Cranial nerves -anatomy

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What is the name of Cranial Nerve III

• Facial

• Abducens

• Trochlear

• Oculomotor

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What number Cranial nerve is the Glossopharyngeal nerve?

• VIII

• IX

• XI

• XII

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What is the name of cranial nerve XI?

• Vagus

• Glossopharyngeal

• Hypoglossal

• Accessory

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Which of the following Cranial nerves only carries motor fibres?

• Oculomotor

• Accessory

• Trigeminal

• Facial

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Which one of the following Cranial nerves does not carry autonomic fibres?

• III

• V

• VII

• IX

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Which cranial nerve only carries sensory fibres?

• Glossopharyngeal

• Vagus

• Trigeminal

• Vestibulocochlear

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Which cranial nerves exit the skull through the jugular foramen?

• Glossopharyngeal, vagus and accesory

• Vestibulocochlear, glossopharyngeal and vagus

• X, XI and XII

• VII and VIII

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Through which foramen does the mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve exit the skull?

• Foramen rotundum

• Foramen spinosum

• Superior orbital fissure

• Foramen ovale

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Which of the following does not exit the skull through the superior orbital fissure?

• Abducens

• Oculomotor

• Ophthalmic branch of Trigeminal (V1)

• Optic

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The fibres of Cranial nerve I (Olfactory nerve) enter the skull through the cribriform plate. In which bone is the cribriform plate?

• Sphenoid

• Ethmoid

• Frontal

• Nasal

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The optic nerve (CNII) has a complex pathway. Where in the brain is the primary visual cortex?

• Occipital lobe

• Temporal lobe

• Lateral geniculate nucleus

• Thalamus

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Which of the following muscles is not supplied by Cranial nerve III?

• Levator palpebrae superioris

• Inferior oblique

• Superior oblique

• Medial rectus

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Which of the following are actions of the oculomotor nerve?

• Constriction of the pupil

• Moving the eye laterally

• Moving the eye up

• Raising the eyelid

• Dilatation of the pupil

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Which cranial nerve supplies the lateral rectus muscle?

• Trochlear

• Abducens

• Accessory

• Oculomotor

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Which nerve supplies the muscles of mastication?

• Ophthalmic branch of the Trigeminal nerve

• Maxillary branch of the Trigeminal nerve

• Mandibular branch of the Trigeminal nerve

• Facial nerve

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Which nerve supplies sensation to the tip of the nose?

• Ophthalmic branch of the Trigeminal nerve

• Maxillary branch of the Trigeminal nerve

• Mandibular branch of the Trigeminal nerve

• Facial nerve

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Which cranial nerve forms the efferent pathway of the corneal reflex?

• CNIII

• CNV

• CNVI

• CNVII

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Which cranial nerve supplies sensation to the anterior 2/3 of the tongue?

• Trigeminal (V)

• Facial (VII)

• Glossopharyngeal (IX)

• Hypoglossal (XII)

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What type of fibres does the facial nerve carry?

• Motor

• Somatic sensory

• Special sensory

• Para-sympathetic secretomotor

• Sympathetic secretomotor

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Where does the vestibulocochlear nerve exit the skull base and which which other cranial nerve?

• Jugular foramen with CNVII

• Internal acoustic meatus with CNVII

• Internal acoustic meatus with CNIX

• Foramen ovale with V3

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The glossopharyngeal nerve supplies parasympathetic fibres to which gland?

• Parotid

• Lacrimal

• Submandibular

• Sublingual

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Which branch of the vagus nerve supplies most of the intrinsic laryngeal muscles?

• Recurrent laryngeal nerve

• Superior laryngeal nerve

• Internal laryngeal nerve

• External laryngeal nerve

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Which cranial nerve crosses the posterior triangle of the neck?

• CNX

• CNXI

• CNXII

• CNIX

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Where does CNXII exit the skull?

• Internal acoustic meatus

• Jugular foramen

• Hypoglossal canal

• Foramen magnum