Cranial Nerves Reading

Question 1

Cranial Nerve 1
What is the name of it?

What type of cranial nerve is it?

What are its functions (1)?

Answer 1

-Olfactory

-Sensory

-Smell (Anosmia)

Question 2

Cranial Nerve 2
What is the name of it?

What type of cranial nerve is it?

What are its functions(2)?

Answer 2

-Optic

-Sensory

-Vision & pupillary light reflex

Question 3

Cranial Nerve 3
What is the name of it?

What type of cranial nerve is it?

What are its functions? (3)

Answer 3

Oculomotor

-Motor

-Moves eyeballs (up, down, in, up & in)
-Open eyelids
-Constricts pupils

Question 4

Cranial Nerve 4
What is the name of it?

What type of cranial nerve is it?

What are its functions (1)?

Answer 4

Trochlear

-Motor

Trochlear->looking down & in towards nose

Question 5

Cranial Nerve 5
What is the name of it?

What type of cranial nerve is it?

What are its functions (4)?

Answer 5

Trigeminal

-Both sensory & motor

-Sensation to face
-Corneal reflex (afferent)
-Sensation to anterior tongue
-Dampens sounds

Question 6

Cranial Nerve 6
What is the name of it?

What type of cranial nerve is it?

What are its functions(1)?

Answer 6

Abducens

-Motor

-Abducens->looking out

Question 7

Cranial Nerve 7
What is the name of it?

What type of cranial nerve is it?

What are its functions? (4)

Answer 7

Facial

-Both

-Muscles of the face except muscles of mastication CN-5 and opening the eyelids CN-3
-Corneal reflex (efferent)
-Taste to anterior tongue
-Dampens sound

Question 8

Cranial Nerve 8
What is the name of it?

What type of cranial nerve is it?

What are its functions? (2)

Answer 8

Vestibulocochlear

-Sensory

-Balance
-Hearing

Question 9

Cranial Nerve 9
What is the name of it?

What type of cranial nerve is it?

What are its functions? (3)

Answer 9

Glossopharyngeal

-Both

-Taste from posterior tongue
-Sensation from posterior tongue
-Salivation (partoid gland)

Question 10

Cranial Nerve 10
What is the name of it?

What type of cranial nerve is it?

What are its functions? (4)

Answer 10

Vagus

-Both

-Throacic & abdominal visceria
-Muscles of larynx & pharynx
-Decreases HR
-Increase GI motility

Question 11

Cranial Nerve 11
What is the name of it?

What type of cranial nerve is it?

What are its functions? (1)

Answer 11

Spinal Accessory

-Motor

-head movements w/SCOM & trapezius

Question 12

Cranial Nerve 12
What is the name of it?

What type of cranial nerve is it?

What are its functions? (1)

Answer 12

Hypoglossal

-Motor

-tongue movements & shape

Question 13

What is the pneumonic to remember cranial nerves?

Answer 13

Oh Oh Oh To Taste And Feel Very Good Velvet Ah Heaven
Olfactory
Optic
Oculomotor
Trochlear
Trigeminal
Abducens
Facial
Vestibulocochlear
Glossopharyngeal
Vagus
Spinal Accessory
Hypoglossal

Question 14

What is the pneumonic to remember whether each cranial nerve is sensory or motor?

Answer 14

Some Say Marry Money But my Brother Says Big Brains Matter More
Sensory
Sensory
Motor
Motor
Both
Motor
Both
Sensory
Both
Both
Motor
Motor