Cranial Nerves

Question 1

Cranial nerve I

Answer 1

Olfactory

Question 2

Cranial nerve II

Answer 2

Optic

Question 3

Cranial nerve III

Answer 3

Oculomotor

Question 4

Cranial nerve IV

Answer 4

Trochlear

Question 5

Cranial nerve V

Answer 5

Trigeminal

Question 6

Cranial nerve VI

Answer 6

Abducens

Question 7

Cranial nerve VII

Answer 7

Facial

Question 8

Cranial nerve VIII

Answer 8

Vestibulocochlear

Question 9

Cranial nerve IX

Answer 9

Glossopharyngeal

Question 10

Cranial nerve X

Answer 10

Vagus

Question 11

Cranial nerve XI

Answer 11

Accessory

Question 12

Cranial nerve XII

Answer 12

Hypoglossal

Question 13

Olfactory

Answer 13

Cranial nerve I- smell

Question 14

Optic

Answer 14

Cranial nerve II- Optic

Question 15

Occulomotor

Answer 15

Cranial nerve III- Most eye movements and eylids

Question 16

Trochlear

Answer 16

Cranial IV- Moves eye inward, down and laterally. Innervates the superior oblique muscle of the eye.

Question 17

Trigeminal

Answer 17

Cranial nerve V- Sensation to face and motor movements for mastication

Question 18

Abducens

Answer 18

Cranial nerve VI- Moves eye laterally, abducts eye towards ear.

Question 19

Facial

Answer 19

Cranial nerve VII- Muscles of facial expression, taste anterior portion 2/3 of tongue, tear and salivary ducts, stapedius muscle (dampens loud noises by adjusting stapedius bone)

Question 20

Vestibulocochlear

Answer 20

Cranial nerve VIII- Balance and hearing

Question 21

Glossopharyngeal

Answer 21

Cranial Nerve IX- taste posterior portion 1/3 of tongue, sensation to pharynx

Question 22

Vagus

Answer 22

Cranial nerve X- coughing and swallowing. Sensation from skin and chemo. receptors in aorta. Motor innervation and sensation to/from throat, tongue, larynx, tensor
veli palatini, abdominal organs.

Question 23

Accessory

Answer 23

Cranial Nerve XI- Motor supply to sternocleidomastoid m. and
trapezius m. (turn head and shrug shoulders)

Question 24

Hypoglossal

Answer 24

Cranial Nerve XII-Motor innervation of the tongue muscles