Cranial Nerves 1
The cranial nerve responsible for sight
What is CN II: Optic Nerve
The name of cranial nerve XII
What is hypoglossal nerve?
The cranial nerve that provides motor innervation to the face
What is cranial nerve VII facial nerve?
The cranial nerve that provides sensory sensation to the face
The pre central gyrus is located in this lobe of the brain
What is frontal lobe?
The cranial nerve that is responsible for mastication
What is CN V Trigeminal nerve/ Mandibular (V3)?
The cranial nerve that functions in tear production
What is facial nerve CN VII?
The muscle that enables normal blinking
What is orbicularis oculi palpebrae?
The muscle that enables smiling
What is zygomaticus?
The artery that provides blood supply to the lateral aspect of the brain
A patient has difficulty tasting on the anterior 2/3 of her tongue and diminished salivary production. Damage to this nerve would cause these symptoms.
What is CN VII: Facial nerve?
A patient appears cross-eyed and upon examination, is unable to look laterally. Damage to this nerve would cause this.
What is cranial nerve VI abducens nerve?
Inability to close lips is due to damage to this muscle
A laceration to the parotid gland would affect this nerve
What is CN VII?
Cranial nerves IX-XII exit this part of the brain
What is medulla oblongata?
A patient has a stroke and as a result, has facial nerve damage. This other nerve can take over in saliva secretion.
What is glossopharyngeal nerve CN IX?
A 57-year-old woman presents with a loss of hearing. An MRI of the patient's head reveals a brain tumor. The tumor is located in which foramen that the responsible nerve passes through
What is internal acoustic meatus?
As a result of a botox procedure, the patient is unable to fully depress the angle of their mouth. This muscle was paralyzed
What is depressor anguli oris?
A patient comes to the ER due to a narrowed nasal passage. Weakening of this muscle can hinder breathing.
What is nasalis?
What is anterior cerebral artery?
A 27-year-old woman comes to her physician with noted asymmetry in her pupils. Her right pupil is abnormally dilated, and on examination, the right eye is slow to respond to light stimuli. Her visual acuity is not impaired. This impairment is due to damaged to this nerve.
What is oculomotor nerve CN III?
A 13-year-old girl visits her pediatrician complaining of loss of sensitivity in her lower eyelid, the skin below her right eye, and in her upper lip and teeth. Which of the following sites is the most likely location for the nerve lesion responsible for these signs and symptoms?
What is foramen rotundum?
While recovering from a right facial paralysis, a 36-year-old female patient complained that food accumulated between the teeth and the cheek when chewing. The deficiency of which muscle was most likely the cause of this problem
What is buccinator?
As a result of meningitis, a patient develops Bell's palsy, a condition in which there is one-sided facial paralysis due to compression of the following nerve
What is facial nerve (CN VII)
An infant was diagnosed as having hydrocephalus. It was determined that there was a blockage in the ventricular system of the baby's brain between the third and fourth ventricles. The blockage therefore must have involved the:
What is cerebral aqueduct?