Cranial Nerves Flashcards
Sensory Nerves
1, 2, 8
Motor Nerves
3, 4, 6, 11, 12
Mixed Nerves
5, 7, 9, 10
I Name
Olfactory
II Name
Optic
III Name
Oculomotor
IV Name
Trochlear
V Name
Trigeminal
VI Name
Abducens
VII Name
Facial
VIII Name
Vestibulocochlear
IX Name
Glossopharyngeal
X Name
Vagus
XI Name
Accessory
XII Name
Hypoglossal
I Function
Smells
II Function
Sees
III Function
Constrict Pupils
IV Function
Move eyes
V Function
Chew, feel front of head
VI Function
Move eyes
VII Function
Move face, salivate, cry, taste, some sensation around ear
VIII Function
Hear, vestibular input for balance
IX Function
Swallow, salivate, taste, monitor carotid body and sinus, some sensation around ear
X Function
Swallow, lift palate, talk, thoraco-abdominal viscera, taste, some sensation around ear
XI Function
Turn head, lift shoulders
XII Function
Move tounge
II Exit
Optic canal
III Exit
Superior orbital fissure
IV Exit
Superior orbital fissure
V1 Exit
Superior orbital fissure
V2 Exit
Foramen rotundum
V3 Exit
Foramen ovale
VI Exit
Superior orbital fissure
VII Exit
Internal acoustic meatus
VIII Exit
Internal acoustic meatus
IX Exit
Jugular foramen
X Exit
Jugular foramen
XI Exit
Jugular foramen
XII Exit
Hypoglossal canal
I Exit
Does not exit, sits in cribiform plate
Cranial nerves in hypoglossal canal
XII
Cranial nerves in jugular foramen
IX, X, XI
Cranial nerves in internal acoustic meatus
VII, VIII
Cranial nerves in foramen ovale
V3
Cranial nerves in foramen rotundum
V2
Cranial nerves in superior orbital fissure
III, IV, V1, VI
Cranial nerves in optic canal
II
Cranial nerves in cribiform plate
I
Cranial nerves with some autonomic function
III, VII, IX, X
Function of facial nerve parotid plexus
muscles of facial expression and buccinator
Function of facial nerve chorda tympani
submandibular and sublingual gland, taste to anterior 2/3 of tongue
Function of facial nerve greater petrosal branch
lacrimal and nasal glands
function of facial nerve sensory branches
Auricle, auditory canal, external surface of tympanic membrane
