Cranial Nerve

Question 1

Cranial Nerves

Answer 1

-help brain communicate with rest of body
-the nerves start or end in the brain and pass through foramina (openings) in the skull

Question 2

Olfactory

Answer 2

smell

Question 3

Optic

Answer 3

sight

Question 4

Oculomotor

Answer 4

-mostly motor
-movement of eyelid
-controls how much light we see
-changes lens shape

Question 5

Trochlear

Answer 5

Ability to move your eyes up and down or back and forth

Question 6

Trigeminal

Answer 6

ophthalmic (eye) and maxillary (mouth) branches are mostly sensory

Question 7

Abducens

Answer 7

motor nerve for the eyes lateral rectus muscle and proprioception

Question 8

Facial

Answer 8

mixed nerve for secretion of saliva, tears, taste, facial muscles, and proprioception

Question 9

Vestibulocochlear

Answer 9

-sensory nerve for cochlear branch for hearing
-vestibular branch for equilibrium and balance

Question 10

Glossopharyngeal

Answer 10

mixed nerve for taste, movement of tongue, saliva, swallowing, and pain in tongue to throat

Question 11

Vagus

Answer 11

-long mixed nerve that runs down torso
-parasympathetic smooth muscle control of heart, lungs, and pancreas secretions

Question 12

Accessory

Answer 12

mostly motor nerve for swallowing, head movement, and proprioception

Question 13

Hypoglossal

Answer 13

-motor nerve for speech, swallowing, and other tongue movements, along with proprioception