Cranial Nerve Anatomy

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1. Branches of which cranial nerve are typically contained within the mucosa of the middle ear space? Glossopharyngeal Nerve Vestibulocochlear Nerve Facial Nerve Vagus Nerve

2. The nerve of the pterygoid canal (Vidian Nerve) is considered a branch of which cranial nerve? Trigeminal Nerve Facial Nerve Glossopharyngeal Nerve Hypoglossal Nerve

3. Which of the following extrinsic muscles of the tongue is not innervated by the hypoglossal nerve? Palatoglossus Styloglossus Hyoglossus Genioglossus

4. The ciliary ganglion contains fibers or cell bodies from which two cranial nerves? Oculomotor and Trochlear Nerves Abducens and Optic Nerves Trochlear and Abducens Nerves Trigeminal and Oculomotor Nerves

5. Fibers from the accesory nerve enter the posterior cranial fossa through which foramen? The Jugular Foramen Foramen Rotundum Foramen Ovale Foramen Magnum

6. The cavernous sinus or its wall contain all of the following cranial nerves EXCEPT: Optic Nerve Trochlear Nerve Oculomotor nerve Abducens Nerve

7. The utricle is supplied by which branch of the vestibulocochlear nerve? The Superior Vestibular Nerve The Cochlear Nerve The Inferior Vestibular Nerve The Nervus Intermedius

8. In 2004, The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded for research on which cranial nerve? Optic Nerve Olfactory Nerve Vesticulocochlear Nerve Facial Nerve

9. Where are the cell bodies of the nerves of pain, touch, and temperature sensation from the vocal folds located? Tractus Solitarius of the Medulla Inferior Vagal Ganglion Nucleus Ambiguus Dorsal Vagal Nucleus

10. Dorello's canal transmits which cranial nerve? Trigeminal Nerve Abducens Nerve Occulomotor Nerve Trochlear Nerve