Cranial nerves

Match each of the cranial nerve with their correct functions.

• Optic II

• Extra-ocular muscles (eye movement) & Parasympathetics to the eye

• Oculomotor III

• Vision

• Olfactory I

• Superior oblique muscle (eye looks down and out)

• Trochlear IV

• Smell

Match each of the cranial nerve with their correct functions.

• Facial VII

• General sensation to the face, scalp, nasal cavity, tongue, teeth, oral cavity and eyes.

  Muscles of mastication

• Abducens VI

• Muscles of facial expression, taste (2/3rd of ant. tongue), parasympathetics to the lacrimal, sublingual and submandibular glands

• Trigeminal V

• Hearing and balance

• Vestibulocochlear (VIII)

• Lateral rectus muscle (eye looks laterally)

Match each of the cranial nerve with their correct functions.

• Accessory XI

• General sensation to tongue, parasympathetics to the parotid gland, taste (1/3 of post. tongue)

• Hypoglossal XII

• Muscles of tongue

• Vagus X

• Muscles of the pharynx, soft palate and larynx, sensation to the larynx, parasympathetics to rest of body

• Glassopharyngeal IX

• Motor innervation to Trapezius and sternocleidomastoid

Clinical question: During a cranial nerve exam a patient has a tongue that deviates to the right. What cranial nerve is affected here? Include the cranial number in Roman numerals

Clinical question: During a cranial nerve exam a patient has a tongue that deviates to the right. Which side of the cranial nerve is affected?

• Left

• Right

Clinical question: During a cranial nerve exam a patient has a uvula which deviates to the right? What cranial nerve is affected here? Include the cranial number in Roman numerals

Clinical question: During a cranial nerve exam a patient has a uvula which deviates to the right. Which side of the cranial nerve is affected?

• Right

• Left