Neurology Exam - Cranial Nerves

Question 1

Optic Nerve

Answer 1

• cranial nerve 2

Question 2

Glossopharyngeal nerve

Answer 2

• Cranial nerve 9

Question 3

Motor to pharyngeal muscles, parasympathetic function and taste

Answer 3

• cranial nerve 9

Question 4

Sensation from the lower eyelid, nose and cheek

Answer 4

• cranial nerve 5 (trigeminal nerve - maxillary branch)

Question 5

Accessory nerve

Answer 5

• cranial nerve 11

Question 6

Special proprioception (maintains the position of the eyes, neck and limbs relative to the head), Sense of hearing

Answer 6

• cranial nerve 8

Question 7

Eye position, movements and pupillary constriction

Answer 7

• cranial nerve 3

Question 8

Abducens (abducent) nerve

Answer 8

• cranial nerve 6

Question 9

Sensation from the chin and some from the mouth

Answer 9

• cranial nerve 5 (trigeminal nerve - mandibular branch)

Question 10

Hypoglossal nerve

Answer 10

• cranial nerve 12

Question 11

Oculomotor nerve

Answer 11

• cranial nerve 3

Question 12

Olfactory nerve

Answer 12

• Cranial nerve 1

Question 13

Motor to the tongue

Answer 13

• cranial nerve 12

Question 14

Motor to muscles of facial expression, Parasympathetic function and taste (rostral 2/3 of tongue)

Answer 14

• cranial nerve 7

Question 15

Motor to striated muscles of the larynx, pharynx and esophagus, parasympathetic function and taste

Answer 15

• cranial nerve 10

Question 16

Motor to strap muscles in the neck, motor to larynx and esophagus (dysfunction rarely recognized)

Answer 16

• cranial nerve 11

Question 17

Vagus nerve

Answer 17

• cranial nerve 10

Question 18

Facial nerve

Answer 18

• Cranial nerve 7

Question 19

Sensation from the eye and nose

Answer 19

• cranial nerve 5 (trigeminal nerve - opthalamic branch)

Question 20

Vision

Answer 20

• cranial nerve 2

Question 21

Trigeminal nerve

Answer 21

• cranial nerve 5

Question 22

Eye position and movement

Answer 22

• cranial nerve 3, 4, 6

Question 23

Trochlear nerve

Answer 23

• cranial nerve 4

Question 24

Vestibulocochlear nerve

Answer 24

• cranial nerve 8

Question 25

Sense of smell

Answer 25

• Cranial nerve 1