CRANIAL NERVES!

Question 1

Olfactory Nerve (I)

Answer 1

Function: Sense of smell.

Question 2

Optic Nerve (II)

Answer 2

Function: Vision.

Question 3

Oculomotor Nerve (III)

Answer 3

Function: Eye movement, Pupil size, Lens shape.

Question 4

Trochlear Nerve (IV)

Answer 4

Function: Controls eye muscles.

Question 5

Trigeminal Nerve (V)

Answer 5

Function: Sensation to skin of forehead, cheeks, lower jaw, teeth, gums; Controls muscles involved in chewing.

Question 6

Abducens Nerve (VI)

Answer 6

Function: Controls eye muscles.

Question 7

Facial Nerve (VII)

Answer 7

Function: Sense of taste, controls facial expressions, controls the lacrimal, lingual salivary, and submandibular salivary glands.

Question 8

Vestibulocochlear Nerve (VIII)

Answer 8

Function: Sense of hearing, balance and equilibrium.

Question 9

Glossopharyngeal (IX)

Answer 9

Function: Innervates muscles of the pharynx, sense of taste.

Question 10

Vagus Nerve (X)

Answer 10

Function: Controls swallowing, innervates muscles of vocal cords, innervates visceral organs.

Question 11

Accessory Nerve (XI)

Answer 11

Function: Controls the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles involved in moving the neck.

Question 12

Hypoglossal Nerve (XII)

Answer 12

Function: Controls the muscles of the tongue.