Match the Function with the Appropriate Cranial Nerve

question 9

Multiple Choice

Match the function with the appropriate cranial nerve.
-Hypoglossal nerve

• A)Fibers emerge from the posterior midbrain and exit from the skull to run to the eye.
• B)Provides motor and sensory functions to the face, mouth, nose, and eyes.
• C)Fibers emerge from the midbrain, exit from the skull, and extend to the eye.
• D)Controls motor functions to the pharynx and salivary glands and sensory functions from the pharynx and tongue.
• E)Innervates muscles that move the eye laterally.
• F)Affects control over the motor fibers to the muscles of tongue and sensory impulses from the tongue to the brain.
• G)Is purely sensory and carries impulses for the sense of smell.
• H)Is made up of parasympathetic motor fibers that supply the smooth muscles of the abdominal organs.
• I)Transmits impulses for the sense of hearing.
• J)Carries sensory and motor fibers to the pharynx and larynx.

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Definitions:

Flexion

A movement that decreases the angle between two body parts, such as bending the elbow or knee.

Triceps Reflex

A deep tendon reflex tested by striking the triceps tendon, located just above the elbow, to assess the spinal cord's response function in the neck area.

Flexion

The act of bending a joint or limb in the body, decreasing the angle between the bones of the limb at the joint.

Extension

The movement by which the angle between two adjoining parts of the body is increased; opposite of flexion.