Cranial Nerves

Question 1

CN1 - name, sensory or motor, and major function

Answer 1

Olfactory

Sensory

Sense of smell

Question 2

CN2 - name, sensory or motor, and major function

Answer 2

Optic nerve

Sensory

Vision

Question 3

CN3 - name, sensory or motor, and major function

Answer 3

Oculomotor nerve

Motor

Eye movements, papillary constriction and accommodation, muscles of eyelid

Question 4

CN4 - name, sensory or motor, and major function

Answer 4

Trochlear nerve

Motor

Eye movements (look down and in - superior oblique muscle)

Question 5

CN5 - name, sensory or motor, and major function

Answer 5

Trigeminal

Sensory and motor

Somatic sensation from face, mouth, cornea, muscles of mastication

Question 6

CN6 - name, sensory or motor, and major function

Answer 6

Abducens

Motor

Eye movements (abduct the eye)

Question 7

CN7 - name, sensory or motor, and major function

Answer 7

Facial nerve

Sensory and motor

Controls muscles of facial expression, taste from anterior tongue, lacrimal and salivary glands

Question 8

CN8 - name, sensory or motor, and major function

Answer 8

Vestibulocochlear

Sensory

Hearing, sense of balance

Question 9

CN9 - name, sensory or motor, and major function

Answer 9

Glossopharyngeal

Sensory and motor

Sensation from pharynx, taste from posterior tongue, carotid baroreceptors

Question 10

CN10 - name, sensory or motor, and major function

Answer 10

Vagus nerve

Sensory and motor

Autonomic functions of gut, sensation from pharynx, muscles of vocal chords, swallowing

Question 11

CN11 - name, sensory or motor, and major function

Answer 11

Spinal accessory nerve

Motor

Shoulder and neck muscles

Question 12

CN12 - name, sensory or motor, and major function

Answer 12

Hypoglossal nerve

Motor

Movements of tongue

Question 13

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Answer 13

Olfactory
Optic
Oculomotor
Trochlear
Trigeminal
Abducens
Facial
Vestibulocochlear
Glossopharyngeal
Vagus
Accessory
Hypoglossal