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What cranial nerve is responsible for transmitting visual information?

Cranial Nerve 2 - Optic Nerve


What is the Cranial nerve II called?

The second cranial nerve is the optic nerve.


What is the name of the cranial nerve that is tested in the visual acuity test?

Well you see bryan, the nerve that is right below the hair folical happens to be worth 12 cents.


What is the name of the second cranial nerve which provides a pathway from retina to brain?

The second cranial nerve is called the optic nerve. It carries visual information from the retina at the back of the eye to the visual centers in the brain, allowing us to process and interpret visual stimuli.


What lobe has impulses traveling down the cranial nerve 2?

impulses travel down cranial nerve 2 to what lobe


Cranial nerve involved in vision and visual fields?

The optic nerve (purely sensory; carry afferent impulses for vision) Oculomotor (innervates four of the extrinsic eye muscles) Trochlear (innervates an extrinsic eye muscle that hooks through a pulley-shaped ligament in the orbit) Abducens (innervates the muscle that turns abducts the eyeball)


What cranial nerve deals with vision?

vestibulocochlear nerve


What is the function of cranial nerves?

cranial nerve I: olfactory:smell cranial nerve II:optic:vision cranial nerve III: oculomotor: 4 of 6 eye muscles cranial nerve IV: trochlear: cranial nerve V: Trigeminal cranial nerve VI: Abducens cranial nerve VII: Facial cranial nerve VIII: Vestibulochlear: hearing cranial nerve IX: Grosspharnxgeal: saliva formation cranial nerve X: Vegus cranial nerve XI: Acessory Spinal: trapizious movement cranial nerve XII: Hypoglosseal: toungue movement


Which cranial nerve control contraction of the circular smooth muscle of the iris?

The parasympathetic fibers of the oculomotor nerve (cranial nerve III) control the contraction of the circular smooth muscle of the iris, causing pupil constriction.


What cranial nerve is used when smelling a flower?

The Olfactory nerve. CN1 Cranial Nerve I, or the first cranial nerve called the Olfactory nerve.


What nerves are involved in diplopia?

The nerves involved in diplopia include three cranial nerves: the oculomotor nerve (third cranial nerve), the abducens nerve (sixth cranial nerve), and the trochlear nerve (fourth cranial nerve).


Which cranial nerve is attached to the cerebrum?

The cranial nerves that are attached to the medulla oblongata are the glossopharyngeal, vagus, accessory and hypoglossal nerves. The glossopharyngeal nerve is the ninth cranial nerve that causes the tongue, throat, and parotid gland to function properly. The vagus nerve is the tenth cranial nerve which helps with motor production, mainly regarding the process of voice production. The accessory nerve is the eleventh cranial muscle whose only function is motor function, mainly regarding the trapezius and sternocledomastoid muscles. Lastly, the hypoglossal nerve is the twelfth cranial nerve which helps in the proper functioning of the muscles under the tongue.