EXAM 4 ASU: BIO 201 ASU HUMAN
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY,
2025/2026 WITH CORRECT/ACCURATE
ANSWERS
Glossopharyngeal Nerve
- CORRECT ANSWERS- - Cranial Nerve: IX
- Composition: Mixed
- Function: Sensory - taste, touch, pressure, pain, and
temperature on posterior 1/3 of tongue; Motor - salivation,
swallowing, and gagging
- Damaged: Loss of taste, impaired swallowing
Vagus Nerve
,- CORRECT ANSWERS- - Cranial Nerve: X
- Composition: Mixed
- Function: Sensory - taste, hunger, and fullness; Motor -
swallowing, speech, and regulation of heart and GI tract
- Damaged: Impaired swallowing and GI motility; fatal if both
Vagus nerves are damaged
Accessory Nerve
,- CORRECT ANSWERS- - Cranial Nerve: XI
- Composition: Motor
- Function: Swallowing; head, neck, and shoulder movements
- Damaged: Impaired movement of head, neck and shoulders
Hypoglossal Nerve
- CORRECT ANSWERS- - Cranial Nerve: XII
- Composition: Motor
- Function: Tongue movements for speech, food manipulation,
and swallowing
- Damaged: Impaired tongue movements for speech and
swallowing
Olfactory Nerve
, - CORRECT ANSWERS- - Cranial Nerve: I
- Composition: Sensory
- Function: Smell
- Damaged: Impaired smell
Optic Nerve
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY,
2025/2026 WITH CORRECT/ACCURATE
ANSWERS
Glossopharyngeal Nerve
- CORRECT ANSWERS- - Cranial Nerve: IX
- Composition: Mixed
- Function: Sensory - taste, touch, pressure, pain, and
temperature on posterior 1/3 of tongue; Motor - salivation,
swallowing, and gagging
- Damaged: Loss of taste, impaired swallowing
Vagus Nerve
,- CORRECT ANSWERS- - Cranial Nerve: X
- Composition: Mixed
- Function: Sensory - taste, hunger, and fullness; Motor -
swallowing, speech, and regulation of heart and GI tract
- Damaged: Impaired swallowing and GI motility; fatal if both
Vagus nerves are damaged
Accessory Nerve
,- CORRECT ANSWERS- - Cranial Nerve: XI
- Composition: Motor
- Function: Swallowing; head, neck, and shoulder movements
- Damaged: Impaired movement of head, neck and shoulders
Hypoglossal Nerve
- CORRECT ANSWERS- - Cranial Nerve: XII
- Composition: Motor
- Function: Tongue movements for speech, food manipulation,
and swallowing
- Damaged: Impaired tongue movements for speech and
swallowing
Olfactory Nerve
, - CORRECT ANSWERS- - Cranial Nerve: I
- Composition: Sensory
- Function: Smell
- Damaged: Impaired smell
Optic Nerve