Cranial Nerves Flashcards
Cranial nerve 1
Olfactory (smell)
Cranial Nerve 2
Optic (vision)
Cranial Nerve 3
Oculomotor (eye movement)
Cranial Nerve 4
Trochlear (eye movement)
Cranial Nerve 5
Trigeminal (Facial sensation and mastication)
Cranial Nerve 6
Abducens (eye movement)
Cranial Nerve 7
Facial (taste and movement of the face)
Cranial Nerve 8
Vestibulocochlear (hearing and equilibrium)
Cranial Nerve 9
Glossopharyngeal (taste and tongue movement/swallowing)
Cranial Nerve 10
Vagus (parasympathetic regulation of heart, lungs, abdomen; sensory impulses of abdominal viscera, baroreceptors, chemoreceptors, taste buds)
Cranial Nerve 11
Accessory (trapezius and sternocleidomastoid movement)
Cranial Nerve 12
Hypoglossal (tongue movement, swallowing, speech)
Which nerves have parasympathetic fibers?
- 3 (oculomotor)
- 7 (facial)
- 9 (Glossopharyngeal)
- 10 (Vagus)
Which nerves have sensory function?
- 1 (olfactory)
- 2 (optic)
- 5 (trigeminal)
- 7 (facial)
- 8 (vestibulocochlear
- 9 (glossopharyngeal)
- 10 (vagus)
Which nerves have motor function?
- 3 (oculomotor)
- 4 (trochlear)
- 5 (trigeminal)
- 6 (abducens)
- 7 (facial)
- 8 (vestibulocochlear)
- 9 (glossopharyngeal)
- 10 (vagus)
- 11 (accessory)
- 12 (hypoglossal)