Cranial Nerve overview

Question 1

Cranial nerve I name and function?

Answer 1

Olfactory; special sensory

Question 2

Cranial Nerve II, name and function?

Answer 2

Optic; special sensory

Question 3

Cranial Nerve lll, name and function?

Answer 3

Oculomotor; motor (somatic and parasympathetic)

Question 4

Cranial Nerve IV, name and function?

Answer 4

Trochlear; somatic motor

Question 5

Cranial Nerve V, name and function?

Answer 5

Trigeminal; Mixed, somatic motor and sensory

Question 6

Cranial Nerve VI, name and function?

Answer 6

Abducens; somatic motor

Question 7

Cranial Nerve VII, name and function?

Answer 7

Facial; mixed motor; somatic and parasympathetic: sensory; somatic and special

Question 8

Cranial Nerve VIII, name and function?

Answer 8

Vestibulocochlear; special sensory

Question 9

Cranial Nerve IX, name and function?

Answer 9

Glossopharyngeal; mixed; motor; branchiomotor and parasympathetic: sensory; somatic, special and visceral

Question 10

Cranial Nerve X, name and function?

Answer 10

Mixed motor; branchiomotor and parasympathetic; sensory; somatic, special and visceral

Question 11

Cranial Nerve XI, name and function?

Answer 11

Accessory (spinal Accessory); motor

Question 12

Cranial Nerve XII, name and function?

Answer 12

Hypoglossal; motor

Question 13

What cranial nerve supplies the muscle that opens the eyelid?

Answer 13

oculomotor

Question 14

What is the smallest cranial nerve?

Answer 14

Trochlear

Question 15

What C.N. has its apparent origin on the posterior aspect of the brainstem?

Answer 15

Trochlear

Question 16

Which is the only C.N. to cross over itself?

Answer 16

Trochlear

Question 17

Which nerve is THE GREAT SENSORY NERVE OF THE FACE?

Answer 17

Trigeminal

Question 18

Which is the largest C.N.?

Answer 18

Trigeminal

Question 19

Which C.N. gives motor supply to the muscles of mastication?

Answer 19

Trigeminal

Question 20

Which C.N. is the NERVE OF FACIAL EXPRESSION?

Answer 20

Facial

Question 21

Which C.N. carries taste information to the anterior 2/3 of the tongue?

Answer 21

Facial

Question 22

What C.N. supplies the lacrimal and salivary glands?

Answer 22

Facial

Question 23

Which C.N. carries special sensory for hearing and equilibrium?

Answer 23

Vestibulocochlear

Question 24

What C.N. carries taste information from the posterior 1/3 of the tongue?

Answer 24

Glossopharyngeal

Question 25

Which C.N. gives parasympathetic supply to the parotid gland?

Answer 25

Glossopharyngeal

Question 26

What is the longest of the C.N.s?

Answer 26

Vagus

Question 27

Which C.N. gives parasympathetic supply to the bronchi, heart, and GI tract from esophagus to distal 1/3 of the transverse colon

Answer 27

Vagus

Question 28

Which C.N. supplies the muscles of the pharynx, larynx, and palate (cranial part) and the trapezius and sternocleidomastoid?

Answer 28

Spinal accessory

Question 29

Which C.N. supplies the intrinsic and extrinsic muscles of the tongue?

Answer 29

Hypoglossal

Question 30

Which skull opening does CN l pass through?

Answer 30

Cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone

Question 31

Which skull opening does CN Il pass through?

Answer 31

Optic canal

Question 32

Which skull opening does CN lII pass through?

Answer 32

Superior Orbital fissure

Question 33

Which skull opening does CN lV pass through?

Answer 33

Superior orbital fissure

Question 34

Which skull opening does CN V1 pass through?

Answer 34

Superior orbital fissure

Question 35

Which skull opening does CN V2 pass through?

Answer 35

Foramen Rotundum

Question 36

Which skull opening does CN V3 pass through?

Answer 36

Foramen Ovale

Question 37

Which skull opening does CN Vl pass through?

Answer 37

Superior orbital fissure

Question 38

Which skull opening does CN VII pass through?

Answer 38

Internal acoustic meatus

Question 39

Which skull opening does CN VIIl pass through?

Answer 39

Internal acoustic meatus

Question 40

Which skull opening does CN lX pass through?

Answer 40

Jugular foramen

Question 41

Which skull opening does CN X pass through?

Answer 41

Jugular foramen

Question 42

Which skull opening does CN Xl pass through?

Answer 42

Jugular foramen

Question 43

Which skull opening does CN XII pass through?

Answer 43

Hypoglossal canal