| Name |
Foramen of Exit |
function |
Nuclie & Ganglion |
CN |
| Olfactory |
Cribriform Plate |
sensory- smell |
(blank) |
I |
| Optic |
Optic Canal |
sensory- vision |
(blank) |
II |
| Oculomotor |
Superior Orbital Fissure |
Motor- eye muscles except LR6 & SO4 |
Edinger Westphal |
III |
| Trochlear |
Superior Orbital Fissure |
Motor- superior oblique |
(blank) |
IV |
| Trigeminal |
Superior Orbital Fissure |
Sensory- face & tongue Motor- Mastication |
Gasserian Semilunar |
V |
| Abducens |
Superior Orbital Fissure |
Motor- lateral rectus |
(blank) |
VI |
| Facial |
Internal Auditory meatus exits thru styloid mastoid |
sensory- anterior 2/3 taste motor- facial expression |
Superior Salvatory |
VII |
| Vestibular Cochlear |
Internal Auditory meatus |
sensory- balance & hearing |
vestibular ganglion of scarpa |
VIII |
| Glossopharyngeal |
Jugular foramen |
sensory- posterior 1/3 taste motor- secretion of parotid |
nucleus ambiguous |
IX |
| Vagus |
Jugular foramen |
sensory- taste epiglottis motor- pharynx & larynx |
Dorsal Motor Nuclues |
X |
| Accessory |
Jugular Foramen |
Motor- SCM & Trapezius |
Nucleus Ambiguous |
XI |
| Hypoglossal |
Hypoglossal canal |
motor- tongue |
Hypoglossal |
XII |
| Largest CN |
(blank) |
(blank) |
(blank) |
V |
| posterior exit & smallest CN |
(blank) |
(blank) |
(blank) |
IV |
| Middle meningeal artery |
foramen spinosum |
(blank) |
(blank) |
(blank) |
| Internal carotid artery |
foramen lacerum |
(blank) |
(blank) |
(blank) |
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