Cranial Nerves

Question 1

Cranial Nerve I

Answer 1

Olfactory (sensory)

Question 2

Cranial Nerve II

Answer 2

Optic (sensory)

Question 3

Cranial Nerve III

Answer 3

Oculomotor (motor=opening eye, moving eye in all fields, dilating pupils

Question 4

Cranial Nerve IV

Answer 4

Trochlear (motor=movement of eye laterally and downward)

Question 5

Cranial Nerve V

Answer 5

Trigeminal (mixed=motor-muscles of mastication, sensory=facial and eye sensation)

Question 6

Cranial Nerve VI

Answer 6

Abducens (motor=lateral movement of the eye)

Question 7

Cranial Nerve VII

Answer 7

Facial (mixed, motor=close eyes, move mouth and face, sensory=taste on anterior tongue)

Question 8

Cranial Nerve VIII

Answer 8

Acoustic (sensory=hearing and equilibrium)

Question 9

Cranial Nerve IX

Answer 9

Glossopharyngeal (mixed. motor=swallowing, gag reflex and salivation, sensory=taste posterior tongue

Question 10

Cranial Nerve X

Answer 10

Vagus (mixed. motor=pharynx and larynx, sensory= sensations in pharynx, larynx

Question 11

Cranial Nerve XI

Answer 11

Spinal Accessory (motor=movement of head, neck, shoulders

Question 12

Cranial Nerve XII

Answer 12

Tongue movement and swallowing