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Really Easy Cranial Nerve Quiz

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1. Cranial Nerve I - Olfactory
Small Nerve for taste
Motor Nerve for moving the nose
Sensory Nerve for smell
Motor Nerve for reading the news
2. Cranial Nerve II - Optic
Both sensory and motor nerve for the eyebrows
Sensory Nerve for Optimism
Motor Nerve for moving the Schwann cells back to their axons
Sensory Nerve for Sight
3. Cranial Nerve III - Oculomotor Nerve
Motor Nerve for extrinsic eye muscle and pupillary movement
Motor nerve for splitting hairs
Both sensory and motor nerve for ear movement and hearing
Sensory nerve for smell
4. Cranial Nerve IV - Trochlear
Both sensory and motor nerve for heraldry
Motor nerve for trucks
Motor nerve for extrinsic eye muscle movement
Sensory nerve for troglodytes
5. Cranial Nerve V - Trigeminal
Both, sensory for the face and motor for mastication (chewing)
Motor nerve for trigonometry
Sensory nerve for feeling three gems
Motor nerve for moving memories to the hippocampus
6. Cranial Nerve VI - Abducens
Motor nerve for extrinsic eye muscle movement
Sensory nerve for hearing and sight
Both sensory and motor nerve for exercise
Sensory nerve for the basal ganglia
7. Cranial Nerve VII - Facial
Motor nerve for facing the music
Sensory nerve for in situ mastication
Sensory nerve for enjoying facials at the spa
Both, sensory for tongue, motor for salivary gland and facial expressions
8. Cranial Nerve VIII - Vestibulocochlear
Sensory nerve for hearing and equilibrium
Motor nerve for getting dressed
Sensory nerve for appreciating seashells
Sensory nerve for equine cabinetry
9. Cranial Nerve IX - Glossopharyngeal
Motor nerve for writing on glossy paper
Motor nerve for pharyngeal restructuring
Both, sensory for taste and motor for speech and swallowing
Sensory nerve for glenoid structures in the brain
10. Cranial Nerve X - Vagus
Both, sensory for taste and motor for speech and swallowing, also for thoracic and abdominal viscera
Sensory for viewing the lights of Las Vegas
Motor for speaking vaguely
Motor for wandering
11. Cranial Nerve XI - Accessory
Motor nerve for head and shoulder muscles, assists with swallowing
Sensory nerve for feeling hats on the head
Sensory nerve for feeling scarves on the neck
Motor nerve for putting on earrings and/or sunglasses
12. Cranial Nerve XII - Hypoglossal
Both sensory and motor nerve for making the tongue shiny
Motor nerve for healing the cells of the tongue
Sensory nerve for observing eggshell texture
Motor nerve for muscles of the tongue, speech and swallowing
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