The nurse is performing a neurologic assessment on a patient.Which action should the nurse take to adequately test the effectiveness for the hypoglossal nerve?

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Asking the patient to touch the tip of the tongue to each cheek (while the nurse palpates the outside of the cheek)tests the effectiveness of the hypoglossal nerve (CN XII: a cranial motor nerve responsible for tongue movement and articulation of speech).Checking air movement through each nostril separately evaluates the olfactory nerve (CN I).Asking the patient to wrinkle the forehead tests the facial nerve (CN VII).Asking the patient to shrug the shoulders tests the spinal accessory nerve (CN XI).

The Nurse Is Performing a Neurologic Assessment on a Patient