KROK 1 Stomatology 2012 – Question 11 · KROK (Dentistry)
A 60-year-old patient has problems with formation and moving of food mass, it disturbs eating process. His tongue is stiff, speaking is impossible. What nerve is damaged?
- A. IX
- B. XI
- C. VII
- D. V
- E. XII
Hint
Ask which cranial nerve supplies the muscles of the tongue itself, whose paralysis leaves the tongue immobile for chewing, swallowing and speech.
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