Chp 15 Cranial nerves

Question 0

What is Cranial nerve II called?
What type of nerve is it?
What is its function?
Where does it exit the cranium?

Answer 0

Optic
Sensory
Vision
Optic canal

Question 1

What is Cranial nerve I called?
What type of nerve is it?
What is its function?
Where does it exit the cranium?

Answer 1

Olfactory
Sensory
Smell
Cribriform plate

Question 2

What is Cranial nerve III called?
What type of nerve is it?
What is its function?
Where does it exit the cranium?

Answer 2

Oculomotor
Motor
Intrinsic and extrinsic eye movement
Superior orbital fissure

Question 3

What is Cranial nerve IV called?
What type of nerve is it?
What is its function?
Where does it exit the cranium?

Answer 3

Trochlear
Motor
Extrinsic eye movement
Superior orbital fissure

Question 4

What is Cranial nerve V called?
What type of nerve is it?
What is its function?
What are the 3 nerve branches called and where do they exit?

Answer 4

Trigeminal
Both sensory and motor
sensations in head or muscles of mastication
V1= ophthalmic nerve- superior orbital fissure
V2= maxillary nerve- Foramen rotundum
V3= Mandibular nerve- Foramen ovale

Question 5

What is Cranial nerve VI called?
What type of nerve is it?
What is its function?
Where does it exit the cranium?

Answer 5

Abducent or Abducens
Motor
Extrinsic eye movement (abducts eyeball)
Superior Orbital fissure

Question 6

What is Cranial nerve VII called?
What type of nerve is it?
What is its function?
Where does it exit the cranium?

Answer 6

Facial
Both sensory and motor
Muscles of facial expression and taste
Internal acoustic meatus

Question 7

What is Cranial nerve VIII called?
What type of nerve is it?
What is its function?
Where does it exit the cranium?

Answer 7

Vestibulocochlear
Sensory
Hearing and Equilibrium
Internal Acoustic meatus

Question 8

What is Cranial nerve IX called?
What type of nerve is it?
What is its function?
Where does it exit the cranium?

Answer 8

Glossopharyngeal
Both
Muscles of pharynx and taste
Jugular Foramen

Question 9

What is Cranial nerve X called?
What type of nerve is it?
What is its function?
Where does it exit the cranium?

Answer 9

Vagus
Both
Parasympathetic to major organs and larynx and pharynx muscles
Jugular foramen

Question 10

What is Cranial nerve XI called?
What type of nerve is it?
What is its function?
Where does it exit the cranium?

Answer 10

Accessory
Motor
Innervates trapezius and Sternocleidomastoid muscles
Jugular Foramen

Question 11

What is Cranial nerve XII called?
What type of nerve is it?
What is its function?
Where does it exit the cranium?

Answer 11

Hypoglossal
Motor
Tongue muscle
Hypoglossal canal

Question 12

What is a mnemonic is remember the Cranial nerve names?

Answer 12

Oh, Oh, Oh, To, Touch, And, Feel, Very, Good, Velvet, A H !

Question 13

What is a mnemonic to remember if the cranial nerve is sensory or motor?

Answer 13

Some, Say, Marry, Money, But, My, Brother, Says, Bad, Business, Marrying, Money.