Cranial Nerves Flashcards
Olfactory
1
sensory only, smell sensation
olfactory
optic
2
sensory only, sight sensation
optic
oculomotor
3
motor only, motor to extrinsic eye muscles, iris, and ciliary body
oculomotor
trochlear
4
motor only to superior oblique of eye
trochlear
trigeminal
5
sensory to eye, upper palate, teeth, jaw, mastication muscles, general sensation of tongue, temperature of the tongue
motor to mastication muscles
trigeminal
Opthalmic (sensory to eye)
Maxillary (sensory to upper jaw)
Mandibular (sensory to lower jaw, tongue)
three branches of the trigeminal nerve
abducens
6
motor to lateral rectus muscle of the eyes
abducens
facial
7
motor to muscles of facial expression, salivary glands,
sensory from tongue and taste buds (ventral 2/3), face and scalp
facial
auditory or vestibulocochlear
8
sensory for hearing, sensory for balance and equilibrium from semicircular canals, utricle, saccule
auditory or vestibulocochlear
cochlear branch
vestibular branch
branches of the vestibulocochlear (auditory) nerve
glossopharyngeal
9
motor for swallowing, salivary glands
sensory from throat, blood pressure regulation, taste in dorsal 1/3 of tongue
glossopharyngeal
vagus
10
motor and sensory for throat, heart, lungs, GI tract
sensory for deep taste
vagus
accessory
11
motor to trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles
accessory
hypoglossal
12
motor to tongue
hypoglossal