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Cranial Nerves and Their Functions ish

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The cranial sensory nerve for smell

a)

Occulomoter III

b)

Olfactory I

c)

Optic II

d)

Trochlear IV

2.

Cranial sensory nerve for vision

a)

Optic II

b)

Occulomoter III

c)

Trochlear IV

d)

Abducens VI

3.

Cranial sensory nerve that supplies four of the six extrinsic eye muscles that allow the eyeball to orbit

a)

Oculomotor III

b)

Optic II

c)

Olfactory I

d)

Hypoglossal

4.

Cranial sensory nerve that innervates an extrinsic eye muscle that loops through a pulley-shaped ligament in the orbit

a)

Trochlear IV

b)

Oculomotor III

c)

Optic II

d)

Trigeminal V

5.

Cranial sensory nerve that three branches spring from. The largest cranial nerve. It supplies sensory fibers to the face and motor fibers to the chewing muscles

a)

Trigeminal V

b)

Vagus X

c)

Glossopharyngeal IX

d)

Facial nerve VII

6.

This nerve controls the extrinsic eye muscle that abducts the eyeball (turns it laterally)

a)

Optic II

b)

Abducens VI

c)

Trochlear IV

d)

Oculomotor III

7.

A large nerve that innervates muscles of facial expression (among other things)

a)

Vagus X

b)

Trigeminal V

c)

Optic nerve II

d)

Facial VII

8.

This mostly sensory nerve for hearing and balance was formerly called the auditory nerve

a)

trigeminal V

b)

vestibulocochlear VIII

c)

facial VII

d)

vagus X

9.

The name of this nerve means tongue and pharynx, the structures that this nerve helps to innervate.

a)

Vagus X

b)

Hypoglossal XII

c)

Trigeminal V

d)

Glossopharyngeal IX

10.

This nerve's name means "wanderer" or "vagabond" and it is the only cranial nerve to extend beyond the head and neck to the thorax and abdomen.

a)

Trigeminal V

b)

Accessory XI

c)

Hypoglossal XII

d)

Vagus X

11.

Considered an accessory part of the vagus nerve. This nerve was formerly called the spinal accessory nerve.

a)

Accessory XI

b)

Trigeminal V

c)

Hypoglossal XII

d)

Vagus X

12.

This nerve's name means "under the tongue" and runs inferior to the tongue and innervates the tongue muscles.

a)

Vagus X

b)

Hypoglossal XII

c)

Trigeminal V

d)

Facial VII

13.

The Olfactory I functions as what kind of nerve

a)

Sensory

b)

Motor

c)

Both

d)

Neither

14.

The Optic II functions as what kind of nerve

a)

Sensory

b)

Motor

c)

Both

d)

Neither

15.

The Oculomotor III functions as what kind of nerve

a)

Sensory

b)

Motor

c)

Both

d)

Neither

16.

The Trochlear IV functions as what kind of nerve

a)

Sensory

b)

Motor

c)

Both

d)

Neither

17.

The Trigeminal V functions as what kind of nerve

a)

Sensory

b)

Motor

c)

Both

d)

Neither

18.

The Abducens VI functions as what kind of nerve

a)

Sensory

b)

Motor

c)

Both

d)

Neither

19.

The Facial VII functions as what kind of nerve

a)

Sensory

b)

Motor

c)

Both

d)

Neither

20.

The Vestibulocochlear VIII functions as what kind of nerve

a)

Sensory

b)

Motor

c)

Both

d)

Neither

21.

The Glossopharyngeal IX functions as what kind of nerve

a)

Sensory

b)

Motor

c)

Both

d)

Neither

22.

The Vagus X functions as what kind of nerve

a)

Sensory

b)

Motor

c)

Both

d)

Neither

23.

The Accessory XI functions as what kind of nerve

a)

Sensory

b)

Motor

c)

Both

d)

Neither

24.

The Hypoglossal XII functions as what kind of nerve

a)

Sensory

b)

Motor

c)

Both

d)

Neither

25.

These pathways carry sensory information toward the CNS

a)
Afferent pathways
b)
Efferent pathways
c)
Sensory neurons
d)
Motor pathways
26.

These pathways carry motor information away from the CNS

a)
Afferent pathways
b)
Sensory pathways
c)
Corticospinal pathways
d)
Efferent pathways