A patient with tic douloureux is being cared for on an outpatient basis. The clinic nurse knows that tic douloureux is an affliction of what cranial nerve?
A) First
B) Third
C) Fifth
D) Seventh
Ans: C
Feedback: Trigeminal neuralgia is a condition of the fifth cranial nerve that is characterized by paroxysms of pain in the area innervated by any of the three branches, but most commonly the second and third branches of the trigeminal nerve.
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