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68WM6 A&P5 Cranials
68WM6 A&P5 - 12 Cranial Nerves
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cranial Nerve I | Olfactory |
| Cranial Nerve II | Optic |
| Cranial Nerve III | Oculomotor |
| Cranial Nerve IV | Trochlear |
| Cranial Nerve V | Trigeminal |
| Cranial Nerve VI | Abducent |
| Cranial Nerve VII | Facial |
| Cranial Nerve VIII | Vistibulochlear |
| Cranial Nerve IX | Glossopharyngeal |
| Cranial Nerve X | Vagus |
| Cranial Nerve XI | Accessory |
| Cranial Nerve XII | Hypoglossal |
| This nerve transmits the sense of smell. | Olfactory |
| This nerve transmits visual information to the brain. | Optic |
| This is in charge of most eye movements. | Oculomotor |
| This innervates the superior oblique muscle which intorts the eyeball. | Trochlear |
| Receives sensation from the face and innervates the muscle of mastication. | Trigeminal |
| This innervates the lateral rectus, which abducts the eye. | Abducens |
| Stimulates muscles of facial expression. Carries taste sensation from the tongue. | Facial |
| Senses sound, rotation and gravity, which is essential for balance and movement. | Vestibulocochlear |
| Receives taste from the posterior 1/3 of the tongue, provides secretomotor innervation to the parotid gland, and provides motor innervation to the stylopharyngeus (essential for tactile, pain, and thermal sensation). | Glossopharangeal |
| A major function: controls muscles for voice and resonance and the soft palate. | Vagus |
| Controls muscles of the neck and trapezeus. | Accessory |
| Provides motor innervation to the muscles of the tongue and other glossal muscles. Important for swallowing and speech articulation. | Hypoglossal |
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