Intermediate Cranial Nerve Quiz

name the 12 cranial nerves with hints

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Hint	Answer
Cranial Nerve I (smell)	olfactory
Cranial Nerve II (sight)	optic
Cranial Nerve III (opening/closing eyes, pupil width)	oculomotor
Cranial Nerve IV (eye movement downward or left to right)	trochlear
Cranial Nerve V (facial sensory and movement, has 3 branches)	trigeminal
Cranial Nerve VI (eye movement outward)	abducens
Cranial Nerve VII (facial expressions, taste)	facial
Cranial Nerve VIII (hearing, balance)	vestibulocochlear
Cranial Nerve IX (taste, tongue and throat movement, swallowing)	glossopharyngeal
Cranial Nerve X (goes all the way down to the gut)	vagus
Cranial Nerve IX (shoulder and neck movement)	accessory
Cranial Nerve XII (tongue movement, speech and swallowing)	hypoglossal