Sign of dysfunction: unable to identify aromatic substance
Cranial Nerve II: Optic - Correct Answers -Function: sensory - carries impulse for vision
-Testing procedure: eye chart testing, visual field testing
Cranial Nerve III: Oculomotor - Correct Answers --Function: motor - fibers to the superior, inferior and
medial rectus muscles of the eye and to the smooth muscle controlling lens shape. Medial and vertical
eye movements; sensory - proprioception of the eye
-Testing procedure: pupil sizes are compared for shape and equality, pupillary reflex is tested; visual
tracking is tested
Cranial Nerve IV: Trochlear Nerve - Correct Answers Motor: eye movement, extra ocular superior
oblique muscle
Tested the same as CN III
Cranial Nerve V: Trigeminal - Correct Answers -Function: motor and sensory for face, conducts sensory
impulses from mouth, nose, eyes; motor fibers for muscles of mastication. Control of jaw movements
-Testing procedure: pain, touch, and temperature are tested with proper stimulus; corneal reflex tested
with a wisp of cotton; person is asked to move jaw through full ranges of motion
Cranial Nerve VI: Abducens - Correct Answers -Function: motor and proprioceptor fibers to/from lateral
rectus muscle. Lateral eye movements
-Testing procedure: tested in conjunction with cranial nerve III relative to moving eye laterally
Cranial Nerve VII: Facial - Correct Answers -Function: mixed (sensory and motor) sensory fibers to taste
buds and anterior 2/3 tongue; motor fibers to muscles of facial expression and to salivary glands
-Testing procedure: check symmetry of face, ask person to attempt various facial expressions; sweet,
salty, sour, and bitter substances are applied to tongue to test tasting ability
,Cranial Nerve VIII: vestibulocochlear - Correct Answers Function: Sensory - special senses of hearing and
balance; Foramen: internal auditory canal; Consequence of Loss: loss of hearing, loss of balance and
equilibrium, nausea, vertigo, vomiting
Cranial nerve IX: glossopharyngeal - Correct Answers -Function: motor fibers for pharynx and salivary
glands; sensory fibers for pharynx and posterior tongue. Taste sensation for sweet, bitter and sour
-Testing procedure: gag and swallow reflexes are checked; posterior one third of tongue is tested for
taste
Cranial Nerve X: Vagus - Correct Answers -Function: sensory/motor impulses for larynx and pharynx;
parasympathetic motor fibers supply smooth muscles of abdominal organs; sensory impulses from
viscera
-Testing procedure: tested in conjunction with cranial nerve IX
Cranial Nerve XI: Spinal Accessory - Correct Answers Function: Motor - to sternocleidomastoid and
trapezius; Foramen: foramen magnum, jugular foramen; Consequence of Loss: difficulty elevating
scapula or rotating neck
Cranial Nerve XII: Hypoglossal - Correct Answers -Function: motor/sensory fibers to/from tongue.
Movement of tongue
-Testing procedure: ask person to stick out tongue, positional abnormalities are noted
central nervous system - Correct Answers consists of the brain and spinal cord
peripheral nervous system - Correct Answers consists of 12 pairs of cranial nerves and 31 spinal nerves
subdivided into somatic and autonomic nervous system
afferent nerves - Correct Answers sensory transmitters that send impulses from receptors in the skin,
muscles, and joints to the central nervous system
efferent nerves - Correct Answers Also called motor nerves; nerves that carry information from the CNS
to cells, tissues and organs.
, Neuron - Correct Answers a nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system
fuel source: glucose
Parts of a neuron - Correct Answers cell body, dendrites, axon
Cerebrum - Correct Answers Location: largest part of the brain
Function: Area of the brain responsible for all voluntary activities of the body
Sign of injury/lesion/disorder: movements that are slow and uncoordinated
cerebral cortex - Correct Answers the gray matter surrounding the cerebrum
white matter - Correct Answers located beneath the cerebral cortex
myelinated axons of the CNS
Four lobes of the brain - Correct Answers frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal
frontal lobe - Correct Answers located under forehead
Function: directs voluntary skeletal actions; responsible for communication, emotions, intellect,
reasoning, judgment and behavior.
Contains Broca's area: responsible for speech
Sign of injury/lesion/disorder: Head and eye movement to one side. Complete or partial
unresponsiveness or difficulty speaking. Explosive screams, including profanities, or laughter.
parietal lobe - Correct Answers Located in the upper back half of the brain.
Function: interprets tactile sensation such as touch, pain, temperature, shapes and 2-point
discrimination
Sign of injury/lesion/disorder: