Anatomy of the Cranial nerves Quiz

Which bone does the olfactory nerve pass through?

• Frontal

• Sphenoid

• Ethmoid

• Temporal

Anosmia is the loss of which sense?

• Taste

• Smell

• Vision

• Hearing

Irritative lesion in the uncus causes:

• Visual hallucinations

• Seizures

• Auditory hallucinations

• Olfactory hallucinations

Pain and temperature from the face are carried to:

• Main sensory nucleus

• Mesencephalic nucleus

• Spinal trigeminal nucleus

• Facial nucleus

Which trigeminal branch enters the superior orbital fissure?

• Maxillary

• Mandibular

• Ophthalmic

• Lingual

The lacrimal nerve is a branch of:

• Maxillary

• Ophthalmic

• Mandibular

• Facial

Which nerve carries sympathetic fibers to dilator pupillae?

• Short ciliary

• Long ciliary

• Facial

• Auriculotemporal

Which nerve supplies the upper molar teeth?

• Anterior superior alveolar

• Posterior superior alveolar

• Middle superior alveolar

• Inferior alveolar

The foramen ovale transmits which nerve?

• Maxillary

• Ophthalmic

• Mandibular

• Facial

The buccal nerve of facial nerve provides:

• Motor to buccinator

• Sensory to mucosa opposite buccinator

• Taste to anterior tongue

• Parasympathetic to parotid