Cranial Nerves

Question 1

Function:

Facial expression, lip articulation, taste on anterior tongue, secretion of saliva and tears:

Answer 1

VII : FACIAL nerve

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Question 2

Function:

Speech movements of the tongue, swallowing:

Answer 2

XII : HYPOGLOSSAL

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Question 3

Function:

Sense of smell

Answer 3

I : OLFACTORY

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Question 4

Function:

Hearing and equilibrium:

Answer 4

VIII : Vestibulocochlear (Acoutstic)

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Question 5

Function:

Visceral muscle movement (heart, lungs, intestines, etc.):

Answer 5

X : VAGUS

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Question 6

Function:

Trapezius and sternocleidomastoid movment:

Answer 6

XI : Spinal Acccessory

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Question 7

Function:

Sense of sight:

Answer 7

II : OPTIC

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Question 8

Function:

Extraocular eye movements, lid elevation, pupil contraction, lens shape

Answer 8

III : OCULOMOTOR

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Question 9

Function:

Downward and inward eye movement

Answer 9

IV : TROCHLEAR

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Question 10

Function:

Mastication, touch, pain, and temperature

Answer 10

V : TRIGEMINAL

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Question 11

Function:

Eyeball movement, side to side

Answer 11

VI : ABDUCENS

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Question 12

Function:

Taste on posterior tongue, gag reflex, swallowing and phonation of the pharynx

Answer 12

IX : GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL

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Question 13

Mnemonic for the nerves:

Answer 13

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Question 14

The ability to identify object in hand with eyes closed:

Answer 14

Stereo gnosis