Midterm Flashcards
I - Olfactory nerve
smell
II - Optic nerve
vision
III - Oculomotor nerve
Eyelid and eyeball movement
IV - Trochlear nerve/pathic nerve
innervates superior oblique - turns eye downward and laterally
V - Trigeminal nerve/dentist nerve
chewing - face & mouth touch & pain
VI - Abducens nerve
turns eye laterally
VII - Facial nerve
controls most facial expressions, secretion of tears & saliva, taste
VIII - Vestibulocochlear nerve/Auditory nerve
hearing, equilibrium, sensation
IX - Glossopharyngeal nerve
taste, senses, carotid blood pressure
X - Vagus nerve
senses aortic blood pressure, slows heart rate, stimulates digestive organs, taste
XI - Accessory nerve/Spinal accessory nerve
controls trapezius & sternocleidomastoid, controls swallowing
XII - Hypoglossal nerve
controls tongue movements