Exam 16: Cranial Nerves

How do preganglionic sympathetic fibers gain access to ganglia of the sympathetic trunk?

Match each cranial nerve with the correct foramen by which it exits the cranial cavity. Answers may be used once, more than once, or not at all. -Hypoglossal nerve

Postganglionic nerve fibers in the nerve of the pterygoid canal arise from neurons found in which of the following locations?

The glossopharyngeal nerve leaves the skull through the ____________________ foramen.

Which of the following muscles receive efferent (motor) innervation from the facial nerve (CN VII)? (Select all that apply.)

Match each cranial nerve with the correct foramen by which it exits the cranial cavity. Answers may be used once, more than once, or not at all. -Trochlear nerve

Match each cranial nerve with the correct foramen by which it exits the cranial cavity. Answers may be used once, more than once, or not at all. -Ophthalmic division of V

Sensory information from the olfactory nerve filaments reaches the olfactory area of the cerebrum through the ____________________.

The volume of secretion from the parotid gland is increased by stimulation of nerve fibers arising from neurons located in the

Taste fibers that terminate on the anterior two-thirds of the tongue are found in the ____________________ nerve.

All of the following cranial nerves contain parasympathetic fibers as they leave the brain except the

Match the fiber types to the cranial nerves. An answer can be used more than once. More than one answer can apply. -Oculomotor

Which of the following cranial nerves has nerve fibers that innervate both skeletal and smooth muscle?

The glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) supplies afferent innervation to all of the following structures except the

Which of the following cranial nerves does not have a sensory ganglion?

Match the fiber types to the cranial nerves. An answer can be used more than once. More than one answer can apply. -Trochlear

Which of the following muscles are innervated by the oculomotor nerve (CN III)? (Select all that apply.)

Through what branch of a spinal nerve do postganglionic sympathetic nerve fibers leave the ganglia of the sympathetic trunk?

Match each cranial nerve with the correct foramen by which it exits the cranial cavity. Answers may be used once, more than once, or not at all. -Vestibulocochlear nerve

The major salivary gland that is supplied by parasympathetic fibers originating in the glossopharyngeal nerve is the ____________________.