Cranial Nerves and Functions

Cranial nerves, types

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Cards In This Set

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Olfactory
Sensory - Smell
Optic
Sensory - Vision
Oculomotor
Motor - Extraocular eye movement. Movement of ciliary muscles of lens
Trochlear
Motor - Extraocular eye movement. Downward and laterally
Trigeminal - Opthalmic branch
Sensory - Sensation of cornea, skin of face, and nasal mucosa
Trigeminal - Maxillary branch
Sensory - Sensation of skin of face and anterior oral cavity (tongue and teeth)
Trigeminal - Mandibular branch
Both - Muscles of mastication; sensation of skin of face
Abducens
Motor - EOM; moves eyeball laterally
Facial
Both - Facial expression; taste (anterior two thirds of tongue)
Auditory
Sensory-Equilibrium, hearing
Glassopharyngeal
Both - Swallowing, tongue movement, taste (posterior tongue)
Vagus
Both - Sensation of pharynx and larynx; swallowing; vocal cord movement
Accessory
Motor - Head movement; shrugging of shoulders
Hypoglossal
Motor - Protusion of tongue; moves tongue up and down and side to side
Saying to remember cranial nerve order
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