Cranial Nerves

Question 1

Cranial Nerve I

Answer 1

Olfactory Nerve

Question 2

What type is CN 1?

Answer 2

Special Sense

Question 3

Cranial Nerve II

Answer 3

Optic Nerve

Question 4

What type is CN 2?

Answer 4

Special Sense

Question 5

Cranial Nerve III

Answer 5

Oculomotor Nerve

Question 6

What type is CN 3?

Answer 6

Motor Nerve

Question 7

Cranial Nerve IV

Answer 7

Trochlear Nerve

Question 8

What type is CN 4?

Answer 8

Motor Nerve

Question 9

Cranial Nerve V

Answer 9

Trigeminal

Question 10

What type is CN 5?

Answer 10

General Sensory and Motor

Question 11

Cranial Nerve VI

Answer 11

Abducens Nerve

Question 12

What type is CN 6?

Answer 12

Motor Nerve

Question 13

Cranial Nerve VII

Answer 13

Facial Nerve

Question 14

What type is CN 7?

Answer 14

Special Sense, General Sensory and Motor

Question 15

Cranial Nerve VIII

Answer 15

Vestibulo-cochlear

Question 16

What type is CN 8?

Answer 16

Special Sense

Question 17

Cranial Nerve IX

Answer 17

Glossopharyngeal Nerve

Question 18

What type is CN 9?

Answer 18

Special Sense, General Sensory and Motor

Question 19

Cranial Nerve X

Answer 19

Vagus Nerve

Question 20

What type is CN 10?

Answer 20

Special Sense, General Sensory and Motor

Question 21

Cranial Nerve XI

Answer 21

Accessory Nerve

Question 22

What type is CN 11?

Answer 22

Motor Nerve

Question 23

Cranial Nerve XII

Answer 23

Hypoglossal Nerve

Question 24

What type is CN 12?

Answer 24

Motor Nerve

Question 25

Where in skull does CN 1 enter/exit?

Answer 25

Cribiform plate of ethmoid

Question 26

What does CN 1 supply?

Answer 26

Nasal cavity

Question 27

What does CN 2 supply?

Answer 27

Orbit

Question 28

Where in skull does CN 3 enter/exit?

Answer 28

Superior orbital fissure

Question 29

What does CN 3 supply?

Answer 29

Orbit

Question 30

Where in skull does CN 4 enter/exit?

Answer 30

Superior orbital fissure

Question 31

What does CN 4 supply?

Answer 31

Orbit

Question 32

Where in skull does CN 5 enter/exit?

Answer 32

Superior orbital fissure; foramen rotundum, foreamen ovale

Question 33

What does CN 5 supply?

Answer 33

1st pharyngeal arch derivatives - face, jaws, oral and nasal cavities

Question 34

Where in skull does CN 6 enter/exit?

Answer 34

superior orbital fissure

Question 35

What does CN 6 supply?

Answer 35

Orbit

Question 36

Where in skull does CN 7 enter/exit?

Answer 36

Internal auditory meatus

Question 37

What does CN 7 supply?

Answer 37

2nd pharyngeal arch derivatives - face and oral cavity

Question 38

Where in skull does CN 8 enter/exit?

Answer 38

Internal auditory meatus

Question 39

What does CN 8 supply?

Answer 39

Inner ear

Question 40

Where in skull does CN 9 enter/exit?

Answer 40

Jugular foramen

Question 41

What does CN 9 supply?

Answer 41

3rd pharyngeal arch derivatives - parotid gland, pharynx

Question 42

Where in skull does CN 10 enter/exit?

Answer 42

Jugular foramen

Question 43

What does CN 10 supply?

Answer 43

4-6th arch derivatives - pharynx, larynx, heart, lung

Question 44

Where in skull does CN 11 enter/exit?

Answer 44

Jugular foramen

Question 45

What does CN 11 supply?

Answer 45

Neck

Question 46

Where in skull does CN 12 enter/exit?

Answer 46

Hypoglossal canal

Question 47

What does CN 12 supply?

Answer 47

Tongue