Cranial Nerves Flashcards
CN 1
Olfactory
Smell
Sensory
CN 2
Optic
Vision
Sensory
CN 3
Ocular motor
Most extraocular movements, opening eyelids,**pupillary constriction
Motor
CN 4
Trochlear
Down and inward eye movement
Motor
CN 5
Trigeminal
Muscles of mastication, sensation of face, scalp, cornea, mucous membranes and nose
Both
CN 6
Abducens
Lateral eye-movement
Motor
CN 7
Facial
Move face, close mouth and eyes, taste, saliva and tears of creation
Both
CN 8
Acoustic
Hearing an equilibrium
Sensory
CN 9
Glossopharyngeal
Phonation, gag reflex, carotid reflects swallowing, taste (posterior 1–3)
Both
CN 10
Vagus
Talking, swallowing, in general sensation from the carotid body
Carotid reflects
Both
CN 11
Spinal accessory
Movement of trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscle’s (shrug shoulders)
Motor
CN 12
Hypoglossal
Moves the tongue
Motor
CN Mneumonic
On - Olfactory Old - Optic Olympus - Oculomotor Towering - Trochlear Tops - Trigeminal A -Abducens Finn - Facial And - Acoustic German - Glossopharyngeal Viewed - Vagus Some - Spinal Accessory Hops - Hypoglossal
Motor/Sensory Mneumonic
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