need you to tell me what this smells like.
Breathe it in. Breathe it in. Like don't waft it, but like breathe it in, you know?
Good job. It is white tea shirt scented.
Awesome work. All right.
Now, what does this sound like?
All right. And just let me know what color that word there is.
What color is that?
That.
Yeah, that's blue.
What color is that?
Yeah, that's green. What color is that right there?
Yeah, that's red.
What color is that?
Orange. Okay, what color is that?
Like a red orange, like the Crayola crayon.
All right, what color is this?
Like a cyan.
What color is this?
It's like like a warm tone of violet. Right, right, right.
Right, right, right, right. All right, all right.
Oh, I have one more.
One more.
But you're not allowed to see it because that'll give it away, but what does this smell like?
And what does this taste like? Open your mouth. Open your mouth. Open your mouth.
Go.
Open your mouth. All right, all right, all right.
All right.
All right, good job. Good job. That was in fact sunscreen. Okay, good job.
All right, I think that that concludes our video today. I hope that you enjoyed this olfactory specific cranial nerve exam.
I'm sorry that I couldn't think of anything more. Um, I just wanted to get a video out to you guys because it's been like a billion years since I last posted.
But yeah, I just wanted to get a video out to you guys.
And hopefully I get out of this creative rut and I start posting again.
All right. I hope that you guys enjoyed this video.
If you do, like, comment, subscribe, share, whatever. I don't care.
As long as you have a good night, I really don't care what happens.
All right, have a good night, good evening, good morning, wherever you are in the world. And I'll see you in the next one. Bye.
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