Cranial Nerves

Question 1

CN 1 Olfactory Nerve

Answer 1

Afferent (sensory)

Smell: Nose

Question 2

CN 2 Optic

Answer 2

Afferent (Sensory)

Sight: Eye

Question 3

CN 3 Oculomotor

Answer 3

Voluntary Motors

Autonomic: Smooth muscle of eyeball

Question 4

CN 4 Trochlear

Answer 4

Voluntary Motor

Superior Oblique muscle of eye

“SO4”

Question 5

CN 5 Trigeminal

Answer 5

Afferent: Touch/Pain
Skin of Face

Voluntary Motor: Fascial Muscles

Question 6

CN 6 Abducens

Answer 6

Voluntary Motor:

Lateral Rectus Muscles of Eyeball

“LR6”

Question 7

CN 7 Fascial

Answer 7

Taste: Anterior Tongue

Voluntary Motor:

Fascial Muscles

Autonomic: Lacrimal, Submandibular, and Sublingual glands

Question 8

C8 Vestibulocochlear

Answer 8

Sensory

Hearing: Ear
Balance: Ear

Question 9

C9 Glossopharyngeal

Answer 9

Touch, pain: posterior tongue, pharynx
Taste: Posterior Tongue

Voluntary Motor: Muscles of the Pharynx

Autonomic: Parotid Gland

Question 10

C10 Vagus

Answer 10

Mainly Autonomic

Thoracic and Abdominal Viscera

Question 11

CN11 Cranial Accessory Nerve

Answer 11

Voluntary Motor:

SCM

Trapezius

Question 12

CN12 Hypoglossal

Answer 12

Voluntary Motor: Muscles of Tongue