Cranial Nerves

Question 1

What cranial nerve are we checking if we ask a patient to identify a smell?

Answer 1

CN 1: Olfactory nerve (sensory)

Question 2

What nerve is being tested using the snellen chart?

Answer 2

CN 2: Optic nerve Sensory

Question 3

What is CN 3?

Answer 3

oculomotor nerve (motor)

Question 4

What is CN 4?

Answer 4

trochlear nerve (motor)

Question 5

What is CN 5

Answer 5

Trigeminal: both chewing and face sensation

Question 6

What is CN 6?

Answer 6

Abducens
Motor
Lateral eye mvmt

Question 7

What is CN 7?

Answer 7

facial nerve (both)
taste and face expression

Question 8

What CN nerve is auditory and vestibular input?

Answer 8

8- vestibulocochlear (sensory)

Question 9

What CN is for speech and swallowing?

Answer 9

CN 9 glossopharyngeal
both

Question 10

What is CN 10

Answer 10

vagus; mixed

Question 11

What is CN 11

Answer 11

accessory nerve (motor)
shoulder/neck mvmt

Question 12

What is CN 12

Answer 12

hypoglossal (both)
tongue mvmt

Question 13

What is a saying to help remember the CN?

Answer 13

Only One of the two athletes felt very good, victourious and healthy