II) Optic
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Turns eye downward and laterally
Taste; facial movements such as smiling, closing of eyes, and frowning; production of tears and saliva
Innervates voluntary muscles that allow coughing, swallowing, and speech; involuntarily senses aortic blood pressure, slows heart rate, and stimulates digestive organs
Smell
Movement of the trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles; helps control swallowing
Vision
Pupillary reflex, eyelid movement, allows eye movement in every direction
Vestibular branch: Aids equilibrium and provides information about balance, posture, and movement; Cochlear branch: Hearing
Ophthalmic branch: Sensory impulses from scalp, forehead, upper eyelid, nose, cornea, and lacrimal gland Maxillary branch: Sensory impulses from lower eyelid, cheek, nasal cavity, upper teeth, upper lip, and palate Mandibular branch: Sensory impulses from tongue, lower teeth, skin of chin, and lower lip; motor action includes teeth clenching, movement of mandible
Controls outward lateral eye movement
Controls tongue movement involved in speech and swallowing
Produces the gag and swallowing reflexes; taste (posterior third of the tongue); senses carotid blood pressure
VII) Facial
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Turns eye downward and laterally
Taste; facial movements such as smiling, closing of eyes, and frowning; production of tears and saliva
Innervates voluntary muscles that allow coughing, swallowing, and speech; involuntarily senses aortic blood pressure, slows heart rate, and stimulates digestive organs
Smell
Movement of the trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles; helps control swallowing
Vision
Pupillary reflex, eyelid movement, allows eye movement in every direction
Vestibular branch: Aids equilibrium and provides information about balance, posture, and movement; Cochlear branch: Hearing
Ophthalmic branch: Sensory impulses from scalp, forehead, upper eyelid, nose, cornea, and lacrimal gland Maxillary branch: Sensory impulses from lower eyelid, cheek, nasal cavity, upper teeth, upper lip, and palate Mandibular branch: Sensory impulses from tongue, lower teeth, skin of chin, and lower lip; motor action includes teeth clenching, movement of mandible
Controls outward lateral eye movement
Controls tongue movement involved in speech and swallowing
Produces the gag and swallowing reflexes; taste (posterior third of the tongue); senses carotid blood pressure
IV) Trochlear
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Turns eye downward and laterally
Taste; facial movements such as smiling, closing of eyes, and frowning; production of tears and saliva
Innervates voluntary muscles that allow coughing, swallowing, and speech; involuntarily senses aortic blood pressure, slows heart rate, and stimulates digestive organs
Smell
Movement of the trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles; helps control swallowing
Vision
Pupillary reflex, eyelid movement, allows eye movement in every direction
Vestibular branch: Aids equilibrium and provides information about balance, posture, and movement; Cochlear branch: Hearing
Ophthalmic branch: Sensory impulses from scalp, forehead, upper eyelid, nose, cornea, and lacrimal gland Maxillary branch: Sensory impulses from lower eyelid, cheek, nasal cavity, upper teeth, upper lip, and palate Mandibular branch: Sensory impulses from tongue, lower teeth, skin of chin, and lower lip; motor action includes teeth clenching, movement of mandible
Controls outward lateral eye movement
Controls tongue movement involved in speech and swallowing
Produces the gag and swallowing reflexes; taste (posterior third of the tongue); senses carotid blood pressure
IX) Glossopharyngeal
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Turns eye downward and laterally
Taste; facial movements such as smiling, closing of eyes, and frowning; production of tears and saliva
Innervates voluntary muscles that allow coughing, swallowing, and speech; involuntarily senses aortic blood pressure, slows heart rate, and stimulates digestive organs
Smell
Movement of the trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles; helps control swallowing
Vision
Pupillary reflex, eyelid movement, allows eye movement in every direction
Vestibular branch: Aids equilibrium and provides information about balance, posture, and movement; Cochlear branch: Hearing
Ophthalmic branch: Sensory impulses from scalp, forehead, upper eyelid, nose, cornea, and lacrimal gland Maxillary branch: Sensory impulses from lower eyelid, cheek, nasal cavity, upper teeth, upper lip, and palate Mandibular branch: Sensory impulses from tongue, lower teeth, skin of chin, and lower lip; motor action includes teeth clenching, movement of mandible
Controls outward lateral eye movement
Controls tongue movement involved in speech and swallowing
Produces the gag and swallowing reflexes; taste (posterior third of the tongue); senses carotid blood pressure
VI) Abducens
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Turns eye downward and laterally
Taste; facial movements such as smiling, closing of eyes, and frowning; production of tears and saliva
Innervates voluntary muscles that allow coughing, swallowing, and speech; involuntarily senses aortic blood pressure, slows heart rate, and stimulates digestive organs
Smell
Movement of the trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles; helps control swallowing
Vision
Pupillary reflex, eyelid movement, allows eye movement in every direction
Vestibular branch: Aids equilibrium and provides information about balance, posture, and movement; Cochlear branch: Hearing
Ophthalmic branch: Sensory impulses from scalp, forehead, upper eyelid, nose, cornea, and lacrimal gland Maxillary branch: Sensory impulses from lower eyelid, cheek, nasal cavity, upper teeth, upper lip, and palate Mandibular branch: Sensory impulses from tongue, lower teeth, skin of chin, and lower lip; motor action includes teeth clenching, movement of mandible
Controls outward lateral eye movement
Controls tongue movement involved in speech and swallowing
Produces the gag and swallowing reflexes; taste (posterior third of the tongue); senses carotid blood pressure
I) Olfactory
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Turns eye downward and laterally
Taste; facial movements such as smiling, closing of eyes, and frowning; production of tears and saliva
Innervates voluntary muscles that allow coughing, swallowing, and speech; involuntarily senses aortic blood pressure, slows heart rate, and stimulates digestive organs
Smell
Movement of the trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles; helps control swallowing
Vision
Pupillary reflex, eyelid movement, allows eye movement in every direction
Vestibular branch: Aids equilibrium and provides information about balance, posture, and movement; Cochlear branch: Hearing
Ophthalmic branch: Sensory impulses from scalp, forehead, upper eyelid, nose, cornea, and lacrimal gland Maxillary branch: Sensory impulses from lower eyelid, cheek, nasal cavity, upper teeth, upper lip, and palate Mandibular branch: Sensory impulses from tongue, lower teeth, skin of chin, and lower lip; motor action includes teeth clenching, movement of mandible
Controls outward lateral eye movement
Controls tongue movement involved in speech and swallowing
Produces the gag and swallowing reflexes; taste (posterior third of the tongue); senses carotid blood pressure
X) Vagus
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Turns eye downward and laterally
Taste; facial movements such as smiling, closing of eyes, and frowning; production of tears and saliva
Innervates voluntary muscles that allow coughing, swallowing, and speech; involuntarily senses aortic blood pressure, slows heart rate, and stimulates digestive organs
Smell
Movement of the trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles; helps control swallowing
Vision
Pupillary reflex, eyelid movement, allows eye movement in every direction
Vestibular branch: Aids equilibrium and provides information about balance, posture, and movement; Cochlear branch: Hearing
Ophthalmic branch: Sensory impulses from scalp, forehead, upper eyelid, nose, cornea, and lacrimal gland Maxillary branch: Sensory impulses from lower eyelid, cheek, nasal cavity, upper teeth, upper lip, and palate Mandibular branch: Sensory impulses from tongue, lower teeth, skin of chin, and lower lip; motor action includes teeth clenching, movement of mandible
Controls outward lateral eye movement
Controls tongue movement involved in speech and swallowing
Produces the gag and swallowing reflexes; taste (posterior third of the tongue); senses carotid blood pressure
XII) Hypoglossal
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Turns eye downward and laterally
Taste; facial movements such as smiling, closing of eyes, and frowning; production of tears and saliva
Innervates voluntary muscles that allow coughing, swallowing, and speech; involuntarily senses aortic blood pressure, slows heart rate, and stimulates digestive organs
Smell
Movement of the trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles; helps control swallowing
Vision
Pupillary reflex, eyelid movement, allows eye movement in every direction
Vestibular branch: Aids equilibrium and provides information about balance, posture, and movement; Cochlear branch: Hearing
Ophthalmic branch: Sensory impulses from scalp, forehead, upper eyelid, nose, cornea, and lacrimal gland Maxillary branch: Sensory impulses from lower eyelid, cheek, nasal cavity, upper teeth, upper lip, and palate Mandibular branch: Sensory impulses from tongue, lower teeth, skin of chin, and lower lip; motor action includes teeth clenching, movement of mandible
Controls outward lateral eye movement
Controls tongue movement involved in speech and swallowing
Produces the gag and swallowing reflexes; taste (posterior third of the tongue); senses carotid blood pressure
V) Trigeminal
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Turns eye downward and laterally
Taste; facial movements such as smiling, closing of eyes, and frowning; production of tears and saliva
Innervates voluntary muscles that allow coughing, swallowing, and speech; involuntarily senses aortic blood pressure, slows heart rate, and stimulates digestive organs
Smell
Movement of the trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles; helps control swallowing
Vision
Pupillary reflex, eyelid movement, allows eye movement in every direction
Vestibular branch: Aids equilibrium and provides information about balance, posture, and movement; Cochlear branch: Hearing
Ophthalmic branch: Sensory impulses from scalp, forehead, upper eyelid, nose, cornea, and lacrimal gland Maxillary branch: Sensory impulses from lower eyelid, cheek, nasal cavity, upper teeth, upper lip, and palate Mandibular branch: Sensory impulses from tongue, lower teeth, skin of chin, and lower lip; motor action includes teeth clenching, movement of mandible
Controls outward lateral eye movement
Controls tongue movement involved in speech and swallowing
Produces the gag and swallowing reflexes; taste (posterior third of the tongue); senses carotid blood pressure
XI) Spinal accessory
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Turns eye downward and laterally
Taste; facial movements such as smiling, closing of eyes, and frowning; production of tears and saliva
Innervates voluntary muscles that allow coughing, swallowing, and speech; involuntarily senses aortic blood pressure, slows heart rate, and stimulates digestive organs
Smell
Movement of the trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles; helps control swallowing
Vision
Pupillary reflex, eyelid movement, allows eye movement in every direction
Vestibular branch: Aids equilibrium and provides information about balance, posture, and movement; Cochlear branch: Hearing
Ophthalmic branch: Sensory impulses from scalp, forehead, upper eyelid, nose, cornea, and lacrimal gland Maxillary branch: Sensory impulses from lower eyelid, cheek, nasal cavity, upper teeth, upper lip, and palate Mandibular branch: Sensory impulses from tongue, lower teeth, skin of chin, and lower lip; motor action includes teeth clenching, movement of mandible
Controls outward lateral eye movement
Controls tongue movement involved in speech and swallowing
Produces the gag and swallowing reflexes; taste (posterior third of the tongue); senses carotid blood pressure
III) Oculomotor
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Turns eye downward and laterally
Taste; facial movements such as smiling, closing of eyes, and frowning; production of tears and saliva
Innervates voluntary muscles that allow coughing, swallowing, and speech; involuntarily senses aortic blood pressure, slows heart rate, and stimulates digestive organs
Smell
Movement of the trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles; helps control swallowing
Vision
Pupillary reflex, eyelid movement, allows eye movement in every direction
Vestibular branch: Aids equilibrium and provides information about balance, posture, and movement; Cochlear branch: Hearing
Ophthalmic branch: Sensory impulses from scalp, forehead, upper eyelid, nose, cornea, and lacrimal gland Maxillary branch: Sensory impulses from lower eyelid, cheek, nasal cavity, upper teeth, upper lip, and palate Mandibular branch: Sensory impulses from tongue, lower teeth, skin of chin, and lower lip; motor action includes teeth clenching, movement of mandible
Controls outward lateral eye movement
Controls tongue movement involved in speech and swallowing
Produces the gag and swallowing reflexes; taste (posterior third of the tongue); senses carotid blood pressure
VIII) Vestibulocochlear (acoustic)
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Turns eye downward and laterally
Taste; facial movements such as smiling, closing of eyes, and frowning; production of tears and saliva
Innervates voluntary muscles that allow coughing, swallowing, and speech; involuntarily senses aortic blood pressure, slows heart rate, and stimulates digestive organs
Smell
Movement of the trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles; helps control swallowing
Vision
Pupillary reflex, eyelid movement, allows eye movement in every direction
Vestibular branch: Aids equilibrium and provides information about balance, posture, and movement; Cochlear branch: Hearing
Ophthalmic branch: Sensory impulses from scalp, forehead, upper eyelid, nose, cornea, and lacrimal gland Maxillary branch: Sensory impulses from lower eyelid, cheek, nasal cavity, upper teeth, upper lip, and palate Mandibular branch: Sensory impulses from tongue, lower teeth, skin of chin, and lower lip; motor action includes teeth clenching, movement of mandible
Controls outward lateral eye movement
Controls tongue movement involved in speech and swallowing
Produces the gag and swallowing reflexes; taste (posterior third of the tongue); senses carotid blood pressure
