Neurology Exam - Cranial Nerves Flashcards
Optic Nerve
- cranial nerve 2
Glossopharyngeal nerve
- Cranial nerve 9
Motor to pharyngeal muscles, parasympathetic function and taste
- cranial nerve 9
Sensation from the lower eyelid, nose and cheek
- cranial nerve 5 (trigeminal nerve - maxillary branch)
Accessory nerve
- cranial nerve 11
Special proprioception (maintains the position of the eyes, neck and limbs relative to the head), Sense of hearing
- cranial nerve 8
Eye position, movements and pupillary constriction
- cranial nerve 3
Abducens (abducent) nerve
- cranial nerve 6
Sensation from the chin and some from the mouth
- cranial nerve 5 (trigeminal nerve - mandibular branch)
Hypoglossal nerve
- cranial nerve 12
Oculomotor nerve
- cranial nerve 3
Olfactory nerve
- Cranial nerve 1
Motor to the tongue
- cranial nerve 12
Motor to muscles of facial expression, Parasympathetic function and taste (rostral 2/3 of tongue)
- cranial nerve 7
Motor to striated muscles of the larynx, pharynx and esophagus, parasympathetic function and taste
- cranial nerve 10
Motor to strap muscles in the neck, motor to larynx and esophagus (dysfunction rarely recognized)
- cranial nerve 11
Vagus nerve
- cranial nerve 10
Facial nerve
- Cranial nerve 7
Sensation from the eye and nose
- cranial nerve 5 (trigeminal nerve - opthalamic branch)
Vision
- cranial nerve 2
Trigeminal nerve
- cranial nerve 5
Eye position and movement
- cranial nerve 3, 4, 6
Trochlear nerve
- cranial nerve 4
Vestibulocochlear nerve
- cranial nerve 8
