When a person who has been in an accident is taken to the emergency room, the emergency staff perform a series of tests to determine the location and severity of the head injuries. What type of body functions would be used to test for cranial and nervous system injury?
What will be an ideal response?
The functions that would be tested would be the cranial reflexes. These are reflex arcs that involve the sensory and motor fibers of the cranial nerves. The tests include the corneal, tympanic, auditory, and vestibulocochlear reflexes.
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