Cranial Nerves

Question 1

1- Olfactory

Answer 1

• Smell
• Starts in brain and ends inside the nose

Question 2

2- Optic

Answer 2

• Visual input

Question 3

3- Oculomotor

Answer 3

• Controls eye movement
  
  • Tracking
  • Upper Eyelid
  • Pupil and Lens

Question 4

4- Trochlear

Answer 4

• Controls eye movement
  
  • looking down
  • move eyes forward
  • moves eyes away from nose

Question 5

5- Trigeminal

Answer 5

• Sensory information from face/head
• touch, pain, and temperature

Question 6

6- Abducens

Answer 6

• Eye movement
  
  • extraocular

Question 7

7- Facial

Answer 7

• Taste
• Touch from ear
• Controls facial muscles

Question 8

8- Vestibulocochlear

Answer 8

• Hearing (inner ear to brain stem)
• Balance

Question 9

9- Glossopharyngeal

Answer 9

• Taste
• Controls swallowing
• Sensory information from lounge, tonsils, and pharynx

Question 10

10- Vagus

Answer 10

• Autonomic functions (HR, Digestions)
• Information from inner organs to brain
• Reflexes like coughing and sneezing

Question 11

11- Accessory

Answer 11

• Head, shoulder, and neck movement

Question 12

12- Hypoglossal

Answer 12

• Controls tongue movement