Cranial Nerves

Question 1

cranial nerve I

Answer 1

olfactory (smell); 1 nose

Question 2

cranial nerve II

Answer 2

optic (central and peripheral vision); 2 eyes

Question 3

cranial nerve III

Answer 3

oculomotor (eye movement, pupil constriction)

Question 4

cranial nerve IV

Answer 4

trochlear (eye movement)

Question 5

cranial nerve V

Answer 5

trigeminal (chewing, sensory of skin of face and scalp, mucous membranes of mouth and nose)

Question 6

cranial nerve VI

Answer 6

abducens (eye movement)

Question 7

cranial nerve VII

Answer 7

facial (pain and temperature from ear, taste from anterior 2/3 tongue, face and scalp muscles, salivary glands)

Question 8

cranial nerve VIII

Answer 8

vestibulocochlear (hearing and balance)

Question 9

cranial nerve IX

Answer 9

glossopharyngeal (pain and temp from ear, taste from posterior 1/3 tongue and pharynx, parotid glands, skeletal muscles of the throat)

Question 10

cranial nerve X

Answer 10

vagus (pain and temp from ear, sensations from pharynx, larynx thoracic and abdominal viscera, muscles of throat, cardiac and smooth muscle innervation)

Question 11

cranial nerve XI

Answer 11

accessory (skeletal muscles of pharynx larynx and sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles)

Question 12

cranial nerve XII

Answer 12

hypoglossal (skeletal muscle of the tongue)