Cranial nerves/черепномозъчни нерви

Question 1

What are the cranial nerves?

Answer 1

Nerves which innervate structures in the head.

Question 2

What is the type and function of the I oflacatory nerve?

Answer 2

Sensory, sensing smells.

Question 3

What is the type and function of the II optic nerve?

Answer 3

Sensory, vision.

Question 4

What is the type and function of the III oculomotor nerve?

Answer 4

Motor, eyelid and eyeball movement, pupil.

Question 5

What is the type and function of the IV trochlear nerve?

Answer 5

Motor, oblique eyeball movement (downwards).

Question 6

What is the type and function of the V trigeminal nerve?

Answer 6

Combined (sensori-motor), sensations from face
(three divisions), chewing.

Question 7

What is the type and function of the VI abducens nerve?

Answer 7

Motor, eyeball movement, lateral gaze.

Question 8

What is the type and function of the VII facial nerve?

Answer 8

Sensori-motor, motor: saliva glands, tears, facial expressions, sensations: taste.

Question 9

What is the type and function of the VIII vestibulocochlear nerve?

Answer 9

Sensory, vestibular and auditory sensations.

Question 10

What is the type and function of the IX glosopharyngeal nerve?

Answer 10

Sensory, taste, senses carotid blood
pressure. (carotid artery on the sides of the neck)

Question 11

What is the type and function of the X vagus nerve?

Answer 11

Combined, taste, senses aortic blood pressure,
controls heart rate/breathing, larynx/pharinx, internal organs. (the aorta is the biggest artery)

Question 12

What is the type and function of the XI accessory nerve?

Answer 12

Motor, neck movements, swallowing (larynx).

Question 13

What is the type and function of the XII hypoglossal nerve?

Answer 13

Motor, tongue movements.