Function? Flashcards
I
Smell
II
vision
III
dilation, constriction, levator palpebrae superioris muscle (elevate eyelid)
IV
directs gaze down and outward (superior oblique)
V
chewing, middle ear muscles, touch, pain, proprioception for facial muscles and tongue, mastication
sensation over face, scalp, nasal cavity, cornea
VI
directs gaze laterally / abducts eyeball (lateral rectus)
VII
Facial movements OTHER THAN tongue, eyes
FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
Taste anterior 2/3 of the tongue
tears, salvation, nasal secretion
Somatic: ear canal
VIII
Hearing and balance
IX
swallowing, (sensation) pharynx, external ear, carotid body (chemo/baroreceptors), salivary gland (parotid)
Posterior 1/3 of taste
X
pharyngeal muscles- swallowing
laryngeal muscles- vocal cords (somatic)
parasympathetic nervous system “autonomic motor”
visceral organ sensation, pharynx and ext. ear
aortic baro/chemo receptors
XI
sternocleidomastoid and trapezium (somatic)
What CN is not really a true cranial nerve? why?
XI, the neuronal cell bodies are actually located in the cervical spinal cord
XII
innervation of the tongue (somatic motor)
speech and swallowing