Cranial Nerve Functions Study Exam
Questions & Answers.
Olfactory - CORRECT ANSWER Sense of smell.
carries smell impulses from receptors in nasal mucosa to brain.
Optic - CORRECT ANSWER Visual impulses from the eye to the brain (vision)
Oculomotor - CORRECT ANSWER Motor Nerve
Controls eye movement, pupil constriction, & eyelid movement. contractions of most of the eye muscle.
Trochlear - CORRECT ANSWER Motor Nerve
Lateral (side to side) eye movement
eyeball muscle
Trigeminal - CORRECT ANSWER sensory of touch, pain, and temperature for the eye, upper and lower
jaw.
Great sensory nerve of the face.
Abducens - CORRECT ANSWER Eye closure, impulses to eyeball muscle
Facial nerves - CORRECT ANSWER Provides sensory nerves for the anterior 2/3 of the tongue and motor
innervation to the face muscles.
Sensory muscle for taste, salivary glands, and lacrimal glands.
Vestibulocochlear - CORRECT ANSWER inner ear
hearing,
balance (equilibrium),
Questions & Answers.
Olfactory - CORRECT ANSWER Sense of smell.
carries smell impulses from receptors in nasal mucosa to brain.
Optic - CORRECT ANSWER Visual impulses from the eye to the brain (vision)
Oculomotor - CORRECT ANSWER Motor Nerve
Controls eye movement, pupil constriction, & eyelid movement. contractions of most of the eye muscle.
Trochlear - CORRECT ANSWER Motor Nerve
Lateral (side to side) eye movement
eyeball muscle
Trigeminal - CORRECT ANSWER sensory of touch, pain, and temperature for the eye, upper and lower
jaw.
Great sensory nerve of the face.
Abducens - CORRECT ANSWER Eye closure, impulses to eyeball muscle
Facial nerves - CORRECT ANSWER Provides sensory nerves for the anterior 2/3 of the tongue and motor
innervation to the face muscles.
Sensory muscle for taste, salivary glands, and lacrimal glands.
Vestibulocochlear - CORRECT ANSWER inner ear
hearing,
balance (equilibrium),
