Cranial Nerves

Question 1

0

Answer 1

Terminalis Nerve
Special Somatic Sensory
Chemosensory - reproductive pheromones

Question 2

I

Answer 2

Olfactory Nerve
Special Somatic Sensory
Olfactory Epithelium

Question 3

II

Answer 3

Optic Nerve
Special Somatic Sensory
Eye

Question 4

III

Answer 4

Oculomotor Nerve
Somatic Motor (Visceral Motor [autonomic] to ciliary and iris muscles)
Innervates Medial Rectus, Dorsal (Superior) Rectus, Ventral (Inferior) Rectus, and Ventral (Inferior) Oblique

Question 5

IV

Answer 5

Trochlear Nerve
Somatic Motor
Innervates Dorsal (Superior) Oblique

Question 6

V

Answer 6

Trigeminal Nerve *
Somatic Sensory from head
Motor: Jaw muscles

Question 7

VI

Answer 7

Abducens Nerve
Somatic Motor
Innervates Lateral (Posterior) Rectus

Question 8

VII

Answer 8

Facial Nerve *
Sensory and Motor
Face

Question 9

VIII

Answer 9

Vestibulocochlear (Statoacoustic) Nerve
Special Somatic Sensory
Vestibular apparatus and auditory ear

Question 10

IX

Answer 10

Glossopharyngeal Nerve *
Mainly Sensory
Tongue and pharynx

Question 11

X

Answer 11

Vagus Nerve *
Sensory and Motor
Runs back to viscera

Question 12

XI

Answer 12

Spinal Accessory Nerve * (Amniotes only)
Sensory and Motor
Accessory to X

Question 13

XII

Answer 13

Hypoglossal (Amniotes only)
Somatic Motor
Tongue, hypobranchial muscles