Cranial Nerves Flashcards
1
Q
CN I
A
Olfactory - Sensory
Smell
SVA (special, visceral, afferent)
2
Q
CN II
A
Optic - Sensory
Sight
SSA (special, somatic, afferent)
3
Q
CN III
A
Oculomotor - Motor -Motor to extraocular muscles GSE (General, Somatic, Efferent) -Parasympathetic to smooth muscle in eye GVE (General, Visceral, Efferent)
4
Q
CN IV
A
Trochlear - Motor
Motor to one extraocular muscle
GSE (general, somatic, efferent)
5
Q
CN V
A
Trigeminal - Both -Sensory to face, orbit, nose, anterior tongue GSA (general, somatic, afferent) -Motor to skeletal muscles SVE (special, visceral, efferent)
6
Q
CN VI
A
Abducens - Motor
Motor to one extraocular muscle
GSE (general, somatic, efferent)
7
Q
CN VII
A
Facial - Both -Sensory to skin of ear GSA (general, somatic, afferent) -Special sense of taste to anterior tongue SVA (special, visceral, afferent) -Motor to salivary, lacrimal, nasal glands GVE (general, visceral, efferent) -Motor to facial muscles SVE (special, visceral, efferent)
8
Q
CN VIII
A
Vestibulocochlear -Sensory
Special sense of hearing and balance
SSA (special, somatic, afferent)
9
Q
CN IX
A
Glossopharyngeal - Both -Sensory to posterior tongue GSA (general, somatic, afferent) -Special sense of taste to posterior tongue SVA (special, visceral, afferent) -Sensory from middle ear, pharynx, carotid body, sinus GVA (general, visceral, afferent) -Motor to parotid GVE (general, visceral, efferent) -Motor to pharynx SVE (special, visceral, efferent)
10
Q
CN X
A
Vagus - Both
- Sensory ear GSA
- Sensory from pharynx, larynx, thoracoabdominal organs GVA
- Motor to thoracoabdominal organs GVE
- Motor to muscles of pharynx/larynx SVE
11
Q
CN XI
A
Accessory - Motor
Motor to SCM and trapezius GSE
12
Q
CN XII
A
Hypoglossal - Motor
Motor to tongue muscles GSE
