Home
Class 11
BIOLOGY
Name a cranial nerve that controls eye b...

Name a cranial nerve that controls eye ball movements. Is this nerve a sensory, a motor or a mixed nerve?

Text Solution

AI Generated Solution

**Step-by-Step Solution:** 1. **Identify the cranial nerve responsible for eye ball movements.** The cranial nerve that controls eye ball movements is the **abducens nerve**. 2. **Determine the type of nerve.** The abducens nerve is classified as a **motor nerve** because it innervates the lateral rectus muscle, which is responsible for moving the eye. ...
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • NEURAL CONTROL AND CO-ORDINATION

    ICSE|Exercise TEST YOUR PROGRESS ( SHORT/LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS )|70 Videos
  • NEURAL CONTROL AND CO-ORDINATION

    ICSE|Exercise TEST YOUR PROGRESS ( HIGHER ORDER THNKING SKILLS QUESTIONS QUESTIONS (HOTS) )|8 Videos
  • NEURAL CONTROL AND CO-ORDINATION

    ICSE|Exercise TEST YOUR PROGRESS|1 Videos
  • MORPHOLOGY OF FLOWERING PLANTS

    ICSE|Exercise NCERT TEXTBOOK QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS|25 Videos
  • NEURAL CONTROL AND COORDINATION

    ICSE|Exercise (Review question) long answer|20 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

Name the mixed cranial nerve that controls swallowing.

A mixed cranial nerve is

Hypoglossal nerve controls the movements of

V cranial nerve of frog is

The largest cranial nerve is

The eighth cranial nerve is

Nerve is a

Mixed nerve and motor nerve

The fourth cranial nerve of man is

which cranial nerves are purely sensory ?

ICSE-NEURAL CONTROL AND CO-ORDINATION -TEST YOUR PROGRESS ( VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS )
  1. Where are the bipolar nerve cells present in the human body?

    Text Solution

    |

  2. Name the fluid in which the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear floa...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. Name a cranial nerve that controls eye ball movements. Is this nerve a...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. Name the area of retina which contains only cones and no rods.

    Text Solution

    |

  5. Tell the functions of ear ossicles.

    Text Solution

    |

  6. Which lobe of the cerebrum is the somaesthetic area?

    Text Solution

    |

  7. What are the functions of (i) pupil, and (ii) rod cells in human eye?

    Text Solution

    |

  8. What is threshold stimulus for a nerve cell?

    Text Solution

    |

  9. Tell the contribution of James Langley.

    Text Solution

    |

  10. Name the location of Nissl's granules.

    Text Solution

    |

  11. Excessive stimulation of vagus nerve in humans may lead to

    Text Solution

    |

  12. What effect might vagotomy (cutting of vagal nerve fibres) have on emp...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. Name the terms given to neurons that carry input to the central nervou...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. Axons of most mammalian neurons are surrounded by a myelin sheath. Wha...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. Which division of the nervous system is voluntary?

    Text Solution

    |

  16. In a polarised membrane, what is the charge just inside the membrane?

    Text Solution

    |

  17. Name the neuron which is responsible for one-way impulse conduction.

    Text Solution

    |

  18. In which space does cerebrospinal fluid circulate?

    Text Solution

    |

  19. Spinal nerves are part of which division of the nervous system?

    Text Solution

    |

  20. What is a typical value for the resting membrane potential of a neuron...

    Text Solution

    |