Beginner Trigeminal Nerve Quiz

Q1. What is the principal sensory role of the trigeminal nerve?

• Taste from the entire tongue
• Hearing
• General sensation from the face
• Vision

Q2. What are the three major divisions of the trigeminal nerve?

• Frontal, facial, and lingual
• Superior, middle, and inferior
• Ophthalmic, maxillary, and mandibular
• Orbital, temporal, and cervical

Q3. Which trigeminal division is purely sensory and supplies much of the forehead and upper orbital region?

• Ophthalmic division (V1)
• Maxillary division (V2)
• Mandibular division (V3)
• Motor root only

Q4. Which trigeminal division supplies much of the midface?

• Facial nerve
• Maxillary division (V2)
• Mandibular division (V3)
• Ophthalmic division (V1)

Q5. Which trigeminal division carries both sensory and motor fibers?

• Maxillary division (V2)
• Mandibular division (V3)
• Ophthalmic division (V1)
• All three divisions equally

Q6. Which trigeminal division supplies the muscles of mastication?

• Mandibular division (V3)
• Ophthalmic and maxillary divisions only
• Ophthalmic division (V1)
• Maxillary division (V2)

Q7. Through which opening does V1 enter the orbit?

• Foramen ovale
• Optic canal
• Foramen rotundum
• Superior orbital fissure

Q8. Through which foramen does V2 leave the middle cranial fossa?

• Stylomastoid foramen
• Foramen rotundum
• Jugular foramen
• Foramen ovale

Q9. Through which foramen does V3 leave the cranial cavity?

• Foramen rotundum
• Foramen spinosum
• Hypoglossal canal
• Foramen ovale

Q10. Which trigeminal division carries the afferent limb of the corneal reflex?

• Maxillary division (V2)
• Ophthalmic division (V1)
• Facial nerve as the afferent limb
• Mandibular division (V3)