Question

Identify the cranial nerve that passes through the olfactory foramina. hints identify the cranial nerve that passes through the olfactory foramina. the abducens nerve (cn vi) the oculomotor nerve (cn iii) the optic nerve (cn ii) the olfactory nerve (cn i)

Answer 1

Cranial nerves arise from the brain and brain stem while the spinal nerves arise from the spinal cord. There are 12 pairs of cranial nerves that pass through the foramine found in the skull and named as CN I to CN XII. 20 bundles of nerve fibers pass through the hole of olfactory foramina and makes the olfactory nerves or Cranial Nerve I (CN I).