1. Which cranial nerve does NOT have a connection to the brainstem?
A) Olfactory
B) Trigeminal
C) Oculomotor
D) Hypoglossal
E) Vestibulocochlear
2. Which cranial nerve provides the parasympathetic motor innervation that controls pupil size and lens shape?
A) Ophthalmic division of Trigeminal
B) Trochlear
C) Abducens
D) Oculomotor
E) Optic
3. If your patient cannot smile, what nerve is most likely damaged?
A) Accessory
B) Mandibular division of trigeminal
C) Maxillary division of trigeminal
D) Facial
E) Hypoglossal
4. Which cranial nerve contains GSAs?
A) Hypoglossal
B) Trochlear
C) Abducens
D) Trigeminal
E) Oculomotor
5. The special sense of taste is carried by
A) Facial Nerve
B) ALL of these nerves
C) Hypoglossal Nerve
D) Glossopharyngeal Nerve
E) Both Facial AND Glossopharyngeal
6. Pain from a toothache in the lower jaw is conveyed to the CNS by the
A) Mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve
B) Facial nerve
C) Maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve
D) Vagus nerve
7. Which of the following sets of cranial nerves ALL connect to the pons?
A) Oculomotor, Trochlear, Trigeminal, Abducens
B) Facial, Vestibulocochlear, Glossopharyngeal, Vagus
C) Glossopharyngeal, Vagus, Accessory, Hypoglossal
D) Olfactory, Optic, Oculomotor, Trochlear
E) Trigeminal, Abducens, Facial, Vestibulocochlear
8. Which cranial nerve does NOT exit the cranium (cranial cavity)?
A) Abducens
B) Accessory
C) Vestibulocochlear
D) Optic
E) Olfactory
9. Which cranial nerve does NOT contain GSEs?
A) Trigeminal
B) Oculomotor
C) Facial
D) Vestibulocochlear
E) Trochlear
10. Surgical removal of a parotid gland tumor could most likely cause damage to what cranial nerve?
A) Olfactory
B) Hypoglossal
C) Vagus
D) Facial
11. Parasympathetic neurons in the glossopharyngeal nerve innervate
A) lacrimal glands
B) the pupil constrictor muscles
C) all the salivary glands EXCEPT the parotid gland
D) the parotid glands
E) Both parotid AND lacrimal glands
12. Which cranial nerve has a parasympathetic component?
A) I
B) VII
C) IV
D) XII
E) XI
13. General sensations in the anterior 2/3 of the tongue (like pain or temperature) are conveyed by sensory neurons in the _____ nerve(s).
A) Facial
B) Glossopharyngeal
C) Both Glossopharyngeal AND Facial
D) Mandibular division of the Trigeminal nerve
E) Hypoglossal
14. Match the cranial nerve with the appropriate cranial opening, using the following list of options. There is only one correct answer per question. Answers may be used only once, more than once, or not at all.
A. foramen rotundum
B. superior orbital fissure
C. foramen ovale
D. internal acoustic (auditory) meatus
E. foramen magnum
F. cribriform plate
G. optic canal
H. jugular foramen
Olfactory nerve
Facial nerve
Vagus nerve
Mandibular division of Trigeminl nerve
Maxillary division of Trigeminal nerve
Vestibulocochlear nerve
Optic nerve
Glossopharyngeal nerve
15. The extrinsic eye muscles are supplied by all of the following nerves, EXCEPT
A) Abducens
B) Trochlear
C) Ophthalmic division of trigeminal
D) NO exceptions, all of these nerves supply the extrinsic eye muscles
E) Oculomotor
16. Which cranial nerve carries sensory information destined for the diencephalon?
A) CN II
B) CN VII
C) CN I
D) CN IX
E) CN VIII
17. Which cranial nerve contains GVEs?
A) Vestibulocochlear
B) Oculomotor
C) Optic
D) Olfactory
18. Which cranial nerve has a wide distribution outside the head and neck?
A) Vagus
B) Hypoglossal
C) Accessory
D) Glossopharyngeal
E) ALL of these nerves
19. Which cranial nerve connects to the medulla oblongata?
A) Facial
B) Vagus
C) Abducens
D) NONE of these nerves
E) Trochlear
20. Which cranial nerve originates from both the medulla oblongata AND the spinal cord?
A) CN XII
B) CN X
C) CN XI
D) CN VI
E) CN IX
21. Which cranial nerve provides motor innervation to skeletal muscles?
A) Accessory
B) ALL of these cranial nerves innervate skeletal muscles
C) Trochlear
D) Oculomotor
E) Hypoglossal
F) Abducens
22. When grandma pinches your cheek, a stinging cutaneous sensation is carried to the CNS by the ______ nerve.
A) Trigeminal
B) Accessory
C) Trochlear
D) Facial
E) Both Facial AND Trigeminal
23. __________ is nicknamed the "wanderer" or the "wandering nerve".
A) CN VIII
B) CN IX
C) CN X
D) CN XII