Physiology Study Guide 11: Cranial Nerves 1

Steven A. Fink; Instructor PHYSIOLOGY STUDY GUIDE 11: CRANIAL NERVES

True/False

____ 1. The Facial Cranial Nerves contain motorneurons that supply the head & face.

____ 2. The Optic Cranial Nerves contain somatic motorneurons that supply the muscles that rotate the eyeballs.

____ 3. The lowest level of the brain is called the hypothalamus.

____ 4. The Trigeminal Cranial Nerves contain autonomic motorneurons that supply the heart.

____ 5. The face is innervated by nerves emerging from the spinal cord (“spinal nerves”)

____ 6. The Trigeminal Nerves contain sensory nerve fibers that relay sensory information from the face to the brain.

Matching

____ 7. vision A. Cranial Nerve I B. Cranial Nerve II ____ 8. hearing C. Cranial Nerve III D. Cranial Nerve IV ____ 9. taste E. Cranial Nerve V AB. Cranial Nerve VI ____10. olfaction AC. Cranial Nerve VII AD. Cranial Nerve VIII ____11. salivation (Parotid Glands) AE. Cranial Nerve IX BC. Cranial Nerve X ____12. salivation BD. Cranial Nerve XI (Sublingual & Submandibular Salivary Glands) BE. Cranial Nerve XII

____13. gastro-intestinal motility

____14. speech

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Multiple Choice

____15. The Vagus Cranial Nerves contain mostly: (a) somatic motorneurons (b) somatic sensory neurons (c) interneurons (d) autonomic motorneurons (e) visceral control centers

____16. Which one of the following Cranial Nerves does NOT innervate structures primarily around the head? (a) I (b) III (c) V (d) VIII (e) X

____17. Which one of the following Cranial Nerves contain autonomic motorneurons that supply the salivary glands? (a) Vagus (b) Trigeminal (c) Vestibulococchlear (d) Facial (e) Oculomotor

____18. The highest level of the brain is called the: (a) Cerebellum (b) Limbic System (c) Cerebral Cortex (d) Thalamus (e) Corpus Callosum (ab) Medulla Oblongata

____19. The corpus callosum is a large: (a) ganglion (b) ventricle (c) mass of gray matter (d) commissure (e) nucleus (ab) choroid plexus

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____20. The brain stem consists of the: (a) cerebellum, pons & hypothalamus (b) medulla oblongata, thalamus & midbrain (c) medulla oblongata, hypothalamus & pons (d) medulla oblongata, pons & midbrain (e) medulla oblongata, hypothalamus & thalamus

____21. Which one of the following cranial nerves has branches that supply the Heart? (a) Trigeminal Nerve (b) Accessory Nerve (c) Sciatic Nerve (d) Vagus Nerve (e) Glossopharyngeal Nerve

____22. Paralysis of the facial muscles of expression is associated with a viral infection of the: (a) Vagus Nerve (b) Trigeminal Nerve (c) Vestibulocochlear Nerve (d) Oculomotor Nerve (e) Facial Nerve

____23. Which one of the following is NOT a match? (a) Olfactory nerve – Cranial Nerve I (b) Vagus Nerve – Cranial Nerve V (c) Vestibulocochlear Nerve – Cranial Nerve VIII (d) Facial Nerve – Cranial Nerve VII (e) Optic Nerve – Cranial Nerve II

____24. The Oculomotor Nerve contains: (a) parasympathetic autonomic motorneurons (b) sympathetic autonomic motorneurons (c) somatic motorneurons (d) visceral sensory neurons (e) somatic sensory neurons (ab) both (a) & (b) (ac) both (a) & (c) (ad) both (a) & (d) (ae) both (a) & (e) (ce) both (c) & (e)

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____25. Difficulty in swallowing could result from injury to the: (a) Facial Nerve (b) Trigeminal Nerve (c) Oculomotor Nerve (d) Vagus Nerve (e) Glossopharyngeal Nerve

____26. Which one of the following cranial nerves is NOT a "mixed nerve"? (a) Facial Nerve (b) Vestibulocochlear Nerve (c) Glossopharygeal Nerve (d) Vagus Nerve (e) Trigeminal Nerve

____27. Loss of balance could result from injury to the: (a) Facial Nerve (b) Vestibulocochlear Nerve (c) Oculomotor Nerve (d) Vagus Nerve (e) Trigeminal Nerve

____28. The Trigeminal Nerves contain: (a) somatic sensory neurons, visceral sensory neurons & somatic motorneurons (b) somatic sensory neurons, visceral sensory neurons & autonomic motorneurons (c) visceral sensory neurons, somatic motorneurons & autonomic motorneurons (d) somatic sensory neurons, somatic motorneurons (e) none of the above are correct

____29. The Vagus Nerves contain: (a) somatic sensory neurons, visceral sensory neurons & somatic motorneurons (b) somatic sensory neurons, somatic motorneurons & autonomic motorneurons (c) somatic sensory neurons, visceral sensory neurons & autonomic motorneurons (d) visceral sensory neurons, somatic motorneurons & autonomic motorneurons (e) none of the above are correct

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____30. Loss of sensation from the face could result from injury to the: (a) Facial Nerve (b) Vestibulocochlear Nerve (c) Oculomotor Nerve (d) Vagus Nerve (e) Trigeminal Nerve

____31. Which one of the following is NOT a match? (a) Olfactory Nerve -- I (b) Trigeminal -- III (c) Facial – VII (d) Vagus – X (e) Vestibulocochlear – VIII

____32. Which one of the following Cranial Nerves innervates the Iris of the eye? (a) Vagus (b) Trigeminal (c) Optic (d) Facial (e) Oculomotor

____33. Which one of the following Cranial Nerves innervates the vocal cords? (a) Vagus (b) Trigeminal (c) Glossopharyngeal (d) Facial (e) Hypoglossal

____34. The Oculomotor Nerves contain: (a) somatic motorneurons (b) parasympathetic preganglionic autonomic motorneurons (c) sympathetic preganglionic autonomic motorneurons (d) all of the above (e) only (b) & (c) (ab) only (a) & (b)

____35. The Glossopharyngeal Nerves contain: (a) somatic motorneurons (b) parasympathetic preganglionic autonomic motorneurons (c) sympathetic preganglionic autonomic motorneurons (d) all of the above (e) only (b) & (c) (ab) only (a) & (b)

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