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Nerves and their functions

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Nerve
General function
Specific function
Olfactory (c1)   Special sensory   Smell  
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Optic (c2)   Special sensory   Sight  
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Oculomotor (c3)   Somatic motor   Extrinsic muscles of the eye  
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Trochlear (c4)   Somatic motor   Superior oblique muscle (extrinsic muscle of the eye)  
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Trigeminal (c5)   General sensory and Somatic motor   Impulses from the forehead, upper and lower jaw region, and muscles of mastication  
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Abducens (c6)   Somatic motor   Superior oblique muscle  
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Facial (c7)   Somatic motor and Special sensory   Muscles of expression in the face, taste buds, lacrimal glands and saliva glands  
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Vestibulocochlear (c8)   Special sensory   Hearing and equilibrium  
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Glossopharyngeal (c9)   Special sensory, General sensory, and Somatic motor   Tongue and back of throat  
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Vagus (10)   Visceral motor   Smooth muscle in visceral organs  
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Accessory (11)   Somatic motor   SCM, Trapezius  
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Hypoglossal (12)   Somatic motor   Muscles of the tongue  
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Axillary nerve (c5-c6)   General sensory and Somatic motor   Lateral shoulder over deltoid, and teres minor  
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Musculocutaneous nerve (c5-c7)   General sensory and Somatic motor   Lateral forearm, biceps brachii, brachialis, and coracobrachialis  
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Radial nerve (c5-t1)   General sensory and Somatic motor   Posterior forearm, shoulder, elbow, wrist and finger extensors, supinator muscle  
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Median nerve   General sensory and Somatic motor   Anterior side of fingers 1-3 and lateral half of 4, elbow, wrist, and finger flexors, pronators, and thenar eminence  
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Ulnar nerve (c8-t1)   General sensory and Somatic motor   Fifth finger and medial half of fourth finger, intrinsic muscles of the hand  
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Obturator nerve (l2-l4)   General sensory and Somatic motor   Upper medial thigh, adductors and gracilis  
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Femoral nerve (l2-l4)   General sensory and Somatic motor   Anterior and lateral thigh, quadriceps, iliopsoas, sartorius, and pectineus  
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Sciatic nerve (l4-S3)   General sensory and Somatic motor   Posterior thigh and hamstrings  
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Tibial nerve   General sensory and Somatic motor   Posterior calf, triceps surae muscle and flexors  
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Common peroneal nerve   General sensory and Somatic motor   Anterior calf and dorsal surface of foot, extensors, and peroneal  
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