Cranial Nerves

Question 1

Cranial Nerve I

Answer 1

Leaves via cribiform plate of ethmoid bone
Anterior Cranial Fossa

Question 2

Cranial Nerve II

Answer 2

Leaves via optic canal
Middle cranial fossa

Question 3

Cranial Nerve III

Answer 3

Leaves via superior orbital fissure
Middle cranial fossa

Question 4

Cranial Nerve IV

Answer 4

Leaves via superior orbital fissure
Middle cranial fossa

Question 5

Cranial Nerve V

Answer 5

All leave via middle cranial fossa
-V1 via superior orbital cranial
-V2 via foramen rotundum
-V3 via foramen ovale

Question 6

Cranial Nerve VI

Answer 6

Superior orbital fissure
Middle cranial fossa

Question 7

Cranial Nerve VII

Answer 7

Leaves via internal acoustic meatus
Posterior cranial fossa

Question 8

Cranial nerve VIII

Answer 8

Leaves via internal acoustic meatus
Posterior cranial fossa

Question 9

Cranial nerve IX

Answer 9

Leaves via jugular foramen
Posterior cranial fossa

Question 10

Cranial nerve X

Answer 10

Leaves via jugular foramen
Posterior cranial fossa

Question 11

Cranial Nerve XI

Answer 11

Leaves via jugular foramen
Posterior cranial fossa

Question 12

Cranial Nerve XII

Answer 12

Leaves via hypoglossal canal
Posterior cranial fossa

Question 13

All cranial nerves and modalities

Answer 13

Question 14

All holes in brain

Answer 14

Question 15

Which foramen are in which cranial fossa ?

Answer 15