Cranial nerve attachment sites

Question 1

Oculomotor

Answer 1

Sulcus on walls of interpeduncular fossa

Question 2

Trochlear

Answer 2

Superior medullary velum (the roof of IV ventricle)
The cranial nerve that exits the midbrain and isn’t III
Courses dorsally

Question 3

Trigeminal

Answer 3

Lateral pons

BIG

Question 4

Abducens

Answer 4

Sulcus between pons and medulla, anterior surface

Question 5

Facial

Answer 5

Cerebellomedullary pontine angle, lateral
More slanted than VIII
Points upward

Question 6

Vestibulocochlear

Answer 6

Cerebellomedullary pontine angle, lateral
Flatter than VII
Points upward

Question 7

Glossopharyngeal

Answer 7

Along with X and XI, only nerves that come out of the lateral medulla
Posterior lateral olivary sulcus
Points outward

Question 8

Vagus

Answer 8

Along with X and XI, only nerves that come out of the lateral medulla
Posterior lateral olivary sulcus
Points outward

Question 9

Spinal accessory

Answer 9

Along with X and XI, only nerves that come out of the lateral medulla
Posterior lateral olivary sulcus
Points outward

Question 10

Hypoglossal

Answer 10

Anterior lateral olivary sulcus
Medulla, between pyramid and olive
Only one that comes out of the anterior medulla