Cranial Nerves Multiple Choice Quiz Flashcards
The three nerves, or divisions, of the trigeminal ganglion, include?
- ocular, palatine, and lingual nerves
- ophthalmic, palatine, and lingual nerves
- frontal, maxillary, and mandibular nerves
- ophthalmic, maxillary, and mandibular nerves
- ophthalmic, maxillary, and mandibular nerves
Failure of a patient to execute lateral eye movements could indicate dysfunction of which cranial nerves?
- Oculomotor
- Optic
- Abducens
- Abducens and trochlear
- Abducens and trochlear
The cranial nerve that does not pass through the superior orbital fissure of the skull is the??
- oculomotor nerve
- trochlear nerve
- facial nerve
- abducens nerve
- facial nerve
The facial nerve exits the skull via which foramen?
stylomastoid foramen
The cranial nerves that innervate the extrinsic ocular (eye) muscles include?
- trochlear, oculomotor, and facial nerves
- abducens, facial, and trigeminal nerves
- oculomotor, abducens, and trochlear nerves
- oculomotor, facial, and trigeminal nerves
- oculomotor, abducens, and trochlear nerves
The cranial nerves that are sensory only include?
- optic, vestibulocochlear, and vagus nerves
- olfactory, optic, and facial nerves
- olfactory, optic, and vestibulocochlear nerves
- optic, facial, and vestibulocochlear nerves
- olfactory, optic, and vestibulocochlear nerves
- The superior orbital fissure is part of which bone?
- Temporal
- Parietal
- Zygomatic
- Sphenoid
- Sphenoid
Accessory nerves innervate?
- Levator scapulae
- Trapezius
- Anterior Scalenes
- Posterior scalenes
- Trapezius
The cribriform Plate is part of which bone?
- Ethmoid
- Sphenoid
- Temporal
- palatine bone
- Ethmoid
The inability to shake your head “no” may result from damage to?
- Accessory Nerve
- Facial Nerve
- Trigeminal nerve
- Hypoglossal nerve
- Accessory Nerve
Which of the following cranial nerves does not pass through the jugular foramen?
- Vagus Nerve
- Accessory Nerve
- Hypoglossal nerve
- Glossopharyngeal nerve
- Hypoglossal nerve
The proper sequence of sensory transmission through the olfactory nerve?
- olfactory bulb, olfactory nerve, olfactory tract
- olfactory nerve, olfactory bulb, olfactory tract
- olfactory bulb, olfactory tract, olfactory nerve
- olfactory nerve, olfactory tract, olfactory bulb
- olfactory nerve, olfactory bulb, olfactory tract
Which of the following is not innervated by the vagus nerve?
- pharyngeal muscles
- heart
- stomach
- sternocleidomastoid muscle
- sternocleidomastoid muscle
Which of the following is NOT a function of the facial nerve?
- motor impulses to muscles of facial expression
- motor impulses to muscles of swallowing
- parasympathetic innervation of salivary glands
- all of the above
- motor impulses to muscles of swallowing
Failure by a patient to walk a straight line could show dysfunction in which cranial nerve?
- facial nerve
- optic nerve
- vagus nerve
- vestibulocochlear nerve
- vestibulocochlear nerve