Cranial nerve Course

Question 1

What type of fibres are present in Cranial nerve I?

Answer 1

Special sensory

Question 2

What plate of bone do the branches of CN I enter the anterior cranial fossa?

Answer 2

Cribiform plate of ethmoid bone

Question 3

Answer 3

Question 4

Type of fibres present in Cranial nerve II

Answer 4

Special sensory

Question 5

Answer 5

Question 6

Type of cranial nerve III?

Answer 6

Motor and parasympathetic

Question 7

Type of cranial nerve IV?

Answer 7

Motor

Question 8

Type of cranial nerve VI?

Answer 8

Motor

Question 9

Answer 9

Question 10

Answer 10

Question 11

What are the fibre types in cranial nerve V?

Answer 11

V1- Sensory

V2- Sensory

V3- Sensory and motor

Question 12

Answer 12

Question 13

Type of fibres present in Cranial nerve VII – (choose from amongst general sensory, special sensory, motor, and parasympathetic)

Answer 13

Motor, Sensory, Special Sensory, Parasympathetic

Question 14

Type of fibres present in Cranial nerve VIII – (choose from amongst general sensory, special sensory, motor, and parasympathetic)

Answer 14

Special Sensory

Question 15

Type of fibres present in Cranial nerve IX – (choose from amongst general sensory, special sensory, motor, and parasympathetic)

Answer 15

Motor, Sensory, Special Sensory, Parasympathetic

Question 16

Answer 16

Question 17

Type of fibres present in Cranial nerve X – (choose from amongst general sensory, special sensory, motor, and parasympathetic)

Answer 17

Motor, General Sensory, Parasympathetic

Question 18

Name two branches of this cranial nerve that innervate the muscles of the larynx.

Answer 18

Superior Laryngeal Nerve and Recurrent Laryngeal Nerves

Question 19

Type of fibres present in Cranial nerve XI – (choose from amongst general sensory, special sensory, motor, and parasympathetic

Answer 19

Motor

Question 20

What is this hgihlighted in green?

Answer 20

Accessory nerve

Question 21

Type of fibres present in Cranial nerve XII – (choose from amongst general sensory, special sensory, motor, and parasympathetic)

Answer 21

Motor

Question 22

What nerve is this?

Answer 22

Hypoglossal

Question 23

What nerve?

Answer 23

Vagus

Question 24

Which of the cranial nerves have a parasympathetic component

Answer 24

III, VII, IX, & X

Question 25

Which cranial nerve(s) are attached directly to the brain?

Answer 25

I and II

Question 26

Which cranial nerve(s) are attached directly to the midbrain?

Answer 26

III, IV

Question 27

Which is the only cranial nerve to arise from the posterior aspect of the brain?

Answer 27

IV

Question 28

Which cranial nerve(s) are attached directly to the pons?

Answer 28

V, VI, VII

Question 29

Which cranial nerve(s) are attached directly to the pontomedullary junction?

Answer 29

VIII

Question 30

Which cranial nerve(s) are attached directly to the medulla?

Answer 30

IX, X, XI, XII

Question 31

Which cranial nerve can be tested by the pupillary light reflex?

Answer 31

II and III

Question 32

Which cranial nerve can be tested by touch over the surface of the cheek?

Answer 32

V

Question 33

What cranial nerve would you be testing if you asked the patient to stick their tongue out?

Answer 33

Hypoglossal – CN XII

Question 34

What type of fibres in cranial nerve I?

Answer 34

Special sensory

Question 35

What type of fibres in cranial nerve II?

Answer 35

Special sensory

Question 36

What type of fibres in cranial nerve III?

Answer 36

Motor

Question 37

What type of fibres in cranial nerve IV?

Answer 37

Motor

Question 38

What are cranial nerve V?

Answer 38

Motor and sensory

Question 39

What type of fibres in cranial nerve VI?

Answer 39

Motor

Question 40

What type of fibres in cranial nerve VII?

Answer 40

Motor, sensory and special sensory

Question 41

What type of fibres in cranial nerve VIII

Answer 41

Special sensory

Question 42

What type of fibres in cranial nerve IX?

Answer 42

Motor and sensory and special sensory

Question 43

What type of fibres in cranial nerve X?

Answer 43

Motor, sensory and special sensory

Question 44

What type of fibres in cranial nerve XI?

Answer 44

Motor

Question 45

What type of fibres in cranial nerve XII?

Answer 45

Motor

Question 46

What is the mneumonic for the cranial nerves fibre types?

Answer 46

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