2.3 Cranial Nerves Part 4

Question 1

What is the motor portion of CN IX responsible for?

Answer 1

swallowing muscles

Question 2

What is the sensory portion of CN IX responsible for?

Answer 2

taste on the posterior portion of the tongue

Question 3

What does the visceral motor neuron in CN IX control?

Answer 3

parotid salivary glands

Question 4

What is CN X?

Answer 4

vagus nerve

Question 5

What type of cranial nerve is CN X?

Answer 5

mixed motor and sensory nerve

Question 6

Where does the vagus nerve spread out on?

Answer 6

abdomen

Question 7

What is CN X responsible for?

Answer 7

digestion
regulation of heart rate
sensation of the digestive tract

Question 8

What is CN XI?

Answer 8

accessory nerve

Question 9

What type of cranial nerve is CN XI?

Answer 9

motor nervere

Question 10

What is CN XI responsible for?

Answer 10

control of muscles involved in rotation of the head and movement of the upper shoulders

Question 11

What is CN XII?

Answer 11

hypoglossal nerve

Question 12

What type of cranial nerve is CN XII?

Answer 12

motor nerve

Question 13

What is CN XII responsible for?

Answer 13

voluntary tongue movements