Cranial Nerves IN DEPTH - (Hutch)

Question 1

All tongue muscles are innervated by (……..) Except which muscle?

Answer 1

Hypoglossal (XII)

EXCEPT Palatoglossus - (X)

Question 2

All Palate muscles are innervated by (……..) Except which muscle?

Answer 2

Vagus (X)

Tensor Veli Palatini - (V3)

Question 3

All Pharyngeal muscles are innervated by (……..) Except which muscle?

Answer 3

Vagus (X)

Stylopharyngeus (IX)

Question 4

All Laryngeal muscles are innervated by (……..) Except which muscle?

Answer 4

Vagus (X)

Cricothyroid (External layrngeal Nerve)

Question 5

Geniculate ganglion belongs to what nerve?

Answer 5

CN VII - Facial

Question 6

Name the paraseympathetics for the eye and parotid gland

Answer 6

Eye - CN III - Ciliary Ganglia

Parotid - CN IX - Otic ganglion

Question 7

List the two branches of the superior laryngeal nerve and what they innervate

Answer 7

External - (Cricothryoid)

Internal - Muscles above vocal chord

Question 8

What does recurrent laryngeal nerve innervate

Answer 8

Motor: Laryngeal muscles

Sensory: Below vocal chords

Question 9

What innervates parotid gland?

Answer 9

Glossopharyngeal nerve - CN IX

Question 10

What runs thru pterygoid (vidians) canal?

Answer 10

• Deep Petrosal N.
• Greater Petrosal N. (Zygomatic of V3)

-Accessory meningeal artery\

Question 11

The greater petrosal Nerve piggy backs off of (…….) and runs thru the (?????)

Answer 11

….. - V2 (Zygomatic branch)

???? = Pterygoid canal

Question 12

Posterior superior alveolar Nerve is a branch off of which major Nerve?

Answer 12

V2

Question 13

The auriculotemporal Nerve is a branch of what?

Answer 13

V3

Question 14

The stapedial nerve is a branch off of which Nerve? And what does it innervate?

Answer 14

Branch of Facial (VII) N.

Innervates Stapedius Muscle