Nerves

Question 1

Name the nerve that derives from the first branchial arch.

Answer 1

Trigeminal nerve

Question 2

Name the nerve that derives from the second branchial arch.

Answer 2

Facial nerve

Question 3

Name the nerve that derives from the third branchial arch.

Answer 3

Glossopharyngeal nerve

Question 4

Name the nerve that derives from the 4th-6th branchial arches

Answer 4

Vagus nerve

Question 5

Name the three main direct branches of the ophthalmic nerve.

Answer 5

Frontal nerve
Nasociliary nerve
Lacrimal nerve

Question 6

Which branches of the maxillary nerve pass through the inferior orbital fissure?

Answer 6

Zygomatic nerve
Infraorbital nerve

Question 7

Name the nerve that innervates the upper teeth.

Answer 7

Trigeminal n. –> Maxillary n. –> Infraorbital n. –> Superior Alveolar branches

Question 8

What is the name of sensory ganglion of the facial nerve?

Answer 8

Geniculate ganglion

Question 9

List the branches of the facial nerve that enter the tympanic cavity.

Question 10

The branches of which nerve form the (intra)parotid plexus?

Answer 10

Facial nerve

Question 11

Name the nerve that gives off the buccal nerve and what is its function

Answer 11

Mandibular nerve.
Conveys sensory information from the skin of the cheek, and parts of the oral mucosa.

Question 12

Where do the buccal branches come from and what is their function?

Answer 12

Facial nerve
It’s motor and innervates the muscles of facial expression

Question 13

Name the only motor branch of the inferior alveolar nerve.

Answer 13

Mylohyoid nerve

Question 14

Name the only predominantly sensory branch of the mandibular nerve that derives from its anterior trunk.

Answer 14

Buccal nerve

Question 15

Where does the tympanic canaliculus open on the external cranial base?

Answer 15

Petrosal fossula

Question 16

Which cranial nerves form the pharyngeal plexus?

Answer 16

Glossopharyngeal nerve
Vagus nerve

Question 17

Name the nerve that carries parasympathetic postganglionic fibers to the parotid gland from otic ganglion.

Answer 17

Auricotemporal nerve

Question 18

Which nerve carries parasympathetic preganglionic fibers to the otic ganglion?

Answer 18

Lesser petrosal nerve

Question 19

Which nerves pass through the cavernous sinus?

Answer 19

Oculomotor n.
Trochlear n.
Abducens n.
Ophthalmic n.
Maxillary n.

Question 20

Around which superficial muscle do the sensory branches of the cervical plexus pass?

Answer 20

Sternocleidomastoid m.

Question 21

Which nerves carry gustatory nerve fibers from the dorsum of tongue?

Question 22

Which nerves carry general sensory information from the tongue?

Question 23

Which branch of which cranial nerve supplies the levator veli palatini?

Answer 23

Vagus nerve via the pharyngeal plexus

Question 24

Which branch of which cranial nerve supplies the tensor veli palatini?

Answer 24

Mandibular branch of trigeminal nerve

Question 25

Which branch of the vagus nerve supplies the cricothyroid?

Answer 25

External branch of the Superior Laryngeal nerve of the Vagus nerve

Question 26

Which nerves supply the laryngeal muscles?

Answer 26

Vagus nerve

Question 27

What is the source of the greater occipital nerve?

Question 28

What is the source of the lesser occipital nerve?

Question 29

What are the sensory ganglia of the vagus nerve?

Question 30

Which are the parasympathetic ganglia of the facial nerve?

Question 31

What is the name of the parasympathetic ganglion of the glossopharyngeal nerve?

Answer 31

Otic ganglion

Question 32

Which cervical ganglia innervate the heart?

Question 33

Which muscles are innervated by the hypoglossal nerve?