Cranial Nerves

Question 1

I. Olfactory nerve

Answer 1

Nerve of the sense of smell

Question 2

II. Optic nerve

Answer 2

Nerve of the sense of sight

Question 3

III. Oculomotor nerve

Answer 3

Nerve that moves the eyeball, eyelid and pupil

Question 4

IV. Trochlear nerve

Answer 4

Nerve (trokhileia - resembling a pulley) of the superior oblique muscles of the eyeball

Question 5

V. Trigeminal nerve

Answer 5

A large mixed nerve with three branches: the ophthalmic the maxillary and the mandibular

Question 6

VI. Abducens nerve

Answer 6

Nerve that moves the eye outward

Question 7

VII. Facial nerve

Answer 7

Nerve of the face and facial expression

Question 8

VIII. Vestibulocochlear nerve

Answer 8

Nerve of the ear and balance

Question 9

IX. Glossopharyngeal nerve

Answer 9

Nerve of the back of the tongue and the pharynx

Question 10

X. Vagus nerve

Answer 10

A mixed nerve, innervating, among other parts, the pharynx, larynx, heart, viscera of the chest and abdomen

Question 11

XI. Spinal accessory nerve

Answer 11

Motor nerve of trapezius and sternocleidomastoid, and the pharynx

Question 12

XII. Hypoglossal nerve

Answer 12

Basic motor nerve of the tongue