A nurse is obtaining a health history. How might the nurse best determine the integrity to cranial nerve XII during the examination of the patient's oral cavity?
A) Have the patient smile.
B) Ask the patient to pucker his or her lips.
C) Have the patient stick out his or her tongue and move it laterally.
D) Have the patient roll his or her tongue.
Ans: C
Feedback: The patient is instructed to protrude his or her tongue and move it laterally to assess the integrity of cranial nerve XII.
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