Cranial Nerve Nuclei

Question 1

CN nuclei

Answer 1

Collection of cell body that can have sensory or motor information

Question 2

Motor cranial nerves

Answer 2

III - oculomotor
IV- trochlear 
VI - abducens 
XI - accessory 
XII - hypoglossal

Question 3

Sensory CN

Answer 3

II - optic

VIII- vestibulocochlear

Question 4

Mixed cranial nerves

Answer 4

V
VII
IX
X

Question 5

Motor nuclei categories

Answer 5

General somatic efferent - skeletal mculses
Special visceral efferent - pharyngeal arches
General visceral efferent - visceral smooth muscles

Question 6

Sensory nuclei categories

Answer 6

General somatic afferent - pain, temperature, touch
Special somatic afferent - hearing, vision , balance
General visceral afferent - pain or reflex from viscera, glands, blood vessels
Special visceral afferent - smell, taste

Question 7

Lateral geniculate input and outpur

Answer 7

Input :retina, superior colliculus

Output : occipital cortex

Question 8

Classification of CN I

Answer 8

SVA

Question 9

Where does the olfactory nerve synapse

Answer 9

Olfactory bulb

Question 10

origin of optic nerve

Answer 10

Retina of eye

Question 11

Passageway of optic nerve from optic tract to thalamus

Answer 11

Lateral geniculate body

Question 12

Optic nerve classification

Answer 12

SSA

Question 13

Oculomotor nerve classification

Answer 13

GSE

GVE through edinger westphal nucleus for ciliary muscles and sphincter pupillae

Question 14

Trochelar nerve classification

Answer 14

GSE

Question 15

Trigeminal nerve classification

Answer 15

GSA

BE

Question 16

Abducens nerve classification

Answer 16

GSE

Question 17

Abducens nerve classification

Answer 17

GSE

Question 18

Facial nerve classification

Answer 18

SVE - muscle of facial expression
GVE - for glands
SVA - taste tongue