Cranial Nerves

Question 1

CN I

Answer 1

Olfactory – Smell (Sensory)

Question 2

CN II

Answer 2

Optic – Vision (Sensory)

Question 3

CN III

Answer 3

Oculomotor – Moves eye up/down/in, opens eyelid, shrinks pupil (Motor)

Question 4

CN IV

Answer 4

Trochlear – Moves eye down and in (superior oblique muscle) (Motor)

Question 5

CN V

Answer 5

Trigeminal – Feels face, controls chewing (Both)

Question 6

CN VI

Answer 6

Abducens – Moves eye outward (lateral rectus muscle) (Motor)

Question 7

CN VII

Answer 7

Facial – Moves face, taste (front tongue), tears and saliva (Both)

Question 8

CN VIII

Answer 8

Vestibulocochlear – Hearing and balance (Sensory)

Question 9

CN IX

Answer 9

Glossopharyngeal – Taste (back tongue), swallowing, monitors BP (Both)

Question 10

CN X

Answer 10

Vagus – Controls heart, lungs, gut, voice, swallowing (Both)

Question 11

CN XI

Answer 11

Accessory – Shrugs shoulders, turns head (Motor)

Question 12

CN XII

Answer 12

Hypoglossal – Moves the tongue (Motor)