Table 16.2 Quiz

Question 1

olfactory

Answer 1

receives sensory information from the nose, transmitting the sense of smell to the brain

Question 2

optic

Answer 2

receives sensory information from the eye, transmitting the sense of vision to the brain

Question 3

oculomotor

Answer 3

transmits motor information to move the medial, superior, and inferior rectus muscles and the inferior oblique muscle of the eye

Question 4

trochlear

Answer 4

transmits motor information to move the superior oblique muscle of the eye

Question 5

trigeminal

Answer 5

a three-branched nerve; transmits both sensory information from, and motor information to, the head

Question 6

abducens

Answer 6

a motor nerve to move the lateral rectus muscle of the eye

Question 7

facial

Answer 7

a large nerve that receives sensory information of taste from the anterior tongue and takes motor information to the facial muscles

Question 8

vestibulocochlear

Answer 8

receives sensory information from the ear; the vestibular part transmits equilibrium information and the cochlear part transmits acoustic information

Question 9

glossopharyngeal

Answer 9

a mixed nerve of the tongue and throat, also receives information on taste

Question 10

vagus

Answer 10

receives sensory information from the abdomen, thorax, neck, and root of the tongue; transmits motor information to the pharynx and larynx and controls autonomic functions of hear, digestive organs, spleen, and kidneys

Question 11

accessory

Answer 11

a motor nerve to the muscles of the neck and back

Question 12

hypoglossal

Answer 12

a motor nerve to the tongue