Cranial Nerves Flashcards
Olfactory
I: Sensory for smell
Optic
II: Sensory, vision
Oculomotor
III: Motor, Eyelid, autonomic pupil constriction, motor eye muscles
Trochlear
IV: Motor, inferio-lateral rotation
Trigeminal
V: Both, sensory to the face
Abducens
VI: Motor, lateral eye movement, lateral rectus
Facial Nerves
VII: Both, many functions
Vestibulocochlear
VIII: Sensory, hearing, balance
Glossopharyngeal
IX: Both, tongue for swallowing, salivary glands, taste and sensory impulses
Vagus
X: Both, regulate heart/lungs/abdominal viscera. Senses thoracic and abdominal viscera, chemoreceptors, taste buds.
Accessory
XI: Motor, Trapezius and sternocleidomastoid
Hypoglossal
XII: Motor, innervate muscles of tongue that contribute to swallowing and speech