Nerves And Tracts

Question 0

Optic nerve 2

Answer 0

Carries visual information from eyes to brain

Question 1

Olfactory nerve 1

Answer 1

Provides sense of smell

Question 2

Oculomotor nerve 3

Answer 2

Provides some eye movement. Opening of eyelid. Constriction of pupil. Focusing of eye.

Question 3

Trochlear nerve 4

Answer 3

Provides eye movement.

Question 4

Trigeminal nerve 5

Answer 4

Main sensory nerve from face. Major motor nerve to muscles of mastication.

Question 5

Abducens nerve 6

Answer 5

Provides eye movement. Abducts the eye.

Question 6

Facial nerve 7

Answer 6

Main motor nerve to muscles of the face. Provides facial expressions.

Question 7

Vestibulocochlear nerve 8

Answer 7

Provides hearing and sense of balance

Question 8

Glossopharyngeal nerve 9

Answer 8

Provides control over swallowing.

Question 9

Vagus nerve 10

Answer 9

Major parasympathetic motor and sensory pathway. Regulation of internal organs. Provides swallowing, speech.

Question 10

Accessory nerve 11

Answer 10

Provides swallowing, head, and neck shoulder movement.

Question 11

Hypoglossal nerve 12

Answer 11

Provides tongue movements of speech, food manipulation and swallowing.

Question 12

Dorsal columns

Answer 12

Ascending pathway for touch. Decussation in medulla. To primary somatosensory cortex.

Question 13

Spinothalamic tract

Answer 13

Ascending pathway that carries pain and temp. Decussation in spinal cord.

Question 14

Spinocerebellar tract

Answer 14

Ascending pathway that carries proprioception. Does not decussate.

Question 15

Corticopinal tract.

Answer 15

Descending tract that carries motor control information. Decussation in medulla.