Cranial Nerves

Question 1

Name cranial nerve I

Answer 1

Olfactory

Question 2

Name cranial nerve V

Answer 2

Trigeminal

Question 3

What cranial nerve number is Oculomotor?

Answer 3

CN III

Question 4

What is cranial nerve XII?

Answer 4

Hypoglossal

Question 5

Vagus is which cranial nerve?

Answer 5

X (ten)

Question 6

Which cranial nerve controls the lateral rectus muscle of the eye?

Answer 6

ABDUCENS (CN VI)

Question 7

Which cranial nerve conveys impulses to the CNS from taste buds in the posterior third of the tongue?

Answer 7

GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL (CN IX)

Question 8

Name cranial nerve VII

Answer 8

Facial

Question 9

Which cranial nerve is VIII?

Answer 9

Vestibulo-cochlear

Question 10

What is the vestibulo-cochlear nerve responsible for?

Answer 10

Hearing and balance

Question 11

Which cranial nerve is important in controlling movements of the tongue?

Answer 11

CN XII - hypoglossal

Question 12

Spinal accessory is which cranial nerve?

Answer 12

XII (11)

Question 13

Cranial nerve IX?

Answer 13

Glossopharyngeal

Question 14

Where do the optic nerves converge?

Answer 14

Optic chiasm

Question 15

Which eye muscles does CN III control?

Answer 15

Oculomotor controls superior, inferior and medial rectus and the inferior oblique.

Question 16

Which number is the optic nerve?

Answer 16

II (2)