Cranial Nerves

Question 1

Cell bodies of olfactory nerve

Answer 1

Nasal mucosa

Question 2

Cranial exit of optic nerve

Answer 2

Optic canal

Question 3

Cell bodies of optic nerve

Answer 3

Ganglion cells of retina

Question 4

Cranial exit of oculomotor nerve

Answer 4

Superior orbital fissure

Question 5

Cell bodies of oculomotor

Answer 5

Nucleus CN III (midbrain) edinger-Westphal nucleus

Question 6

Cranial exit of trochlear nerve

Answer 6

Superior orbital fissure

Question 7

Cell bodies of trochlear nerve

Answer 7

Nucleus CN IV

Question 8

Cranial exit of trigeminal nerve

Answer 8

Superior orbital fissure; foramen rotundum and foramen ovale

Question 9

Cell bodies of trigeminal nerve

Answer 9

Motor nucleus CN V (pons) and trigeminal ganglion

Question 10

Cranial exit of abducens nerve

Answer 10

Superior orbital fissure

Question 11

Cell bodies of abducens nerve

Answer 11

Nucleus CN VI (pons)

Question 12

Cranial exit of facial nerve

Answer 12

Stylomastoid foramen

Question 13

Cell bodies of facial nerve

Answer 13

Motor nucleus CN VII (pons)
Superior salvatory nucleus
Geniculate ganglion

Question 14

Vestibulocochlear nerve cranial exit

Answer 14

Does not leave skull

Question 15

Cell bodies of Vestibulocochlear nerve

Answer 15

Vestibular ganglion

Spiral ganglion

Question 16

Cranial exit of glossopharyngeal nerve

Answer 16

Jugular foramen

Question 17

Cell bodies of glossopharyngeal nerve

Answer 17

Nucleus ambiguus (medulla)
Inferior salivary nucleus (medulla)
Inferior & superior ganglion

Question 18

Cranial exit of vagus nerve

Answer 18

Jugular foramen

Question 19

Cell bodies of vagus nerve

Answer 19

Nucleus ambiguus (medulla)
Dorsal nucleus (medulla)
Inferior & superior ganglion

Question 20

Cranial exit of accessory nerve

Answer 20

Jugular foramen

Question 21

Cell bodies of accessory nerve

Answer 21

Spinal cord (cervical)

Question 22

Cranial exit of hypoglossal nerve

Answer 22

Hypoglossal canal

Question 23

Cell bodies of hypoglossal nerve

Answer 23

Nucleus CN XII (medulla)

Question 24

Attachments of accessory nerve (2)

Answer 24

Trapezius & sternocleidomastoid

Question 25

Function of hypoglossal nerve

Answer 25

Muscle movements of the tongue

Question 26

Cranial exit for olfactory nerve

Answer 26

Cribriform plate of the ethmoidal bone

Question 27

Oculomotor nerve (CN III) supplies....

Answer 27

The sphincter pupillae and the ciliary muscle

Question 28

Smallest cranial nerve and emerges from the dorsal aspect of the brain stem

Answer 28

Trochlear nerve (CN IV)

Question 29

Supplies fibers to the superior oblique muscle

Answer 29

Trochlear nerve (CN IV)

Question 30

Trigeminal Nerve (CN V) supplies SVE fibers to which muscles

Answer 30

For mastication, the mylohyoid, anterior belly of the digastric muscle, tensor tympani, tensor veli palatini

Question 31

Has a ganglion that occupies Meckel's cave on the petrous portion of the temporal bone

Answer 31

Trigeminal nerve (CN V)

Question 32

Supplies the lacrimal gland, the conjunctiva, and skin of the upper eyelid

Answer 32

Lacrimal nerve

Question 33

Divides into the supra orbital and supratrochlear nerve and supplies the scalp, forehead, frontal sinus, and upper eyelid

Answer 33

Frontal nerve

Question 34

Supplies the dura in the anterior cranial Fossa

Answer 34

Meningeal branch