Functions 2

Question 1

Facial Nerve (Both)

Answer 1

Facial movements
Taste from anterior ⅔ of 
tongue(chorda tympani)
Lacrimation
Salivation
Eyelid closing
Auditory reflex

Question 2

Vestibulocochlear Nerve (Sensory)

Answer 2

Hearing

Balance

Question 3

Glossopharyngeal Nerve (Both)

Answer 3

Taste and sensation of posterior ⅓ of tongue
Monitoring of carotid body and sinus chemoreceptors and baroreceptors
Elevation of pharynx/larynx

Question 4

Vagus Nerve (Both)

Answer 4

Taste from supraglottic region
Swallowing
Soft palate elevation
Speech
Cough reflex
Parasympathetic innervation to thoracoabdominal viscera
Monitoring aortic arch chemoreceptors and baroreceptors

Question 5

Accessory Nerve (Motor)

Answer 5

Head turning

Shoulder shrugging

Question 6

Hypoglossal nerve (Motor)

Answer 6

Tongue movements