cranial nerves

Question 1

Olfactory (I)

Answer 1

smell, just sensory

Question 2

Optic (II)

Answer 2

vision, just sensory

Question 3

oculomotor (III)

Answer 3

adjust and coordinate eye position, just motor

Question 4

trochlear (IV)

Answer 4

moves eye down and rotates towards nose, controls superior oblique muscle, just motor

Question 5

abducens (VI)

Answer 5

abducts eye

Question 6

trigeminal (V)

Answer 6

sensation of face, motor of mastication muscles

Question 7

Facial (VII)

Answer 7

motor of face - facial expression, sensory - taste

Question 8

vestibulocochlear (VIII)

Answer 8

hearing and balance

Question 9

glossopharyngeal (IX)

Answer 9

toungue and throat, taste and swallowing

Question 10

vagus (X)

Answer 10

only cranial nerve that leaves head and neck, involved in parasympathetic nervous system; helps regulate heart, lungs, abdominal viscera

Question 11

accessory (XI)

Answer 11

moves head and neck, just motor

Question 12

hypoglossal (XII)

Answer 12

moves tongue