CN 12

Question 0

Recurrent meningeal branches from the twelfth cranial nerve will arise from what area of the cranial vault?

Answer 0

dura mater of the posterior cranial fossa

Question 1

Branches of the twelfth cranial nerve provide somatic efferent innervation to which extrinsic muscles of the tongue?

Answer 1

genioglossus muscle, styloglossus muscle, and hyoglossus muscle

Question 2

Peripheral processes from sensory receptors in the dura mater of the posterior cranial fossa will be conveyed from the twelfth cranial nerve to what nerve?

Answer 2

the ventral ramus of the first cervical nerve

Question 3

Peripheral processes associated with the twelfth cranial nerve arise from pseudounipolar afferent neurons at what location?

Answer 3

the dorsal root ganglion of C1