CRANIAL NERVES LATEST 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔innervates muscles of mastication, mylohyoid, ant. belly of digastic, tensor tympani
and tensor veli palatini - ✔✔somatic motor function of CN V trigeminal
✔✔temporalis, masseter, lateral and medial pterygoids - ✔✔muscles of mastication
innervated by CN V trigeminal include
✔✔pons - ✔✔origin of CN V trigeminal
✔✔trigeminal neuralgia - ✔✔conditions of nerve damage for CN V trigeminal
✔✔CN VI Abducens - ✔✔innervates lateral rectus eye muscle, which abducts the eye
✔✔lateral rectus - ✔✔
✔✔innervates lateral rectus for eye abduction - ✔✔somatic motor function of CN VI
abducens
✔✔pons - ✔✔origin of CN VI abducens
✔✔CN VII Facial - ✔✔Innervates muscles of facial expression; lacrimal gland, and most
salvary glands; conducts taste sensations from ant. 2/3 of tongue
✔✔taste from ant. 2/3 of tongue - ✔✔CN VII Facial sensory function
✔✔5 major motor branches innervate the muscles of facial expression, the posterior
belly of the digastric muscle, and the stylohyoid and stapedius muscles - ✔✔somatic
motor function of CN VII Facial
✔✔temporal, zygomatic, buccal, mandibular, and cervical - ✔✔name the 5 major
branches of the facial nerve
✔✔increases secretions of lacrimal gland as well as submandibular and sublingual
salivary glands - ✔✔parasympathetic motor function of CN VII Facial
✔✔pons - ✔✔origin of CN VII facial
✔✔dry eye, dry mouth, loss of taste sensation ant. 2/3 of tongue, and bell palsy -
✔✔conditions of damaged facial nerve
, ✔✔carotid sinus - ✔✔At the branching of internal and common carotid is the BLANK
BLANK- a baroreceptor that provides barometric pressure info to help regulate bp
✔✔CN VIII Vestibulocochlear - ✔✔conducts equillibrium and auditory sensations to
brain
✔✔vestibular branch conducts impulses for equilibrium, cochlear branch conducts
impulses for hearing - ✔✔sensory function of CN VIII vestibulocochlear
✔✔hair cells in the vestibule of inner ear - ✔✔origin of vestibular branch of CN VIII
vestibulocochlear
✔✔cochlea of the inner ear - ✔✔origin of cochlear branch of CN VIII vestibulocochlear
✔✔junction of pons and medulla oblongata - ✔✔where does the vestibulocochlear
nerve enter the brainstem
✔✔loss of balance, nausea, vomiting, and dizziness - ✔✔conditions from damage to
vestibular branch
✔✔loss of hearing - ✔✔conditions from damage to cochlear branch
✔✔CN X Vagus - ✔✔this nerve innervates structures in the head and neck and in the
thoracic and abdominal cavities
✔✔Visceral sensory information from heart, lungs, and most abdominal organs. General
sensory information from external acoustic meatus, eardrum, laryngopharynx and larynx
- ✔✔Sensory function of CN X Vagus Nerve
✔✔Innervates most pharynx muscles and all larynx muscles - ✔✔Somatic motor
function of CN X Vagus
✔✔Innervates smooth muscle of thoracic and most abdominal organs, cardiac muscle,
and glands of heart, lungs, pharynx, larynx, trachea, and most abdominal organs -
✔✔Parasympathetic motor function of CN X Vagus
✔✔motor nuclei in medulla oblongata - ✔✔origin of CN X Vagus
✔✔CN XI Accessory - ✔✔Innervates trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles
✔✔travels with CN XI Accessory to pharynx - ✔✔somatic motor function of cranial root
for CN XI Accessory
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔innervates muscles of mastication, mylohyoid, ant. belly of digastic, tensor tympani
and tensor veli palatini - ✔✔somatic motor function of CN V trigeminal
✔✔temporalis, masseter, lateral and medial pterygoids - ✔✔muscles of mastication
innervated by CN V trigeminal include
✔✔pons - ✔✔origin of CN V trigeminal
✔✔trigeminal neuralgia - ✔✔conditions of nerve damage for CN V trigeminal
✔✔CN VI Abducens - ✔✔innervates lateral rectus eye muscle, which abducts the eye
✔✔lateral rectus - ✔✔
✔✔innervates lateral rectus for eye abduction - ✔✔somatic motor function of CN VI
abducens
✔✔pons - ✔✔origin of CN VI abducens
✔✔CN VII Facial - ✔✔Innervates muscles of facial expression; lacrimal gland, and most
salvary glands; conducts taste sensations from ant. 2/3 of tongue
✔✔taste from ant. 2/3 of tongue - ✔✔CN VII Facial sensory function
✔✔5 major motor branches innervate the muscles of facial expression, the posterior
belly of the digastric muscle, and the stylohyoid and stapedius muscles - ✔✔somatic
motor function of CN VII Facial
✔✔temporal, zygomatic, buccal, mandibular, and cervical - ✔✔name the 5 major
branches of the facial nerve
✔✔increases secretions of lacrimal gland as well as submandibular and sublingual
salivary glands - ✔✔parasympathetic motor function of CN VII Facial
✔✔pons - ✔✔origin of CN VII facial
✔✔dry eye, dry mouth, loss of taste sensation ant. 2/3 of tongue, and bell palsy -
✔✔conditions of damaged facial nerve
, ✔✔carotid sinus - ✔✔At the branching of internal and common carotid is the BLANK
BLANK- a baroreceptor that provides barometric pressure info to help regulate bp
✔✔CN VIII Vestibulocochlear - ✔✔conducts equillibrium and auditory sensations to
brain
✔✔vestibular branch conducts impulses for equilibrium, cochlear branch conducts
impulses for hearing - ✔✔sensory function of CN VIII vestibulocochlear
✔✔hair cells in the vestibule of inner ear - ✔✔origin of vestibular branch of CN VIII
vestibulocochlear
✔✔cochlea of the inner ear - ✔✔origin of cochlear branch of CN VIII vestibulocochlear
✔✔junction of pons and medulla oblongata - ✔✔where does the vestibulocochlear
nerve enter the brainstem
✔✔loss of balance, nausea, vomiting, and dizziness - ✔✔conditions from damage to
vestibular branch
✔✔loss of hearing - ✔✔conditions from damage to cochlear branch
✔✔CN X Vagus - ✔✔this nerve innervates structures in the head and neck and in the
thoracic and abdominal cavities
✔✔Visceral sensory information from heart, lungs, and most abdominal organs. General
sensory information from external acoustic meatus, eardrum, laryngopharynx and larynx
- ✔✔Sensory function of CN X Vagus Nerve
✔✔Innervates most pharynx muscles and all larynx muscles - ✔✔Somatic motor
function of CN X Vagus
✔✔Innervates smooth muscle of thoracic and most abdominal organs, cardiac muscle,
and glands of heart, lungs, pharynx, larynx, trachea, and most abdominal organs -
✔✔Parasympathetic motor function of CN X Vagus
✔✔motor nuclei in medulla oblongata - ✔✔origin of CN X Vagus
✔✔CN XI Accessory - ✔✔Innervates trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles
✔✔travels with CN XI Accessory to pharynx - ✔✔somatic motor function of cranial root
for CN XI Accessory
