Cranial Nerves (CN I- CN XII) Flashcards
What are the 3 types of cranial nerves?
Sensory, motor, and mixed/both
What’s a mnemonic for cranial nerves?
Oh, oh, oh, to touch and feel very good vagina, ah heaven.
What a mnemonic for the classifications if the cranial nerves?
Some say marry money, but my brother says big brains matter more.
What’s the cranial number, nerve type, and function of the Olfactory Nerve?
CN I, sensory, olfaction
What’s the cranial number, nerve type, and function of the Optic Nerve?
CN II, sensory, vision
What’s the cranial number, nerve type, and function of the Oculomotor Nerve?
CN III, motor, eye movement, constricting the pupil and focusing.
What’s the cranial number, nerve type, and function of the Trochlear Nerve?
CN IV, motor, eye movement, controls superior obliques
What’s the cranial number, nerve type, and function of the Trigeminal Nerve?
CN V, mixed, mastification, sensory output of the face
What’s the cranial number, nerve type, and function of the Abducens Nerve?
CN VI, motor, eye movement (SIDE EYE)
What’s the cranial number, nerve type, and function of the Facial Nerve?
CN VII, mixed, facial expressions, gustation/taste of 2/3 front of the tongue
What’s the cranial number, nerve type, and function of the Vestibulococchlear Nerve?
CN VIII, sensory, balance and hearing
What’s the cranial number, nerve type, and function of the Glossopharyngeal Nerve?
CN IX, mixed, deglutition/swallowing, salivary glands, posterior of the tongue, sensory of chemoreceptors and baroreceptors (carotid), and oral cavity
What’s the cranial number, nerve type, and function of the Vagus Nerve?
CN X, mixed, motor and sensory input of heart, lungs, gut, trachea, pharynx, and larynx
What’s the cranial number, nerve type, and function of the Accessory Nerve?
CN XI, motor, neck movement, sternocleidomastoid, trapezium, pharynx movement
What’s the cranial number, nerve type, and function of the Hypoglossal Nerve?
CN XII, motor, tongue movement
