| Cranial Nerve |
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|
| Type |
 |
|
| Innervation |
 |
|
| Fxn |
 |
|
| Origin |
 |
|
| Exits Skull |
 |
|
| Test for Lesion |
 |
|
| 1 - Olfactory |
sensory |
nasal cavity |
smell |
telencephalon |
cribiform plate (ethmoid bone)/ ACF |
lack of smell |
| 2- Optic |
sensory |
orbit |
sight |
diencephalon |
optic canal/ MCF |
lack of sight |
| 3- Occulomotor |
motor and parasympathetic |
orbit |
motor- raises eyelids and adducts eye. parasymp- contricts pupil and accomodates eye |
midbrain (edinger-westphal nucleus) |
superior orbital fissure/ MCF |
cannot adduct eye |
| 4- Trochlear |
motor |
orbit |
depresses and abducts eye, intorts eye |
midbrain (trochlear nucleus) |
superior orbital fissure/ MCF |
cannot intort eye |
| V1- Ophthalmic (trigeminal) |
sensory |
orbit, scalp |
sensory of forehead, scalp, cornea |
pons |
superior orbital fissure/ MCF |
lack of sensory to forehead |
| V2- Maxillary (trigeminal) |
sensory |
pterygopalatine fossa |
sensations of maxillary face, maxillary teeth, nasal cavity and palate |
pons |
foramen rotundum/ MCF |
lack of sensation to maxilla/ nasal cavity |
| V3- Mandible (trigeminal) |
sensory/ motor |
infratemporal fossa |
sensory- mandible, mandibular teeth, general sensation of anterior 2/3 tongue. motor- muscles of mastication, tensor muscles of neck/face |
pons |
foramen ovale/ MCF |
inability to chew food/ feel touch on tongue |
| 6- Abducent |
motor |
orbit |
abduct the eye |
pons |
superior orbital fissure/ MCF |
cannot horizontally gaze |