Cranial Nerves

Question 1

Oh
Oh
Oh
To
Touch
And
Feel
Very
Good
Velvet
Ah
Heaven

Answer 1

1. Olfactory
2. Optic
3. Occulomotor
4. Trochlear
5. Trigeminal
6. Abducens
7. Facial
8. Vestibulocochlear
9. Glossopharyngeal
10. Vagus
11. Accessory
12. Hypoglossal

Question 2

Some
Say
Marry
Money
But
My
Brother
Says
Big
Brains
Matter
Most

Answer 2

1. Olfactory S
2. Optic S
3. Occulomotor M
4. Trochlear M
5. Trigeminal B
6. Abducens M
7. Facial B
8. Vestibulocochlear S
9. Glossopharyngeal B
10. Vagus B
11. Accessory M
12. Hypoglossal M

Question 3

I

Answer 3

Olfactory S

sense of smell

Question 4

II

Answer 4

Optic S

Vision

Question 5

III

Answer 5

Occulomotor M

Pupils, enables eye movements, such as focusing on an object that’s in motion. Cranial nerve III also makes it possible to move your eyes up, down and side to side

Question 6

IV

Answer 6

Trochlear M

enables movement in the eye’s superior oblique muscle. This makes it possible to look down. The nerve also enables you to move your eyes toward your nose or away from it

Question 7

V

Answer 7

Trigeminal B

pain, touch and temperature sensations from your face to your brain

provides sensory and motor innervation to the muscles of mastication

Question 8

VI

Answer 8

Abducens M

moves the eye outward (abduction) so you can look to the side.

Via the contralateral medial rectus muscle, it coordinates the simultaneous side-to-side movement of your eyes

Question 9

VII

Answer 9

Facial B

facial movement and expression

taste to the anterior 2/3 of the tongue and producing tears (lacrimal gland)

Question 10

VIII

Answer 10

Vestibulocochlear S

sensation of hearing, and its vestibular portions are involved in balance, spatial sensation, and posture

Question 11

IX

Answer 11

Glossopharyngeal B

S: the pharynx, middle ear, posterior one-third of the tongue (including taste buds); and the carotid body and sinus

M: stylopharyngeus muscle elevates the larynx and pharynx, especially during speaking and swallowing

Question 12

X

Answer 12

Vagus B

the main nerves of your parasympathetic nervous system. This system controls specific body functions such as your digestion, heart rate and immune system

Question 13

XI

Answer 13

Accessory M

sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles

Question 14

XII

Answer 14

Hypoglossal M

extrinsic and intrinsic muscles of the tongue (except the palatoglossus, innervated by vagus nerve)