Cranial Nerves and Foramina

Question 1

1. Olfactory Function?

Answer 1

Smell

Question 2

What foramen does olfactory exit?

Answer 2

Cribriform plate

Question 3

Optic Function?

Answer 3

Vision

Question 4

What foramen does optic exit?

Answer 4

Optic Canal

Question 5

Oculomotor Function?

Answer 5

Elevates eyeball

Question 6

What foramen does oculomotor exit?

Answer 6

Superior orbital fissue

Question 7

Trochlear Function?

Answer 7

Innervates Superior Oblique muscle- pulls eye up and down

Question 8

What foramen does trochlear exit?

Answer 8

Superior orbital fissure

Question 9

Name the 3 branches of the trigeminal nerve

Answer 9

1.Ophthalmic
2.Maxillary
3.Mandibular

Question 10

Ophthalmic function?

Answer 10

Sensory function to upper face
Eye, lacrimal gland, paranasal sinuses, frontal sinus, scalp

Question 11

Where does Ophthalmic exit?

Answer 11

Superior Orbital Fissure

Question 12

Ophthalmic branches? (3)

Answer 12

Lacrimal nerve
Frontal nerve
Nasociliary nerve

Question 13

Maxillary function?

Answer 13

Innervates middle face
Skin of lower eyelid, cheek, temporal region, alar part of nose and upper lip

Question 14

Maxillary branches? (5)
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Answer 14

Zygomatic nerve

Nasal cavity branches

Palatine nerves

Infraorbital nerve

Anterior, middle, posterior superior alveolar nerves

Question 15

Where does the maxillary exit?

Answer 15

Foramen rotundum

Question 16

Mandibular Function?

Answer 16

Innervates lower face

Question 17

Mandibular Branches?
Massive Big Temper
Always In Last

Answer 17

Masseteric, Buccal, Temporal
Auriculotemporal, Inferior Alveolar, Lingual

Question 18

Where does the mandibular exit?

Answer 18

Foramen Ovale

Question 19

Abducens Function?

Answer 19

Abducts eyeball
Moves it laterally (lateral rectus)

Question 20

What foramen does abducens exit?

Answer 20

Superior Oribital Fissure