False statement about trigeminal nerve is: (A) Caries sensation from face and scalp, (B) Has motor branch, (C) Arise from C8 nerve root, (D) Composed of spinal nucleus
Answer is C. Trigeminal nerve has 4 nuclear which are main sensory nucleus (carrying sensation from face & anterior scalp motor nucleus (supplying muscles of mastication, tensor tympani /palatini, mylohyoid & digastric anterior belly), mesencephalic nucleus and spinal nucleus (extending in medulla oblongata & spinal cord upto C2 segment)