Cranial Nerve Functions Flashcards
Olfactory
Smell
Optic
Vision
Oculomotor
Eye movement
Constricts pupil
Trochlear
Eye movement (superior oblique muscle)
Trigeminal (V1)
Sensory to superior face and scalp
Trigeminal (V2)
Sensory to nose, inferior eyelids, maxillary teeth
Trigeminal (V3)
Sensory to lower lip, cheek, temporal region, anterior 2/3 tongue, mandibular teeth
Muscles of mastication, tensor veli palatini, and mylohyoid
Abducens
Eye movement (lateral rectus muscle)
Facial
Taste of 2/3 anterior tongue
Sensory to posterior ear
Facial expressions, stylohyoid, posterior digastric muscles
Parasympathetic to lacrimal gland, nasal cavity, and palate
Vestibulocochlear
Vestibular: equilibrium and balance
Cochlear: hearing
Glossopharyngeal
Taste of posterior 1/3 tongue
Sensory to posterior 1/3 tongue, external and middle ear
Motor to stylopharyngeus muscle
Parasympathetic to parotid gland
Carotid body and sinus
Vagus
Taste to epiglottis
Smooth muscle/glands of thorax and abdomen
Muscles of soft palate, pharynx, larynx, esophagus
Sensory to parts of external ear, inferior pharynx/larynx mucosa
Sensory to viscera of neck, thorax, and abdomen
Accessory
Motor to sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles
Hypoglossal
Muscles of tongue (except palatoglossus)