CRANIAL NERVES FINAL EXAM 2026 WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS

CRANIAL NERVES FINAL EXAM
2026 WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS

CN I Olfactory - ANSWER --Description of what nerve: Conducts olfactory sensations to
brain



CN I Olfactory - ANSWER --What CN has the only type of nervous tissue to regenerate?



Receptors in olfactory mucosa of nasal cavity - ANSWER --Origin of the Olfactory nerve



I Olfactory

II Optic

III Oculomotor

IV Trochlear

V Trigeminal

VI Abducens

VII Facial

VIII Vestibulocochlear

IX Glossopharyngeal

X Vagus

XI Accessory

XII Hypoglossal - ANSWER --list all cranial nerves in order

, Olfactory and optic - ANSWER --list the sensory only nerves (no numbers needed)



Oculomotor, trochlear, abducens, Accessory, and Hypoglossal - ANSWER --list the motor
only nerves



Trigeminal, Facial, Vestibulocohlear, Glossopharyngeal, and vagus - ANSWER --list the
nerves that do both motor and sensory function



bipolar - ANSWER --what type of neurons are the receptors for the olfactory nerve



anosmia - ANSWER --Damage to the olfactory nerve causes what condition



Vision - ANSWER --sensory function of CN II Optic



CN II Optic - ANSWER --this special sensory nerve of vision if an outgrowth of the brain;
more appropriately called a brain tract



retina of the eye - ANSWER --origin of the optic nerve



anopsia - ANSWER --condition caused by damage to the optic nerve



anosmia - ANSWER --damage to the ethmoid bone may cause BLANK if it damages the
nerve receptors



sphenoid - ANSWER --the optic nerve passes through which bone via the optic foramen