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Really Easy Cranial Nerve Quiz

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