cranial nerves Flashcards
CN I name
olfactory nerve
CN II name
optic nerve
CN III name
oculomotor nerve
CN IV name
trochlear nerve
CN V name
trigeminal nerve
CN VI name
abducens nerve
CN VII name
Facial nerve
CN VIII name
vestibulocochlear nerve
CN IX name
glossopharyngeal nerve
CN X name
vagus nerve
CN XI name
accessory nerve (spinal accessory nerve)
CN XII name
hypoglossal nerve
CN I sensory function
olfaction (smell)
CN II sensory function
vision
CN III somatic motor function
four eye muscles - medial, superior and inferior rectus and inferior oblique
levator palpebrae superioris (elevation of eyelid
CN III parasympathetic motor (autonomic) function
innervated sphincter pupillae ( pupil constrictor) ciliary muscles to make lens of eye more rounded
CN IV somatic motor function
superior oblique extrinsic eye muscle
CN V sensory function
sensory of anterior scalp, nasal cavity, nasopharynx, entire face, most of oral cavity, teeth, anterior 2/3 of belly, tongue, part of auricle of ear, meninges
CN V somatic motor function
muscles of mastication, mylohyoid, digastric (anterior belly), tensor tympani, tensor veli palatini
CN VI somatic motor function
lateral rectus extrinsic eye muscle
CN VII sensory function
taste from anterior 2/3 of tongue
CN VII somatic motor function
muscles of facial expression, digastric( posterior belly) stylohyoid, stapedius