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A high school soccer player sustained five concussions before she was told that she should never play contact sports again. after her last injury, she began experiencing episodes of double vision. she was told that she had most likely incurred damage to which cranial nerve?

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One of the most commonly damaged nervesduring head trauma is Cranial Nerve I, the olfactory nerve. ... The optic nerve, cranial nerve II, can be damaged by skull fractures. If sheared, it leads to permanent blindness in the affected eye.Apr 21, 2017
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