Cranial Nerves Function

Question 1

Sensory cranial nerves

Answer 1

I, II, VIII

Question 2

Motor cranial nerves

Answer 2

III, IV, VI, XI XII

Question 3

Mixed cranial nerves

Answer 3

V, VII, IX, X

Question 4

CN I function

Answer 4

Sensory, olfaction

Question 5

CN II function

Answer 5

Sensory, vision

Question 6

CN VIII function

Answer 6

Sensory, balance and hearing

Question 7

CN III function

Answer 7

Motor, extraocular eye muscles. Parasympathetic to the eye (accomodation by ciliary muscle; pupillary constriction sphincter pupillae muscle)

Question 8

CN IV function

Answer 8

Motor, extraocular eye muscles

Question 9

CN VI function

Answer 9

Motor, extraocular eye muscles

Question 10

CN XI function

Answer 10

Motor, pharyngeal and laryngeal muscles+cervical muscles

Question 11

CN XII function

Answer 11

Motor, lingual muscles

Question 12

CN V function

Answer 12

Mixed. General sensation to face. Motor to the muscles of mastication.

Question 13

CN VII function

Answer 13

Mixed. Sensation: taste; motor: muscles of facial expression; parasympathetic: for salivation and lacrimation

Question 14

CN IX

Answer 14

Mixed. Sensation: pharynx + taste; motor: swallowing muscles; parasympathetic: salivation

Question 15

CN X

Answer 15

Mixed. Sensation: pharynx and larynx; motor: swallowing; parasympathetic: thoracic and abdominal organs.