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For each question, choose the most appropriate answer. Click on the small image to the right to open a larger version. Get your score at the bottom of the page when you have completed the test. Question 1: What is the number of this cranial nerve? CN I CN II CN III CN IV CN V CN VI CN VII CN VIII CN IX CN X CN XI CN XII		Question 1
Question 2: Is the nerve in question 1 motor, sensory or mixed? Motor Sensory Mixed		Question 2
Question 3: Which cranial nerve is this? Olfactory nerve Optic nerve Oculomotor nerve Trochlear nerve Trigeminal nerve Abducent nerve Facial nerve Vestibulocochlear nerve Glossopharyngeal nerve Vagus nerve Accessory nerve Hypoglossal nerve		Question 3
Question 4: What is the function of the cranial nerve identified in question 3? Motor to ciliary muscle Motor to inferior oblique Motor to inferior rectus Motor to lateral rectus Motor to laevator palpebrae superioris Motor to medial rectus Motor to superior oblique Motor to superior rectus Sensory to cornea Sensory to retina		Question 4
Question 5: What is this nerve? Buccal nerve Facial nerve Frontal nerve Infraorbital nerve Lingual nerve Mandibular nerve Maxillary nerve Oculomotor nerve Ophthalmic nerve Zygomatic nerve		Question 5
Question 6: Through which foramen does the nerve in question 5 leave the cranial cavity? Carotid canal Foramen lacerum Foramen magnum Foramen ovale Foramen rotundum Foramen spinosum Internal acoustic meatus Optic canal Stylomastoid foramen Superior orbital fissure		Question 6
Question 7: Which foramen is this cranial nerve within? Carotid canal Foramen lacerum Foramen magnum Foramen ovale Foramen rotundum Foramen spinosum Internal acoustic meatus Optic canal Stylomastoid foramen Superior orbital fissure		Question 7
Question 8: What is this branch (arrow)? Accessory nerve Auriculotemporal nerve Chorda tympani Cochlear nerve Glossopharyngeal nerve Hypoglossal nerve Lesser petrosal nerve Temporal nerve Tympanic nerve Vestibular nerve		Question 8
Question 9: Which cranial nerve passes directly superior to the pituitary gland? CN I CN II CN III CN IV CN V CN VI CN VII CN VIII CN IX CN X CN XI CN XII		Question 9
Question 10: Which cranial nerve is passing through the dura mater here? Olfactory nerve Optic nerve Oculomotor nerve Trochlear nerve Trigeminal nerve Abducent nerve Facial nerve Vestibulocochlear nerve Glossopharyngeal nerve Vagus nerve Accessory nerve Hypoglossal nerve		Question 10