Cranial Nerves

Question 1

Sensory: vision

Answer 1

CN II optic

Question 2

Motor: eye movement

Answer 2

CN III oculomotor

Question 3

Motor: superior oblique muscle of eye

Answer 3

CN IV trochlear

Question 4

Sensory: face, sinuses, teeth

Motor: muscles of mastication

Answer 4

CN V trigeminal

Question 5

Motor: lateral rectus muscle of eye

Answer 5

CN VI abducent

Question 6

Motor: tear and saliva glands

Sensory: taste to anterior 2/3 of tongue. Soft palate

Answer 6

CNVII facial

Question 7

Sensory: vestibular nerve. Equilibrium and motion.

Cochlear nerve. Hearing

Answer 7

CN VIII vestibulocochlear

Question 8

Sensory: taste posterior 1/3 of tongue. Monitors blood pressure and chemistry

Motor: saliva gland and throat muscle

Answer 8

CN IX glossopharyngeal

Question 9

Sensory: lunges, heart, gi tract

Motor: lungs, heart, gi tract

Answer 9

CN X vagus

Question 10

Motor: 2 neck muscles; sternocleido mastoid and trapezius

Answer 10

CNXI spinal accessory

Question 11

Motor: speech and swallowing. Tongue.

Answer 11

CN XII hypoglossal

Question 12

Sensory: smell

Answer 12

CN I Olfactory